Description
July 29-30, 2024 | 9:00am-12:00pm
Virtual via Zoom
Description:
The Grant Budgets training will focus on understanding and developing Budgets for State-funded grant programs through their RFP (request for proposal) process. The training will walk participants through each aspect of the budget development and scoring process. Participants will consider the role of blended funding and community funding in budget development. Participants will gain practical and tangible skills in developing competitive budgets for RFP proposals. Participants will develop, with a small group, a budget for a peer support community/recovery center and each group will present their budget to the class for feedback and strengthening.
Objectives:
1. Participants will understand the state budget forms
2. Participants will understand the scoring process for state RFPs
3. Participants will gain skills in developing and presenting a grant budget
Presenter:
Randy Morrison (he/him) is a person who personally understands the challenges of navigating substance use and mental health concerns. He is a Certified Intentional Peer Support (IPS) Specialist, IPS Trainer, and CCAR Recovery Coach trainer; and has a master’s in public health and a master’s in policy, planning and management. Randy spent over seven years leading the growth and implementation of peer support programs across Maine’s largest healthcare system before becoming a full-time trainer and consultant. During his time as a senior leader, he grew a peer support team of 3 peer supporters to over 65, the largest in Maine. The programs spanned substance use peer support, mental health peer support, youth peer support, and family/parent peer support. Those positions worked in a variety of settings as well, including emergency departments, primary care, behavioral health clinics, youth early intervention programs, case management programs, and four peer support centers. Randy was a co-author on a manual for integrating peer support into multidisciplinary and clinical settings. Randy is passionate about peer support fidelity and creating systems that center the people utilizing them.
Contact hours:
6 contact hours for social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and behavioral health professionals
6 category I contact hours for psychologists. CCSME is a pre-approved sponsor and provider of Professional Education Activities for Psychologists.
6 contact hours for Alcohol and Drug Counselors pending approval from the Maine Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors.
6 contact hours for CHES. CCSME is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
Those in peer support roles and substance use roles will be prioritized for this training.
Can’t make these dates? This course will be offered again in August: August 29-30, 2024 | Peer Support Grant Budgeting
You may also be interested in the course Peer Support Grant Writing, which will also be offered in July and August.
