Community Action Board’s Community Advocacy Institute

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The CAI is a FREE bilingual (English and Spanish) eight-month training program for Montgomery County residents with a combined household income of $67,000 or less. Participants learn key advocacy skills and complete an advocacy project. Participants must be able to attend all of the workshops and sessions throughout the program. Please see the outreach flyers […]

Towards 2040 Fellowship

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Creative Leaders Fellowship will recruit creative leaders from the hip-hop community who are artists, arts administrators, cultural workers‌, educators and community organizers based in the DC/Maryland/Virginia region. The selected fellows will participate in a 9-month fellowship program that includes a $5000 stipend! For more information, click here.

Construction Training for Youth (Free)

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YouthBuild: RHE (serving Montgomery County, MD) is NOW ENROLLING for the Fall 2024 Cohort! With 20 spaces available for youth ages 16-24 who had dropped out of high school and interested in gaining skills in the construction trade, the Fall 2024 Cohort is set to begin Monday, September 30th. For more information, click here.

Do You Need Your Foreign Nursing Credentials Evaluated?

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CGFNS prescreens foreign educated nurses wishing to practice in the U.S. Prescreening involves a review of the nurses education; licensure in the home country; English language proficiency testing; and a predictor exam that provides an indicator of the nurse’s ability to pass the U.S. national licensure exam (NCLEX). For more information, click here.

Health and Dental Insurance (Low-Cost)

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Since 2004, Montgomery County has been partnering with the National Association of Counties (NACo) to provide FREE prescription discount cards and residents have saved more than $32 million since the Montgomery RX program began. They have now joined NACo’s Live Healthy program. The Live Healthy program continues to provide FREE prescription discount cards and has added a […]

Healthcare Certificate Scholarships Available

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Are you interested in starting a career in the healthcare field? The Primary Care Coalition can help pay for your training at Montgomery College to become a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA),  Geriatric Nursing Assistant (GNA), pharmacy technician, or phlebotomy (blood drawing) technician. When you graduate from this 3-month, part-time class, PCC will connect you to […]