September 18, 2024

October DLI Training and SEL PQA Peer Learning From Project RISE *

A Deeper Dive Into Differentiated Literacy Instruction (DLI)

October 1, from 4-6 p.m.

Are you a member of the team providing DLI at your program? A Deeper Dive Into DLI offers both new and veteran instructors the opportunity to add to their literacy strategies’ toolbox, as well as the chance to address some common challenges related to DLI. Completion of the Differentiated Literacy Instruction (DLI) Basics course in the Trust Academy LMS is encouraged before attending this training.

SEL PQA Best Practices Community of Practice (CoP)

October 2, from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

The purpose of this CoP is to provide YD K-5 staff an ongoing opportunity to reflect on and share best practices regarding how they will use their CAT assessment, and, more generally, the SEL PQA assessment tool, as opportunities for reflection, growth, and professional development planning. 

Provider Bulletin Form Now Accessible from "Partner" Pages of New Website

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 is still at www.TheChildrensTrust.org.

To submit items for the Provider Bulletin, click on the "Partner" tab on the top right of the homepage and scroll to the bottom of the page where you will see the "Weekly Provider Bulletin Form" button, or go directly to TheChildrensTrust.org/bulletin.

We are excited to embark on this new chapter with you and appreciate your continued partnership and support!

The Children's Trust Leadership Academy 2025 Application Open

Are you ready to take your leadership skills to the next level? Join Leadership Academy, a 9-month program that includes live subject matter expert-designed sessions and peer groups! The Academy starts on January 14, 2025, and is a professional development program for supervisory-level leaders to move to the next level of personal and professional growth. Submit your application by November 15. Apply below:

YAC's Environmental Resiliency Youth Summit on Sept. 28 at FIU

Encourage those you serve to participate in the YAC Environmental Resiliency Youth Summit on Sept. 28, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., at FIU College of Engineering & Computing, 10555 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33174. The summit will include a film festival competition, interactive workshops, upcycled art, exhibits, tours, community service hours, food and more. Register below.

Remind Those You Serve to Join The Trust's Youth Advisory Committee

It's officially the Youth Advisory Committee's (YAC) recruitment season in August and September.

What is the YAC?

The YAC is a youth development program available exclusively to Miami-Dade County high school students that allows participants to explore leadership, service and advocacy. The YAC also provides eye-opening community service opportunities. 

What are the benefits of joining the YAC?

9th through 12th grades are given the opportunity to:

• Earn an abundance of community service hours.
• Develop a service-learning project, with funds provided by The Children’s Trust.
• Participate in local field trips to meet local community leaders and experience Miami-Dade communities.
• Participate in a trip to the Capitol in Tallahassee during Florida Children’s Week to meet legislators and experience the political process.
• Gain strong leadership and teamwork qualities that will last a lifetime.

APPLY FOR THE YAC HERE.

QUESTIONS? Contact us at YAC@thechildrenstrust.org.

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 Website and the Guided Path for Social Emotional Wellness Tool

The YWCA of South Florida, in partnership with The Children's Trust, is excited to launch our SEW-REDI (Social Emotional Wellness-Race, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) website. It features a SEW-REDI training calendar, resources for families and Trust-funded providers to tackle wellness and equity challenges, and the University of Miami's Guided Path for Social Emotional Wellness tool, connecting users to local mental health support and parenting programs. Click below to visit website:

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)

The Home Team

This week, we are featuring The Home Team and their after-school and youth development programs. Their mission is to improve the lives of Miami-Dade public school students through engagement with academic, sports and business leaders. In addition to enhancing students' academic, social and developmental success, their programs also help strengthen social skills both personally and within the community. The Home Team will offer a wide range of programs at Ponce de Leon Middle School and Gibson-Bethel Community Center throughout the 2024-2025 school year. Their programs have been active since 2016 and include free meals, tutoring, anti-bullying, cultural arts, dance, homework help, STEM robotics, literacy, post-secondary planning and more! For more information about the programs The Home Team offers, visit: www.thehometeam.org/programs.

CLEAR and HEAL Leadership Programs Still 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 Count
• 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 -October 1- Tuesday, December 3

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 October 3- Thursday, December 5

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 Microsoft 365 Training for Nonprofits!

Learn how your nonprofit organization can leverage the power of Microsoft 365 to streamline your operations, collaborate more effectively, and enhance your impact. Don't miss this opportunity to take your nonprofit to the next level FREE technology training. Spots are limited so secure your spot by clicking below:

FREE Youth Mental Health First Aid Training

Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) training course aimed to increase understanding of mental health by educating individuals about the onset of mental health problems & addictions as well as helping recognize the early signs of mental health problems amongst the youth. This free training will be held on Thursday, Oct. 3, at Center for Social Change- 2103 Coral Way, Miami, FL, 33145 from 9 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. Please email below for registration details.

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

Data Analyst - $61,565.02 Annual

As a Data Analyst at The Children's Trust, you will be responsible for collecting, processing and analyzing data to help our organization make informed business decisions. You will work closely with various departments to understand their data needs, provide actionable insights and support strategic planning. The position maintains and implements routine solutions under the guidance of senior information technology management.  

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.

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:

Available Positions at Belafonte TACOLCY Center

Do you have a passion for working with children? Belafonte TACOLCY Center is seeking part-time Student Success Advocates to monitor the progress of each student assigned to them through regular contact and collaboration with the student, their legal guardian, school staff, and all other stakeholders. The Student Success Advocate will develop individualized action plans to help students achieve academic, social and personal success. Email resumes to link below:

Positions Available at Community Health of South Florida Inc.

Community Health of South Florida has Bachelor Level positions and positions for Registered Interns in Mental Health Counseling and Social Work. Licensed Mental Health and Licensed Social Worker positions also available. Please send resumes to cmaraoz@chisouthfl.org or apply online 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: