The Children’s Trust family wishes everyone safe and happy holidays, and our very best wishes for the New Year! Please note we will be closed December 28 through January 1, reopening January 4. The provider bulletin will resume on Wednesday, January 6.

With the closure we want to ensure providers receive payment. To do this, your invoice needs to be approved by December 22nd. To ensure you get a check before we close please submit immediately a complete invoice without any errors. Payments will resume the week of January 4, 2021.

Trust-funded providers, if your offices will be open December 28 through January 1, please feel free to continue submitting any outstanding invoices. However, we will not be reviewing or processing invoices and payments until our office re-opens on January 4. We will review any invoices submitted during this period upon our return.

Effective January 1, 2021, recently passed section 448.095(e) of the Florida Statutes requires all public employers, contractors and subcontractors, including The Children’s Trust providers, to use the E-Verify system to establish the authorization of new employees, including all new subcontractors and professional services consultants, to work in this country. Providers must also obtain and keep an affidavit from its subcontractors affirming that the subcontractors do not employ, contract or subcontract with any individuals who are not authorized to work in the US.

Providers who have been found to violate the statute will have their agreement or contract terminated, and not renewed for at least a year, per Florida Statutes. If a provider’s subcontractor has violated the statute, the provider must immediately terminate the subcontractor.

The E-Verify system is Internet-based and operated by the Department of Homeland Security that verifies the employment eligibility of employees. For more information on E-Verify and 448.095(e), F.S. (2020), click here.

On January 11, Youth Development and Family Services providers will have access to new Program Participation metrics- Retention and Engagement in Trust Central. The retention and engagement metrics will help provide a comprehensive view of program participation by measuring the level of engagement or if participants received the dosage expected to see an impact. Additionally, depending on the initiative, providers will get access to data at different levels including site, activity and participant. These new updates will be available through the grids in the Trust Central Metrics Module. In the upcoming weeks, you will receive links to new resources to help you and your team understand and navigate the new metrics and grids.

For additional information on Program Metrics including the Program Participation Component - click here - Program Metrics Tool

Home visiting programs help families improve their children’s health and development, but there are unique challenges providers face such handling families' confidentiality expectations and ensuring your own safety. In this online training course, they will discuss common challenges associated with home visiting and provide effective strategies to navigate them. This course is appropriate for direct service staff and supervisors of programs that offer home visiting.

Available on Trust Academy. If you have any questions, please contact teamcoach@miami.edu.

Families First is offering weekly groups that meet via telehealth in both English and Spanish and are open to Miami-Dade County residents. Baby & Me promotes optimal attachment between infants and caregivers, increases knowledge of infant development and behavior, and encourages parents to use responsive techniques during routine interactions with their infants. Groups facilitated by UM trained parenting specialists. Now enrolling for January session. Program funded by The Children's Trust.

For more information or to register contact mgotthold@miami.edu.

Register, get Zoom access info, or take a course, by signing into your Trust Academy account.

Always available online: Discovering Inclusion and Successful Inclusion of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Part 1

Looking for coaching, technical assistance or other help with inclusion? Contact your Inclusion Specialist. Not sure who it is? E-mail hgood@advocacynetwork.org.

As we navigate together through providing programming during a pandemic, Project RISE has found that programs may need extra materials.

Project RISE can purchase materials for programs, deliver them and provide staff with coaching designed to best utilize these materials. For more information, please fill out the Request Coaching Assistance form here.

Are you providing children and youth with authentic, meaningful choices throughout your program? Does your program reflect the input of the youth involved? Participants will learn how to provide meaningful choices within activities and opportunities for youth input within the youth program itself. Take a plan to implement back to your program and learn more about items on the SEL-PQA that will help you increase your CAT scores. The training takes place January 26, from 11a.m.- 1 p.m.

Register for this training on Trust Academy in order to receive the Zoom meeting link.

Hundreds of kids and teens in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties are in need of safe, loving homes through no fault of their own due to abuse, neglect and/or abandonment. Citrus Family Care Network is looking for people who want to change the life of a child. Open your home and your heart, "Become a Foster Parent."

For more information visit www.citrusfcn.com, The Miami Heart Gallery or call 1.855.786.KIDS (5437) or Ben Morales at 305.608.9640.

Trust-funded programs and initiatives throughout the community have been doing inspiring, life-changing and heroic work to provide for the children and families of Miami-Dade during the coronavirus pandemic. Please continue the good work and make sure to share their stories social media while tagging us. Also, don't forget to email your stories and latest triumphs here!

City of Miami launches new program to provide tuition-free childcare to eligible local families at the City’s three Child Learning Centers. The centers provide developmental, educational and recreational services to children from infancy to age five through a robust curriculum approved by Early Learning Coalition and the Florida Office of Early Learning.

For enrollment, please call 305.759.3507 or e-mail humanservices@miamigov.com.

ConnectFamilias, in partnership with the University of Miami Department of Public Health Sciences, is launching a county-wide, family-focused COVID-19 Survey. The purpose of this study is to learn about the needs of Miami families during the COVID-19 pandemic to inform future programs to help our community. The survey is open to all parents of children ages 0-17 who reside in Miami-Dade County.

To complete this anonymous, online survey in English or Spanish, please visit: https://j.mp/33HhbP3.

As tense global issues like racism, political divides, and Covid-19 are impacting employees both in the workplace and at home, how can you re-establish a culture of trust in your organization and making it actionable in 2021?

Join this FREE Executive Training to learn how to re-establish and measure trust in your organization. Learn more & Register for free at: https://crisisproof.eventbrite.com.

