September 11, 2024

New Trust Website Launches; Get Link for Provider Bulletin Form *

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 go 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.

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 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)

Fab Lab Miami

This week, we are highlighting Fab Lab Miami and the engaging programming they offer around digital fabrication and other STEAM-related activities so that youth can play, create, learn, mentor and invent. Fab Lab Miami was launched in 2020 in Liberty City at the Belafonte TACOLCY Center and proudly opened its second location this year in Homestead at the Phichol Williams Community Center. This expansion marked a new phase in the lab’s mission to make STEAM education accessible to underserved communities in Miami-Dade County. Fab Lab Miami has played a crucial role in fostering the development of young minds, encouraging exploration, creativity, learning, mentorship, and innovation. Students enrolled in Fab Lab Miami are currently learning 3D printing, vinyl cutting, laser cutting, coding, robotics, electronics, science experiments, and design software. For more information, visit: www.fablabmiami.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.

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 welcomed 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!

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.

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.

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:

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 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.

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: