Coordinated Community Supports Partnerships - FY 2027 Request for Applications - Guidelines

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FY 2027 Request for Applications outlines Maryland’s Coordinated Community Supports Partnerships framework to address youth behavioral health needs through coordinated, multi-tiered supports. It presents background on rising mental health and suicide-related concerns, including key disparities, and explains how schools and local systems can deliver prevention, early intervention, and continuum of services. The RFA details principles, allowable uses of grant funds, key dates, and application requirements across three funding tracks, including coordination, hub capacity-building, and service provider grants, supported by scoring rubrics and evaluation expectations.

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Background

Goals of this RFA and Overview of Three Funding Tracks

Grant Award Contingent on Execution of Grant Agreement

Cancellations

Key Dates to Remember

Principles of the Community Supports Partnership Model

Coordination

Multi-Tiered System of Supports

Role of Schools

Local Needs and Holistic Services

Statewide Standardization and Priority Evidence-Based Programs

Cultural Competence

Data and Evaluation

Addressing Workforce Challenges

Financial Stewardship

Permissible Uses of Grant funds

Track 1: Grants to Community Supports Partnerships

Proposals for Community Supports Partnerships Scoring

Rubric-Community Supports Partnerships

Track 2: Capacity-Building Grants to Hubs

Hub Capacity-Building Grant Proposal Requirements

Scoring Rubric-Hub Capacity-Building Grants

Track 3: Grants to Service Providers

Service Provider Proposal Requirements

Scoring Rubric – Service Providers

How to apply for all tracks

Appendices

STATE OF MARYLAND Community Health Resources Commission 45 Calvert Street, Room 336 • Annapolis, Maryland 21401 Wes Moore, Governor; Aruna Miller, Lt. Governor Destiny-Simone Ramjohn, Ph.D., Chair; Mark Luckner, Executive Director Coordinated Community Supports Partnerships FY 2027 Request for Applications December 10, 2025 Coordinated Community Supports Partnerships Call for Proposals Table of Contents I. Background 4 Goals of this RFA and Overview of Three Funding Tracks 6 Grant Award Contingent on Execution of Grant Agreement 8 Cancellations 9 Key Dates to Remember 9 II. Principles of the Community Supports Partnership Model 9 A. Coordination 9 B. Multi-Tiered System of Supports 10 C. Role of Schools 11 D. Local Needs and Holistic Services 12 E. Statewide Standardization and Priority Evidence-Based Programs 13 F. Cultural Competence 14 G. Data and Evaluation 15 H. Addressing Workforce Challenges 16 I. Financial Stewardship 16 J. Permissible Uses of Grant funds 17 III. Track 1: Grants to Community Supports Partnerships 18 Proposals for Community Supports Partnerships Scoring 19 Rubric-Community Supports Partnerships 22 IV. Track 2: Capacity-Building Grants to Hubs 23 Hub Capacity-Building Grant Proposal Requirements 24 Scoring Rubric-Hub Capacity-Building Grants 27 V. Track 3: Grants to Service Providers 27 Service Provider Proposal Requirements 28 Scoring Rubric – Service Providers 34 VI. How to apply for all tracks 35 Appendices: A. List of CHRC members 39 B. List of Consortium members 40 C. Abbreviations 41 D. How to Apply for Each Jurisdiction and Points of Contact 43 E. Budget 45 F. Priority EBPs 73 G. Milestones & Deliverables (M&D) Guide 95 H. Sample Milestones & Deliverables Report 122 I. Sample Letter of Support for LEA 127 J. Data Toolkit for Applicants 128 K. Wraparound Supports 134 L. List of Community Schools 136 M. CSP Programmatic Templates 192 I. BACKGROUND America’s youth are experiencing a behavioral health crisis. In a recent report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that young people in the United States are“collectively distressed.” The CDC’s most recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) found that 40% of high school students experience persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness so severe, they did not engage in their usual activities for at least two consecutive weeks. Every racial and ethnic group surveyed reports experiencing these feelings at a higher rate than they had reported in the past. The YRBS results indicate a significant increase in the percentage of respondents who reported seriously considering suicide, making a suicide plan, or attempting to commit suicide, particularly for Black, female, and LGBTQ+ students. The YRBS also reveals disturbing disparities related to race, gender, and sexual orientation. For instance, 53% of female students report persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness and 65% of LGBTQ+ students report such feelings. Meanwhile, more American Indian, Black, and Hispanic, and White students are seriously considering suicide than other groups. 41% of LGBTQ+ respondents reported the same. Hispanic, female, and LGBTQ+ students reported a higher rate of attempted suicide as well. Mental health challenges do not exist in a vacuum. Often mental wellness is a consequence of a person’s school and home environments. For example, groups who report higher rates of sadness, hopelessness, and/or suicide attempts, such as LGBTQ+ students and Black students, were more likely to report experiencing unstable housing within the past year. Demographic groups who report fewer negative mental health experiences, such as male, White, and heterosexual students, tended to report higher rates of school connectedness than disparately impacted groups. In 2021, the U.S. Surgeon General released an advisory report outlining actions that can betaken to reverse

FAQs

What is the purpose of the FY 2027 Request for Applications for Coordinated Community Supports Partnerships?

It establishes Maryland’s framework for expanding access to comprehensive behavioral health and wraparound services for students through coordinated community supports delivered across schools and local systems.

What are the three funding tracks described in the RFA?

The RFA includes Track 1 grants to Community Supports Partnerships, Track 2 capacity-building grants to hubs, and Track 3 grants to service providers, each with specific proposal requirements and scoring rubrics.

What principles guide the Community Supports Partnership model?

The model emphasizes coordination, multi-tiered systems of supports, roles for schools, local needs and holistic services, statewide standardization and evidence-based programs, cultural competence, data and evaluation, workforce challenges, financial stewardship, and permissible uses of grant funds.

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