May 18, 2023

Download Mayor's Blue Ribbon Children's Commission Roadmap for Child Success *

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava's Blue Ribbon Children Commission has released its Roadmap for Child Success, made in collaboration with The Children's Trust and based on recommendations from The Mayor's Children's Summit in 2022. The document is ready and available for download at the link below.

How to navigate the Roadmap:

1. The Roadmap builds on the success of child-focused organizations, creates a unified platform, and increases community awareness of best practices and available programming and resources.
2. The Roadmap focuses on the “whole child” and promotes building stronger foundations for families, community equity, and public-private partnerships.
3. The Roadmap provides guidance to local, state, and federal leaders on effective policy decisions and economic investments to ensure all children thrive from the start (ages zero to 5).
4. The Roadmap is a guide developed by the Mayor’s Children’s Commission to make Miami-Dade County the best county in which to raise children and ensure their long-term success.

New Course Categories in Trust Academy LMS

It’s now simpler to find the courses that are targeted for your interests and initiative in Trust Academy LMS. When you click "Show Categories" in the Course Catalog, areas of interest and initiatives are now displayed. Get motivated with new courses in Leadership Development and Capacity Building and in Social Emotional Wellness. See what’s available for Youth Development and FNSP & Parenting & Family Strengthening. Learn more through Including Children with Disabilities. Log in to Trust Academy LMS to see this enhancement. Enjoy learning!

UM Team COACH Support for Parenting Provider Programs

Live Trainings

1. Finding Stress Management Strategies that Work for You: May 24, noon- 1 p.m. Click here to sign up or log in to Trust Academy.
2. Building the Road to Family Engagement: Practical Tools for Parenting Programs: May 18, Noon-1 p.m. Click here to sign up or log in to Trust Academy.

NEW! Online Course in Trust Academy

1. Helping Caregivers Overcome Depression in Parenting Programs

Coaching and Consultation

Are you a Parenting Program provider interested in individualized coaching and/or consultation? Click here to fill out the Coaching Request Form or email them at teamcoach@miami.edu.

Support for All Providers

Online Courses

1. Identifying your Strengths and Boosting your Wellbeing

2. Defining Your Problems and Enhancing Your Perspective-Taking Skills

3. Your Guided Path to Generating, Evaluating, Implementing and Troubleshooting Solutions

4. Developing Your Guided Path to Wellness: Thoughts, Feelings, and Behavior

Project RISE's Upcoming Differentiated Literacy Instruction Virtual Training

June 21, from 10 a.m.-noon. Attention Certified Teachers! If you have not yet completed the Differentiated Literacy Instruction training, this is your last opportunity to get it done before summer! Learn how to use data from the ORF and Maze assessments to identify struggling readers and to develop reading intervention plans unique to each student. Attendees will also learn how to create a plan of action to differentiate reading instruction.

To register visit Collabornation.net/login or go to TrustCentral.org and click on the Trust Academy link.

Live In-Person Training from Advocacy Network on Disabilities *

Tuesday, May 23, 10-11:30 a.m. Count Me In- Inclusion for Kids, Miami Lighthouse for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Inc. 601 SW 8 Avenue Miami, FL 33130

One of our most popular trainings, come learn fun, meaningful activities to do with your students to build their disability awareness, and encourage them to appreciate differences.  

Interested in scheduling a Live In-Person training at your site? Contact your Inclusion Specialist or send an email to training@advocacynetwork.org.

To register visit Collabornation.net/login or go to TrustCentral.org and click on the Trust Academy link.

Virtual Social & Emotional Wellness (SEW) Training by YWCA

Leading Your Organization with Social Emotional Wellness (SEW), May 19

Facilitated by University of Miami’s Team COACH, this virtual training is specifically designed for supervisors to learn strategies to promote their own SEW so that they can be fully present and available to promote the social emotional wellness of their colleagues through the promotion of values, healthy workplace policies, culture, communication practices, and structural and environmental changes.

To register visit Collabornation.net/login or go to TrustCentral.org and click on the Trust Academy 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 call 1.855.786.KIDS (5437), or Kimberly Lopez at 786.562.8758, email klopez@citrusfcn.com, or visit:

Be a Florida KidCare Partner This Back-To-School Season! *

The Florida Healthy Kids Corporation is looking to partner with non-profit, school- and community-based organizations during the next back-to-school season to promote Florida KidCare and educate families about available programs and services. Up to eight Back-to-School Initiative funding opportunities are available for up to $6,500 per award. Proposals must be received no later than Friday, May 26, at 5 p.m., to be considered. Contact email below for more information!

Advocacy 104 Training in Civic Leadership *

The Women's Fund invites you to attend an upcoming event, Advocacy 104, in collaboration with the FIU Maurice A. Ferré Institute for Civic Leadership. This FREE event will take place both online and in person. The address to attend in person is 318 NW 23 Street, Miami, FL 33127. Room: 105 and will take place from 8:30 a.m.-noon. The event online is via Zoom, and will take place from 9 a.m.-noon. RSVP below:

Centering Humanity in Our Journey as Diversity Informed Healers Training

Join FAIMH for Centering Humanity in Our Journey as Diversity Informed Healers on June 27 from 1-4 p.m. via Zoom as Dr. Barbara Stroud guides attendees to see themselves through the lens of humanity. More than a training, this experience will be a reflective exploration of the multiple identities that influence both providers and caregivers as healers. To register visit link below:

NAMI Miami-Dade Peer Mentoring Program

The peer mentor program is a free program open to persons who are looking to partner with a mentor who shares similar life experiences and can support their mental health journey in recovery. NAMI peer mentors build empowering peer relationships by offering hope, as well as recovery, support, and educational resources, from a position of having experienced and successfully navigated living with a mental health condition or helping a loved one navigate through their recovery.

Survey: How Well is Miami-Dade County Serving People with disabilities?

If you have a disability, know someone who does, or if you are a caregiver, please complete the Community Needs and Satisfaction Survey and let us know what opinions or concerns you have about how people with disabilities are served through county programs and services. Let the county know where it is doing well as well as where it needs improvement! Access the survey below:

Free Public Youth Mental Health First Aid Training from Project Bridge

If you interact with youth and desire to see them healthy & safe, there is a training opportunity for you. The Mental Health First Aid training can help you to assist a young person who may be experiencing a mental health challenge. Project Bridge is offering FREE training in Youth Mental Health First Aid to any adult who connects with teens. This is a 6.5 hour course that aims to increase mental health literacy. For more information contact Keyla Rodriguez below:

Dual Language Learners: What Every Teacher Needs to Know Conference

The Early Learning Career Center, funded by The Children's Trust, will be offering scholarships to educators currently employed in a DCF licensed facility or family home to attend the Dual Language Learners: What Every Teacher Needs to Know! conference on June 24. This conference will address how teachers can best support and extend dual language learners' language and literacy development in the very diverse community of Miami-Dade. For more information email below:

Second Round of Safe in the 305 Grant Program Starting

The Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) is proud to present the second round of the Safe in the 305 grant program, a Miami-Dade County Peace & Prosperity Plan initiative. Safe in the 305 is designed to encourage residents and community stakeholders to promote peace and prosperity, by funding community-driven actions that make their own neighborhoods safer. ONS is currently accepting grant application through May 26. To learn more and/or apply visit www.miamidade.gov/safeinthe305 

Safe in the 305 is designed to encourage residents and community stakeholders to promote peace and prosperity, by funding community-driven actions that make their own neighborhoods safer. 

Applications are being accepted to: 

• Organize efforts to revitalize or beautify neighborhoods 

• Assist justice-involved individuals 

• Support youth development and empowerment, 

• Address mental/emotional wellness, food insecurity, and the digital divide. 

Grant Amounts: $500 to $1,500 

Application Deadline: May 26

To apply, visit link below:

Catalyst Miami is Recruiting for Summer 2023 Leadership Programs

Catalyst Miami is currently recruiting for the upcoming Summer 2023 Leadership Programs. With gentrification and high rent prices displacing many South Florida residents from their homes and health disparities greatly affecting the wellbeing of our communities, there's no better time to show up for yourself and your neighbors. Our power as a community is in our awareness and solidarity. Come grow that power at their next virtual LIGHT and HEAL leadership programs! 

Catalyst Miami appreciate welcomes you to apply and to share with your networks and communities. For more information, click below:

Workshop to Help Complete Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

Join Miami-Dade County Public Schools and Miami Dade College for in-person workshops to help you complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). A completed FAFSA is the key to paying for college! Workshops will provide students the opportunity to:

• Complete the FAFSA application.
• Receive hands-on support from multi-lingual financial aid experts.
• Ask questions and resolve FAFSA application challenges.

Remaining in-person workshops:

May 24, 5-7 p.m. at Hispanic Branch Library, 1398 Southwest 1 Street, Miami, FL 33135. RSVP.

Pérez CreARTE Grant Program is Open for Applications

Supported by the Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation in partnership with The Miami Foundation, the Pérez CreARTE grant program supports Miami arts organizations working in the areas of arts access, arts education, and artist fellowships and residencies. The program will provide capital and support for exemplary organizations to embrace artistic risk-taking, expand the diversity of creative experiences and audiences, and present work that inspires with its excellence and relevance. Grants will be between $100,000 and $250,000 and are for nonprofits or equivalents working in Miami - not for individual artists. The application period is open through May 26. Apply by clicking below. Learn more at miamifoundation.org/perezopportunities

Free Webinars from Kristi House Education

Join community service providers at these free, upcoming online trainings:

• Children with Problematic Sexual Behavior: May 18
• Stewards of Children: May 23
• The 10 Signs-Healthy & Unhealthy Relationships: May 25
• What Every Adult Needs to Know About Child Sexual Abuse: June 1
• Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children 101: June 13
• How Mass Violence Impacts Youth: June 15

Click below for more info and registration:

Available Positions at The Children's Trust

Research & Evaluation Analyst - ($55,968 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.

Redlands Christian Migrant Association seeks Early Childhood Specialist

The Early Childhood Specialist will be part of the center's leadership team and will have knowledge and expertise in early childhood development, curriculum development, and program assessments. The ECS focuses on professional staff development, standard coaching, and staff qualifications. They will have the expertise to ensure developmentally appropriate practices are followed for all children. Bachelor's degree in early childhood education is required, bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.

Miami Music Project Needs Director of Marketing & Communications

Miami Music Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, seeks a seasoned, detail-oriented, and creative communications and marketing strategist to support Miami Music Project’s mission and its impact in the community. In this position, the Director of Marketing and Communications will play a vital role in elevating and promoting Miami Music Project’s mission awareness and fundraising campaigns. View the full job description and apply below:

On-Site Director at Rainbow Intergenerational Learning Center

On-site director position opportunity for candidates that have the following minimum qualification: FCCPC/CDA National and or Early Childhood Certificate and Director's Credential. Experience in Early Head Start preferred. Must be bilingual. Send resumes and DCF transcript to email below:

Available Positions at Agape Network

Mental health counselors and case managers needed! The OP counselor will be responsible for conducting psychosocial rehabilitation to at risk-youth as well as for individuals with severe mental illness (SMI), severe emotional disturbance (SED), and co-occurring disorders (COD). Case manager duties include assessing, planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating actions required to meet the client’s health and human services needed. Send your resume to email below:

Apply Now for Our Creative Fellowship and Take Your Art to New Heights!

Calling all writers and artists: NABU is excited to announce the launch of its Creative Fellowship program! The fellowship program seeks to unlock creative potential. They are looking for passionate, driven artists of Haitian heritage who are ready to take their art to new heights. Applications for the Creative Fellowship program are now open. To apply, visit link below and submit your application before May 21at 11:59 p.m.

Available Opportunities at Breakthrough Miami

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR: The Development Director will support the advancement functions of the organization, including building, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding a portfolio of donors for annual and multi-year gifts. The Director will focus on growing corporate giving. Responsibilities will include direct fundraising, fundraising activities coordination, stewardship and advancement-related administrative support in order to strengthen our work with donors and partners, thereby advancing mission, programs and impact. 

The successful candidate will be authentically committed to mission, and be a strategic, flexible, and positive thinker responsible for direct fundraising.

ASSISTANT SITE DIRECTOR: The Assistant Site Director (ASD) is responsible for the efficient and effective delivery of programs and services that most directly affect Breakthrough Miami Scholars and families. An ASD oversees campus or site logistics, unpaid student volunteers and some stipended positions, such as Teaching Fellows. As an ambassador of the program, the ASD builds supportive relationships with students, parents, schools, the community and other stakeholders to ensure the academic and socio-enrichment success of all Breakthrough Scholars.  

The individual in this role is organized, self-motivated and collaborative, with strong communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

SITE DIRECTOR: The Site Director manages the staff and day-to-day operations of the school-year and summer programs at one of Breakthrough Miami’s six host school sites. This position is responsible for ensuring all program operations are aligned with Breakthrough Miami’s vision, mission and goals; and for continuously improving educational enrichment and operational processes.

The individual in this role is able to operate effectively in diverse environments, achieve outcomes in a flexible, fast-paced environment, lead change and inspire others to action, and communicate consistently and effectively.

SUMMER INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES: Summer Instructional Coaches (ICs) are experienced and successful professional educators who provide content-specific support for BTM Teaching Fellows throughout the summer and engage fully in the BTM community. ICs dictate the level of academic rigor during Breakthrough Miami’s summer program through their interactions with Teaching Fellows. They effectively communicate content specifics to Teaching Fellows, guide Fellows through effective planning and execution, and hold both Fellows and students to the highest standards. ICs are expected to lead department meetings, visit Fellows’ classes at least twice a week, evaluate lesson plans and curriculum overviews, and meet individually with Fellows regarding their ongoing work. Since ICs are the only professional teachers on-site, they are accountable for the quality of instruction students receive, and are responsible for supporting BTM Teaching Fellows through their teaching experiences. This role starts on June 10, 2023, and ends on August 4, 2023.

The individuals in this role must have a State of Florida Teaching Certificate or equivalent; an outstanding track record as a professional classroom teacher; exceptional interpersonal skills; the ability to deliver positive, constructive and honest feedback; and creativity, energy and commitment to excellence.

SUMMER SITE COORDINATORS: Summer Site Coordinators (SSCs) are critical members of the summer administrative team and help ensure the smooth and safe operations of the Summer Institute at their assigned site. SSCs train, coordinate and oversee volunteers; supervise the summer food service program for Scholars and staff; order and keep an inventory of program supplies; coordinate general office administration; manage the Scholar drop-off and pick-up process; and assist with the execution of special events. This position starts on June 10, 2023 and ends on August 4, 2023.

The individuals in this role must have a strong academic record with a minimum of two years of college completion; and excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.

SUMMER ASSISTANT SITE DIRECTORS: Summer Assistant Site Directors (SASDs) work collaboratively with full-time directors at their assigned site to ensure a successful Summer Institute; and work closely with Scholars and their families, as well as Teaching Fellows to ensure their needs are met. This position starts on June 10, 2023, and ends on August 4, 2023.

The individuals in this role must have a bachelor’s degree; a high degree of flexibility in order to multitask between projects; exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively in many different environments with people from diverse backgrounds; comfort and confidence in working with children and adults; and creativity, energy, and a commitment to excellence.

For more detailed information on any of the job listed for Breakthrough Miami, please visit the Breakthrough Miami Careers page.  

HOW TO APPLY: Please send a cover letter and resume to the attention of Nicole Gray, Business Manager at careers@breakthroughmiami.org.