The Hudson Valley Guild for Mental Health Professionals

MINI GRANTS APPLICATION

2025

Please email back as a Word document to asktheboard@hudsonvalleyguild.com. If you do not receive a confirmation from a board member that your application has been received within 1 week, email Theresebimka@gmail.com

Title of Offering:

Presenter(s) Information: If more than one presenter, please include the following information for each:

1.Name: 

Phone:  

E-mail:                 

Website: 

2.Name: 

Phone:  

E-mail:                 

Website: 

3.Name: 



Phone:

E-mail:        

Website: 

Primary Contact Name (for communications from the Guild):                                                            

Phone:

Email:

Short Bio for Each Presenter 

1.

2.

3.

Highlight: Professional trainings/ expertise that will support and/ or enhance this offering.

Title:  

Description of Offering: 

Initial Statement (example)  X number of practitioners will offer (2) 3 hour workshops focusing on (clinical goals)_________ for x------ population.

Feel free to offer more details in your own words following this initial statement or go straight to the questions below.

1) Why is this program needed, relevant or unique?  What need are you identifying?

2) Do you have a Target Population? Rationale?

3) Where do you plan to host your offering? Are you hoping to collaborate with any local organizations? 

   Do you need help finding an appropriate site?

4) How will you promote this program? Flyer? Post on social media? Mailchimp Newsletter? Other ideas? 

Note: Promotional Aesthetics are important and reflect professionalism.

5) How will you assess whether this offering has been successful?

6) Is there anything you need the board to do to support this initiative?

7) Anything else you want to add?

Participation Options: (in person or via Zoom)

____The program I am proposing is appropriate for either in-person attendance or via zoom.

___ This program would be zoom only. Will you need a zoom host? ___Y ____N?

     Do you have experience presenting live to an audience on zoom? □ Yes □ No   

___ The program I am proposing is appropriate only for in-person attendance.

Proposed Dates/ Timeline:______________________

If this is a zoom presentation that needs Board Support:

Do you have flexibility in terms of when the presentation will be offered? □ Yes □ No     

If yes, which months would work for you to offer this presentation?

If no, when would you like to offer this presentation?

If approved and since you will be representing the Guild in public, we ask that you submit your promotional material 2-4 weeks before you plan to advertise so the board can review and/or make recommended changes. 

Please add this to all promotional materials: This Program is funded by The Hudson Valley Guild of Mental Health Professionals' Mini Grant Program.

Lastly - All mini grant recipients will be asked to submit a summary report to the board within 1 month of completion.

Summary Report:

1) overview of what was offered ( same or different in some way from what was proposed - we understand that programs can evolve in response to clients' needs)

2) what went well?

3) any challenges 

4) what did you learn?

 5) Recommendations (if any)

Thank you for your interest and proposal. 

The Board will review all proposals and get back to you soon.