July 31, 2024

Last Family Expo Event at Miami Dade College Kendall Campus This Saturday!

The Children’s Trust Family Expo is going out into the community with its last event of the year this Saturday at Miami Dade College Kendall Campus from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The Family Expo continues to be the best chance for families to connect with the Trust’s extensive provider network as well as other community agencies and organizations that serve them. Let your networks and those you serve know about this great opportunity to access services - promotional materials are available in three languages below:

Advocacy Network on Disabilities' Reading Difficulties & Dyslexia Trainings *

New Course! Reading Difficulties and Dyslexia: This interactive course increases after-school providers’ awareness of how reading difficulties and dyslexia may impact students’ academic performance and affect their behavior. By increasing understanding, after-school staff may recognize “this child may not be doing their homework because they have a condition that interferes with their ability to read, rather than having a behavior problem." Local resources are provided as well as simple strategies to help students with reading challenges.

Remember! Trust Academy Courses Count for Annual In-Service Training *

Did you know that courses and trainings offered by Trust Academy count for Annual In-Service Training hours required for every staff member for DCF Licensing? Learn more about Trust Academy below:

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 supports that we offer! We are the home for you!

Live Training: 

1. Live Training - Virtual SDQ/PHQ-9 [Walk through[Wednesday, August 21; noon-1 p.m.]

Have you started using the SDQ or PHQ-9? Do you have questions about how to score it, or how to use it to help your families? Come to this live training hosted by UM Team Coach. This training provides an introduction to how to score the SDQ & PHQ-9, and how to use these tools to help your families!.

Click here to sign up or log in to Trust Academy!

Seats are limited so please RSVP at your earliest convenience. 

Our Recruitment and Stressors and Barriers CoPs will be taking a summer break during the months of July and August. We look forward to connecting again in September! 

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.

New Online Course to Enhance Your Project Management Skills

Leaders and volunteers in nonprofits often have to maximize limited resources to successfully manage projects. Learners of this course will have an opportunity to identify foundational behaviors for project managers as well as develop a project plan. The course provides an overview of strategies and techniques to monitor, and effectively close and evaluate a project. Log into the LMS first below to take this course:

Join Skillbuild's Peer Learning Community for Youth Development Mentors

SkillBuild is thrilled to introduce "The Peer Learning Community for Youth Development Mentors in Innovations of Learning," supported by The Children's Trust. Join them in their "WE ARE BUILDERS" initiative, a transformative journey to enhance your mentorship skills and impact youth lives. Don't miss their 7-part series - Zoom workshops designed to inspire and educate. Let's build a promising future together! Series dates: Aug 1, 15, 22, 29. Sign Up Now!

Join Skillbuild's Peer Learning Community to Strengthen Network, Impact *

Join SkillBuild for its second Peer Community Meeting on August 8 to ”Strengthen Your Network, Strengthen Your Impact! This gathering is a perfect opportunity for professionals eager to connect, share passions, and enrich their careers through collaborative learning. Dive into a collective pool of wisdom and experience that can truly elevate your professional journey. Don't miss this chance to enhance your professional strategies and forge lasting connections.

Start the School Year Off Right: Structure and Clear Limits Virtual Training

Structure and Clear Limits Virtual Training

Tuesday, August 6, from 10 a.m.-noon.

Ever wonder why some children participate in engaging activities while others put their head down on the table? In this training, youth development program staff will learn to recognize and respond to youth needs by creating routines and establishing effective guidelines and consequences that will result in positive youth engagement. 

Please register for this training in the Trust Academy LMS. Once registered, you will receive an email with the Zoom link and additional handouts and information one business day before the training.

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)

Hope for Miami's Kidz2Success Afterschool and Summer Camp Programs

This week we are featuring Hope for Miami and their Kidz2Success Afterschool and Summer Camp Program funded by The Trust. The Kidz2Success program focuses on skill-building and students participate in literacy activities, science experiments and general academics each day. These activities combat summer learning loss that happens when children take a long break from their regular school days. Kidz2Success is located at eight sites across Miami-Dade County and offers unique and affordable activities for children and youth in grades K-12.

For more information and to register, visit: www.hopeformiami.org/kidz2success

Labor Dept. Employment &Training Administration YouthBuild Grants *

The purpose of this program is to support organizations providing pre-apprenticeship services that support education, occupational skills training, and employment services to opportunity youth, ages 16 to 24, who are performing meaningful work and service to their communities. Eligibility is limited to public or private non-profit agencies or organizations. Applications must be submitted by Sept. 16.

Grants to Patriciate in National Stillbirth Study *

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) The Road to Prevention of Stillbirth Clinical Research Centers is sponsoring a grant to provide support for entities/institutions to participate as a Research Center (RC) in the Stillbirth Research Consortium. It will establish an integrated and collaborative Stillbirth Research Consortium to support cutting-edge basic, translational, clinical and/or data sciences research to generate knowledge for advancement in stillbirth-relevant research across the United States, with a particular emphasis on approaches that utilize an equity lens to identify ways to decrease the incidence of stillbirth in vulnerable populations. Applications must be submitted by Nov. 1

Applications Open for the Tech Flex Leaders Program

Please inform those you serve that America On Tech is now accepting applications for the Tech Flex Leaders Program. This 12-month immersive after school program is designed for high school juniors and seniors to learn web development and explore various technology skills tracks. Students who successfully complete the program will receive a $1,000 stipend. The application deadline is August 15. Apply below:

Learn the ABCs of Routine Back-to-School Checkups with Florida KidCare

Join the millions of families who count on Florida KidCare for the high-quality health and dental insurance they need until the 19th birthday. With no application fee and year-round enrollment, NOW is the time to apply! Simply fill out the application, and Florida KidCare will match your child with the right option. Apply online below or call 1.888.540-KIDS (5437).

Game On-Community Place to Play Initiative Grants are Open

Game On-Community Places to Play is an initiative of The DICK’s Sporting Goods Foundation and LISC. The initiative provides funding and technical assistance to community-rooted organizations working to create and renovate multi-use youth sport spaces for youth ages 6-24 years old in under-resourced communities across the country. Special consideration will be given to proposals that demonstrate how their capital projects will support youth development programming.

The goal is to improve the quality, safety and accessibility of local athletic spaces for young people. Grant awards will range from $50,000-$100,000 and will require 1:1 match funding. Funds will be awarded to outdoor and indoor facilities that enable and demonstrate local community access and usage for all organized youth sports, including but not limited to basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, football, tennis, lacrosse and volleyball. Youth development program services should include, but are not limited to, life skills workshops, civic engagement and leadership, workforce development and academic support. 

Non-profit community-based organizations leading renovation projects are eligible to apply. This includes schools and local parks and recreation departments that are collaborating with local non-profits. Universities and college campuses are not eligible for this initiative. Interested organizations should carefully review the Request for Proposals (RFP) below, which outlines eligibility and selection criteria. The application deadline is September 5, 2024.

Timeline 

The grantmaking process will run from June to November 2024. Key dates include: 

Proposal Submission Deadline: September 5,

Proposal Review Process: September 2024 to October 2024 

Award Notifications and Announcements: November 2024 

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

Accountant - $61,565.02 Annual

The Accountant is responsible for reviewing and critically analyzing financial information and provider/vendor documents and with an emphasis on maintaining quality internal control standards. This includes, but is not limited to, preparing, maintaining reviewing, and analyzing accounting records in accordance with The Children’s Trust (The Trust) accounting policies and procedures, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), regulations promulgated by the Governmental Accounting Standards (GASB) and Government Auditing Standards.

Solutions Specialist - $61,565.02 Annual

The Solutions Specialist executes on solutions design in response to business priorities and vetted requirements. This position conducts unit testing and validates use cases to ensure solution aligns with requirements. This position maintains and implements routine solutions under the guidance of senior Technology Design Solutions (TDS) team members.

Research & 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.

This position works under general supervision and support of the director of research. Work performance is reviewed through conferences, reports and observation of results achieved.

YWCA Seeking a Pre-School Center Director *

This position is responsible for center management, planning, implementing and monitoring of a child care center with a child population of 40-100 children. It will be responsible for management of all aspects of the Educational & Center Services, which functions for Head Start, Early Head Start, VPK and SR programs, in accordance with state, local and federal regulations. This will be at the downtown Miami location; salary is $51,000 a year. Must have a Florida Director's credentials with VPK endorsement and a formal college education. Apply below:

Career Opportunities 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, benefit enrollment specialist, mental health consultant, and assistant teachers. Family Central offers competitive salaries and a generous benefits plan. For more info and to apply click below:

Career Opportunities at The Village South/WestCare

The Village South/WestCare is hiring for several positions in the tri-county area: licensed clinicians, case manager and many more. For further details and to apply please follow the link below:

Available Positions at Breakthrough Miami

Director of High School Programs

Responsible for planning and implementing programming for Breakthrough Miami’s high school students to ensure they are prepared for academic success in high school and successfully transition to college. The Director will work closely with students and families as they navigate the high school years and hold students to high academic and community standards. During the school year, the Director will plan Saturday programming, monitor academic progress, set goals for inside and outside the classroom, and navigate school and other community resources to ensure students stay on track for college.  

The individual in this role is self-motivated, creative and an excellent communicator, who is able to develop and maintain key relationships.

Development Coordinator - Events, Engagement & Stewardship

As a connector between donors and the program, the Development Coordinator will collaboratively develop stewardship and engagement plans and support special events management to create meaningful experiences and connections. The Development Coordinator will also support operational needs, including refining acknowledgment, gift reporting, and pledge collection processes.

Site Director

Advancing our signature students-teaching-students model, Site Directors at Breakthrough Miami have the invaluable opportunity to lead transformative, proven work to address education inequities. Our Site Directors manage and oversee program and site operations for our school-year and summer programs at one of Breakthrough Miami’s seven host school sites, leading the recruitment, management, and development of Scholars, Volunteers, and Teaching Fellows. Site Directors ensure program fidelity, spirit, and culture, advancing Breakthrough Miami’s mission and goals. Advancing the model of an embedded service-learning partnership, Directors build supportive relationships with students, parents, schools, the community, and other stakeholders to build a rigorous, fun, and supportive learning environment for Scholars, Volunteers, and Teaching Fellows to develop as life-long learners, leaders, and changemakers.

Assistant Site Director

Responsible for efficiently and effectively delivering programs and services directly affecting 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.  

To learn more and apply visit website or send resume to careers@breakthroughmiami.org.

Available Position at Advocacy Network on Disabilities

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: $40,000 - $45,000. We offer 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: Licensed Clinicians, Case Manager and many more. For further details and to apply please follow the link below: