Identifying Identifying Vendors for Trainers/Facilitators for the Youth Development Community of Practice
Issue Date: January 12, 2021
Deadline for Submitting Questions: January 19, 2021
Closing Date: February 2,2021 4 p.m.
The Montgomery County Collaboration Council for Children, Youth and Families, Inc. (the
Collaboration Council), is a quasi-public non-profit organization and the Local Management Board
for Montgomery County, Maryland. The Collaboration Council’s mission is to improve the well-being
of children, youth and families through collaborative partnerships. For information regarding the
Montgomery County Collaboration, its initiatives and programs, visit our website at
www.collaborationcouncil.org.
Community of Practice for Youth Development Practitioners
The Youth Development Community of Practice (YD CoP) of the Collaboration Council coordinates
the training and education for youth development practitioners working in youth-serving fields such
as workforce development, mentoring, and recreation. The practitioners we serve are those
professionals working in out of school time programs, with disconnected youth, with homeless youth and
with court-involved youth in Montgomery County.
This request for proposals seeks to identify qualified trainers to deliver live or developed webinars or
workshops to the YD CoP. The content and activities of each webinar must include principles and
practices that supports/aligns with youth development philosophy, social emotional learning, and
cultural linguistics. Facilitators are encouraged to submit webinar topics relevant to youth development
practitioners, specifically webinars that increase practitioners understanding of:
• Youth Development practices for Programming Equity and Inclusion
• Best Practices to support youth experiencing homelessness and disconnection from supports
and opportunities
• Virtual Strategies and practices to build healthy relationships with youth program participants
• Program Strategies that support youth coping with pandemic disruptions
All approved webinars will be recorded and archived on Youthdevelopmentnow.org for future use by
practitioners in Montgomery County. Qualified trainers may submit multiple proposals for separate
topics, or submit a proposal for multiple session trainings.
CoP Open Solicitation Proposal Information
The Collaboration Council seeks proposals from organizations and qualified individuals with
experience using adult learning principles to facilitate online webinars. CoP webinars are
expected to be 60-90 minutes in length, facilitated using adult learning and engagement principles,
and support the youth development philosophy. We will be accepting proposals for live facilitated
webinars as well as permissions to share previously recorded webinars. Each proposed webinar must
contain original content that the facilitator can document has been previously delivered by them,
either in person or via webinar. The maximum compensation for each live facilitated webinar will be
$450. In the proposal, each webinar must include:
1. An agenda with specific and clear objectives
2. A minimum of 2 participant engagement opportunities
3. Content with the most up to date research
4. Be a minimum of 60 mins and no more than 90 minutes
5. A poll for participant feedback and facilitator comments (Live Webinars Only)
6. Youth development principles
7. Adult learning and engagement principles
8. Sharable materials for participants to take away as resources
Full information and application here