September 4, 2024

Exciting News! The Children's Trust's New Website is Launching Soon!

The Children's Trust is thrilled to announce the launch of our new website, designed to provide a richer and more dynamic experience for both parents and partners like you! Our new website will feature two distinct environments: one for parents and one specifically for our partners and prospective partners, offering tailored resources and information to better serve your needs.

The new website will continue to be at www.TheChildrensTrust.org. Be on the lookout for it. We are excited to embark on this new chapter with you and appreciate your continued partnership and support!

Differentiated Literacy Instruction Course Available in Trust Academy *

As you begin grouping children for DLI instruction, be sure to check out Project RISE's all NEW DLI Basics course for everything from testing to monitoring to creating engaging intervention plans. Reach out to our coaching team for more individualized support.

Differentiated Literacy Instruction (DLI) Basics

Certified teachers and those responsible for literacy testing can now, at their convenience, learn all they need to know to get DLI started this school year. This course is available 24/7 in the Trust Academy LMS.

UM Team COACH Trainings

Attention parenting providers! Do you have skills you want to learn, questions you want answered, or communities you want to build? Well then check out UM Team Coach training supports that we offer! We are the home for you!

Communities of Practice: Join a community where Parenting Providers support one another, share best practices and deepen their knowledge. CoPs are held virtually the first week of every month.

  1. Starting From Scratch Series Community of Practice

Calling all Parenting Providers! As the new contract year begins, we want to be there for you. This new CoP series will include live trainings on hiring staff, recruiting participants, and managing data. We will also be launching a new "Starting from Scratch Q&A" Community of Practice to answer all of your new contract year questions! Stay tuned for more details soon!

Monday, September 23, 11 a.m.-noon. https://collabornation.net/sl/event_details/83158

We want to hear from you! 

To ensure we deliver content that is most relevant and beneficial to you, we kindly request your participation in a brief survey. This survey aims to gather your preferences and suggestions regarding future training topics and content types you would like to see from Team Coach.

https://redcap.miami.edu/surveys/?s=3TRHEJ3F4FKHK8TK.

Coaching and Consultation: Parenting providers, we are here directly for your individualized needs! If you are interested in coaching or consultation, please click here to complete our coaching request form.

Join Skillbuild's Peer Community Meeting Every Thursday

Join Skillbuild for its next Peer Community Meeting, where you can connect with like-minded professionals and enhance your approach through meaningful collaboration. This is your chance to grow your network and expand your horizons! Every Thursday through September 26. Let's come together and build something great! WE ARE BUILDERS! Don't miss out! Be a part of this inspiring community!

YWCA Trainings

Strategic Communication Planning: 90 Minute Virtual Refresher

Join the 90-minute senior leader refresher - a confidential roundtable sparking fresh ideas to tackle challenges. Navigate tough comms, balance priorities, and be the bold, trusted advisor your org craves. Ready to level up? Session takes place on Sept. 5.

Intro Into Racial Literacy Workshop

Everyone has a racial story that shapes their life and work. Join this engaging 3-hour in-person session led by Senior Lion's Story Trainers to explore your racial identity and build racial literacy - the ability to read, recast and resolve racially stressful interactions. Gain practical tools, engage in meaningful discussions and enhance your ability to navigate race conversations. Session takes place Sept. 6.

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 call 1.855.786.KIDS (5437), or Kimberly Lopez at 786.562.8758, email klopez@citrusfcn.com, or visit:

The Children's Trust is proud of the hundreds of organizations, businesses and entities that make up our Provider Network. To that end, we will be periodically highlighting them in a section of our Weekly Provider Bulletin simply named Provider Spotlight. See the impact of the work of your fellow providers and to submit an organization for consideration, nominate them in the Provider Bulletin form, with the following information: Name, Services Provided, With Trust Since, Website/Contact Information, Communities Served, and Number of Sites.

Learn more about The Trust's providers in our special weekly social media posts entitled Trust Tuesday (#TrustTuesday)

Friends of South Florida Music

This week, we are featuring Trust-funded Friends of South Florida Music (FSFM), a dedicated nonprofit foundation committed to providing early childhood music education to children of all abilities, ensuring that every child, regardless of their background or circumstances, has the opportunity to experience the enriching benefits of music. FSFM strives to create an inclusive and supportive environment where young minds can thrive, develop creativity and build confidence through the power of music. For more information on FSFM, visit www.friendsofsfm.org and email Dr. Joy Galliford at joy@friendsofsfm.org for further details on FSFM's Music FUNdamentals program.

CLEAR and HEAL Leadership Programs Accepting Applications *

CLEAR : Climate Justice Program

The 10-week CLEAR program provides participants with the groundwork to become climate justice educators, leaders, and innovators in their own communities and beyond. Participants will develop a deep and intersectional understanding of climate science, local climate change threats, and solutions. The goal of the program is for participants to:

• understand what climate change is and how it impacts folks in Miami and beyond while learning the history of the environmental justice and climate justice movements in the US
• learn strategies for building climate resilience in Miami-Dade County
• explore the intersections of climate, health, and housing
• develop their skills in framing the issue, public speaking, writing, and community organizing;
• understand the role of different non-profit and political bodies in local climate resilience advocacy work;
• identify their interests, strengths, and passions as grassroots climate justice leaders.

Spaces are limited so please apply by September 6. Apply for CLEAR Here

Dates: Tuesdays - Sept 10 - Tuesday, November 12

Times: 6 - 9 p.m.

Location: Neighborhood Housing Services of South Florida, 300 NW 12th Ave, Miami, FL 33128

Dinner is provided, there is free street parking in the neighborhood and child care and interpretation are available as needed.

HEAL : Housing Justice Program

The 10-week HEAL program provides participants with the groundwork to become housing justice educators, leaders, and innovators in their own communities and beyond. Participants will develop a deep and intersectional understanding of Miami’s housing crisis, local housing crisis threats, and solutions. The goal of the program is for participants to:

• understand what the housing crisis is and how it impacts folks in Miami and beyond while learning the history of housing injustice and affordable housing advocacy in the US
• learn strategies for building affordable housing in Miami-Dade County explore the intersections of housing, health and climate
• develop their skills in framing the issue, public speaking, writing, and community organizing;
• understand the role of different non-profit and political bodies in local climate resilience advocacy work;
• identify their interests, strengths, and passions as grassroots housing justice leaders.

Spaces are limited so please apply by September 6

Apply for HEAL here!

Day: Thursday September 12 - Thursday, November 14

Time: 6 - 9 p.m.

Location: SMASH (Struggle for Miami's Affordable & Sustainable Housing) 

1611 NW 65th St, Miami, FL 33147

Dinner is provided, there is free street parking in the neighborhood and child care and interpretation are available as needed.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Omolara McCallister Williams, Leadership Program Manager at omolaraw@catalystmiami.org.

FREE Weekly Webinars from M-DCPS Parent Academy *

Join the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Parent Academy for these upcoming 1-hour webinars. Tuesday (English), Wednesday (Kreyol), Thursday (Spanish) at 9 a.m. or 6 p.m., Homework Help, Parent-Teacher Conferences, FL Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST), Fathers in Education, Magnet School Application, Dyslexia, The Effects of Screen Time on Children. Click below for more information and registration:

Registration Open for Youth Arts in the Parks Fall Creative Club *

Remind those you serve that registration is now open for the 2024 Youth Arts in the Parks Fall Creative Club! Registration deadline is September 13.. Youth Arts in the Parks is an inclusive, socially-oriented arts program for children and youth with and without disabilities ages six through 17; youth with disabilities welcome through 22 years of age. For more information and to register visit link below:

Kids Run Miami - The Life Time Miami Marathon & Half *

The 20th year of the Kids Run Miami Program is here and organizers hope to welcome you and your students to be a part of the action! The Life Time Kids Run Miami program is a FREE youth running program that encourages Miami-Dade County middle school students, ages 6-13, to run 25.2 miles over 16 weeks, culminating at the Life Time Miami Marathon & Half presented by FP Movement on February 2, with the Final Mile event where participants will earn their medal!

Free K-12 Digital Learning Resources for Those You Serve

ATT Achievery is proud to provide students, parents, and caregivers with free access to a digital learning platform. This collaboration between the National Summer Learning Association and AT&T Achievery aims to enhance online learning opportunities for K-12 students. The Achievery has over 500 entertaining videos and clips from popular movies and TV shows as well as engaging learning activities across 7 academic subjects. Have them sign up for a free account below:

Epilepsy Educational Presentations & Seizure First Aid Training- at No Cost

Available in person and virtually in English and Spanish. Open to the community, including schools (staff and students), professionals such as physicians and attorneys, police, emergency medical services personnel, and healthcare professionals. It also extends to community-based organizations specializing in health and social services and providers such as daycare centers. To request a presentation/training, email below or contact office at 1.877.553.7453.

William T. Grant Foundation Institutional Challenge Grant Applications Open

The purpose of this program is to support university-based research institutes, schools, and centers in building sustained research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order to reduce inequality in youth outcomes. Eligibility is limited to tax-exempt organizations. Eligible organizations include university-based research institutes, schools, or centers. Award Ceiling: $650,000.

Deadline date for applications is September 12.

TD Ready Challenge Grants Available for Nonprofits

The purpose of the TD Ready Challenge is to support innovative approaches to supporting underserved small business owners to develop a business, launch a new business, or grow an existing business. This program encourages applicants to present novel strategies, technologies or partnerships that have the potential to disrupt systemic barriers for underserved entrepreneurs with the goal of cultivating a more inclusive and supportive entrepreneurial landscape across North America. Eligibility is limited to U.S. charitable and not-for profit organizations which meet the following criteria: have received Section 501(c)(3) determination from the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS"); or are treated by the IRS as an organization that is not a private foundation as described in Sections 509(a)(1),(2) or (3) of the Internal Revenue Code (the "IRS Code"); or are a local/state government organization. Award Ceiling: $1,000,000.Deadline date for applications is September 5.

Change the Life of a Child in Foster Care; Serve on a Citizen Review Panel

Florida Foster Care Review (FFCR) advances the safety, stability and success of youth and young adults involved in Miami-Dade’s dependency system by connecting them to essential services, healthy relationships and forever families. FFCR seeks caring volunteers to review and monitor cases one full weekday per month during Citizen Review Panel (CRP) hearings held virtually. Visit link below for more information and requirements.

Available Positions at The Children's Trust

Program Manager- $61,565.02 Annual

The position manages the full life cycle of assigned funded program(s) and services located throughout Miami-Dade County. This person requires occasional non-traditional work hours (weekends and evenings) and reliable transportation. This professional position will support the Programs Management Team in implementing strategies that foster collaboration among internal and external stakeholders to ensure services are delivered in accordance with The Children’s Trust standards and latest evidence-based practices. S/he is responsible for utilizing change management, knowledge, skills, and behaviors to promote continuous quality improvement throughout the assigned contracts and projects. This person will be assigned a caseload of contracts and may serve as initiative/project lead. The attached exhibits include additional responsibilities for the Program Manager leading our Metrics and PPD efforts.

Research and Evaluation Analyst - $61,565.02 Annual

The Research and Evaluation Analyst is a critical member of both cross- and inter-departmental teams at The Children’s Trust who engages in proactive problem-solving and critical thinking/analysis related to the design and effectiveness of various child, youth, and family services. Primary responsibilities include: contributing to effective program and systems designs for The Children’s Trust’s priority investments in child, youth and family services; designing and maintaining sound data collection tools and systems to capture meaningful program, operational and community data in a user-friendly, accessible manner; and analyzing and making meaning from available data to tell our stories using compelling visualizations and reports, with an intentional focus on the specific audience and purpose of the message.

America on Tech is hiring a Curriculum Manager *

America On Tech's mission is to prepare the next generation of technology leaders from underestimated communities. They are currently looking for a Curriculum Manager to lead its curriculum strategy. This is a great opportunity for a creative and enthusiastic professional looking to help shape the vision of a promising nonprofit and is inspired by the potential of students. Successful candidates are drivers who are solutions-oriented, data-loving, entrepreneurial & passionate about curriculum. Apply below:

Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center is Hiring *

Sand La Neighborhood Center is seeking a clinical therapist who will be responsible for providing individual/family counseling to children/adolescents along with their parents/caregivers. Responsibilities: provide office, in-home, school or teletherapy for children and their caregivers. Conduct intakes & bio-psychosocial assessments of clients referred for therapy. Qualifications: Master's degree from an accredited college/university in mental health counseling, marriage & family therapy, social work or related field.

Available Positions at Family Central

Do you have a passion for working with children and families? Would you like to make a difference in your community? Join the team at Family Central! They have openings for full time opportunities like family consultant, nurturing coach, mental health consultant, assistant teachers, and lead teachers. Family Central offers competitive salaries and a generous benefits plan. For more info and to apply click below:

Available Positions at Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida

Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida is hiring for several positions in its programs department to help oversee and manage its Community Troops: Community Troops Manager, Community Troops Aide - North Dade, Community Troops Aide - South Dade, Director of Community Partnerships. For further details and to apply please follow the link below:

Part-Time Bookkeeping Assistant at Victory for Youth

Victory For Youth is seeking a motivated and detailed-oriented Part-Time Bookkeeping Assistant. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of Quickbooks and a strong understanding of bookkeeping principles. Please email your resume to Isabel Gonzalez at email below:

Available Positions at Advocacy Network on Disabilities *

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) Therapist *

Advocacy Network on Disabilities is seeking a compassionate and skilled Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) Therapist to join its clinical team. The ideal candidate will have specialized training and experience in providing trauma-focused therapy to children, adolescents, and their families. The TF-CBT Therapist will be responsible for delivering evidence-based therapeutic interventions to clients who have experienced trauma, helping them to process their experiences, develop coping strategies, and improve their overall mental health.

Training and Experience Requirements: Master’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling or related field. Licensed or license eligible as a Mental Health Professional in the state of Florida.

Minimum of 2 years-experience working with children, adolescents and families, with a focus on trauma. Excellent communication and organizational skills. Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish or Creole. Salary: $60,000. AND offers 100% employer-paid medical benefits, 12 paid holidays, and generous PTO.

Family Support Coordinator

Are you looking for a great place to work and make a difference? The Family Support Coordinator is responsible for the provision of advocacy, support and linkage services to individuals with developmental and other disabilities, their families and care givers as well as professionals and others seeking assistance. Utilizes strength-based strategies to build families’ protective factors.

Training and Experience Requirements: Bachelors in social work or related field. Minimum of 2 years-experience working with families who have children with disabilities and knowledge of local community strongly preferred. Excellent communication and organizational skills. Bilingual English-Creole preferred. Salary Range: $48,000 - $52,000. AND offers 100% employer-paid medical benefits, 12 paid holidays, and generous PTO. Mail resume to email below:

Employment Opportunities at Jewish Community Services of South Florida

Jewish Community Services is hiring for several positions: Helpline Counselors, Case Managers and many more. For further details and to apply please follow the link below: