The Community Services Division offers a wide variety of services and programs that support families and help the City's children and teens. The Division also provides oversight of City-funded Caregiver programs and promotes increased community involvement in local human service programs.

Needs Assessment
Through the completion of neighborhood studies, analysis of socioeconomic data from the U.S. Census, active involvement with local community service coordination mechanisms, we assess the human service needs of Rockville residents, availability of relevant resources, and service gaps. For a demographic profile designed to increase awareness of the trends and issues shaping the needs of Rockville residents, please see Our Changing City. 

Liaison to the Non-profit Community and Annual Grants Management
In addition to the programs operated by the Division of Community Services, the City provides grants to local private nonprofit agencies to provide housing, health care, and supportive services to Rockville residents.  The Division coordinates the annual grant application process, receives and processes reimbursement requests, compiles quarterly service utilization reports, and conducts formal site visits.

• City of Rockville Annual Grant Applications
  The annual grant application is usually due in late January.  Instructions on submission are included with the applications. Please be sure to complete the appropriate application for your agency or organization. All human services nonprofit organizations MUST complete the Human Services Nonprofit Grant Application. A technical assistance session was held on January 7 at Rockville City Hall. Please contact Mary Lou Jacobs, Community Services Manager, at 240-314-8303, for more information.
  
              FY 2009 Human Services Nonprofit Grant Application and Instructions
              FY 2009 Community Organizations Grant Application and Instructions
      
  
• The Division of Community Services also represents the City as a member of the Caregivers Coalition, a collaborative organization of non-profit and governmental social service programs that meets on a regular basis to discuss issues of mutual concern to human service providers in Rockville. 

Accountability and Program Evaluation
Representing the City, the Community Services Program Manager was a co-founder of the Montgomery Organizational Development Group (MODG), which actively promotes the use of a common system of outcome measurement by all nonprofit agencies in the county.  MODG has adopted a common grant application form and funded a twelve-hour training curriculum for nonprofit program managers at Montgomery College.  All Caregiver Agency applicants for City funds are required to develop outcome measures consistent with the training.