The Triple P Parenting Program is for parents with children who have mild to moderate behavioral issues and are under the age of 12 years old. The Program consists of 10 FREE, 1 hour, parenting sessions with a Triple P Parent Educator from FOF. Parents will learn and practice the skills necessary to tackle behavioral challenges with various strategies implemented from the evidence based Triple P curriculum. We provide the sessions in English or Spanish, in home or virtual.

For more information write janet@fofmiami.org.

Any Miami-Dade resident who is 18 or older can take our survey located at www.MyMentalHealthMiami.com/Survey and receive a scorecard to benefit from all of the services available through the COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellness Program© (CMHWP). The CMHWP provides unique wraparound services and assists county residents to navigate the myriad of challenges borne by the COVID-19 scourge -- especially the wide spectrum of mental health related issues commonly associated with disasters and pandemics. The CMHWP can serve as a catalyst to provide “A Path to Wellness” for related to anxiety and mental wellness issues.

Calling all local super heroes! Are you living in Miami Dade? If so, foster children across the county need you! Doesn't matter if you're a single adult, two adults living together, married couple, or a family. You can become a super hero foster parent today!

Contact Miami@camelotcommunitycare.org to learn more today.

The Institute for Child and Family Health (ICFH) provides mental health services including Individual/family therapy and psychiatry for children and adolescents in Miami-Dade County. The institute accepts most Medicaid HMO’s and has funding for children of low-income families who do not have insurance. ICFH also provides individual/family therapy and psychiatry services for adults who have Medicaid.

For more information call 305.274.3172

The Children's Trust is seeking to fill a Program Manager position for Early Childhood. This position will be responsible for administering and monitoring contracts for various early childhood programs and services throughout Miami-Dade County that are funded by The Children's Trust. 

Click here for complete job description and application instructions.

Bachelor level position available at Community Health of South Florida, Inc.

Please send resume to cmaraoz@chisouthfl.org. Must have a bachelor in psychology, social work, or related.

The Overtown Youth Center is hiring a Director of Program Operations (DPO).This position reports to the CEO and serves on the Executive Leadership Team. The DPO provides advanced professional/technical leadership and expertise; responsible for managing program staff, all major grant funded programs, as well as day-to-day administrative and functional management of the program's activities. The DPO sets strategic direction, ensures fidelity of program operations, implements new programs, monitor and measures program effectiveness. The DPO will work closely with executive team to ensure long term sustainability by participating in fundraising activities such grant writing, donor relations and retention, etc.

Those interested should email or send a resume to Nicole.mcmillan@overtownyouth.org or visit www.overtownyouth.org.

Young Musicians Unite (YMU) is looking for a strong leader who will take charge of providing free music education to 2,500 students across 25 MDCPS schools. The director will provide students, a fun and safe learning environment in both the virtual and in person platforms. The position is also responsible for managing two regional directors and a team of teachers.

For more information contact sammy@youngmusiciansunite.org.

Girl Power, a leader in providing safe spaces and trauma focused evidenced-based programs and services for at-promise girls is seeking a full-time Prevention and Intervention Program Manager to successfully implement the goals, objectives and deliverables under OJJDP’s Preventing Sex.

To apply click here.

Belafonte Tacolcy Center is seeking a passionate Site Coordinator who will serve as a bridge connecting the families to the services that are available to improve their lives while working under the Program Director. They will promote and enhance the overall mission of BTC by coordinating services that strengthen the whole child. The Site Coordinator will contribute to the development of a healthy, safe, and caring environment by implementing effective programs and intervention strategies.

For more information write mthompson@tacolcy.org.

Behavioral Science Research Institute (BSRI) has a need for a full-time, upper-level applied evaluation manager to begin in January 2021. The candidate should have a Ph.D. in psychology, public health, or other applicable social sciences or health-related field. More details are available on LinkedIn.

BSRI has a need for an Evaluation Associate 1 to begin in January 2021. Social science or public health Master’s degree preferred. Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of academic and/or work experience related to the field of evaluation via social science and/or public health, or as otherwise defined by the supervisor. See more details below on LinkedIn.

Miami Lighthouse for the Blind seeks a Teacher’s Assistant to provide support and assistance to the Lighthouse Learning Pre-K Program daily operations. Requirements include DCF; Birth through Five Child Care Credentials.

Miami Lighthouse for the Blind seeks a Driver to be responsible for transporting clients (within Miami-Dade County) to and from Miami Lighthouse using company vehicles and also assisting with general housekeeping duties. Requirements include one year of experience driving a bus/passenger van, valid Florida Driver’s License, clean driving record, able to work a full-time flexible schedule, and bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.

Miami Lighthouse for the blind has an opening for an Early Intervention Service Coordinator. Supports organization and oversees compliance and case management of children’s’ programs. Under general supervision, performs task related to IFSP meetings, student enrollment and registration, maintenance of student records, interpreting and managing student and personnel data.

Miami Lighthouse has an opening for Technician Driver for Mobile Care Unit. The Technician/Driver position is responsible for the day-to-day activities necessary to implement the eye health/vision care outreach program, including driving the eye care mobile unit to schools and assisting the optometric physicians with examinations.

Email resumes to employment@miamilighthouse.org.

Forward resume by email to erivero@dadeschools.net.

For complete job listing, descriptions, requirements and to apply, visit CAREERBUILDER and CAREERROOKIE and/or e-mail resume and cover letter to Employment@icfhinc.org.