August 23, 2023

Important Information Regarding ORF and Maze Literacy Outcome Assessment Courses from Project RISE *

As of Monday, August 21, the Literacy Outcome Assessment: Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) and Literacy Outcome Assessment: Maze courses have been replaced with updated versions of these courses.

If you have an incomplete, older version of the course under My Courses, you will need to add the new version of the course from the Trust Academy Course Catalog, then take that course. Attempting to complete an older version of the course will likely lead to technical issues.

Important Information Regarding Social Emotional Learning Outcome Assessment Courses

If your program has chosen to use any of the Social Emotional Learning Outcome Assessments (Child Trends Survey, PYDI, or YAPS), please note that as of this writing, the old versions of the SEL Outcome Assessment courses have been removed from Trust Academy and have been replaced with the following, updated courses:

• SEL Outcome Assessment: PYDI Grades 6-12
• SEL Outcome Assessment: The Child Trends Survey Grades K-5
• SEL Outcome Assessment: YAPS Grades 6-12

If you have an incomplete, older version of the course under My Courses, you will need to add the new version of the course from the Trust Academy Course Catalog, then take the course. Attempting to complete an older version of the course will likely lead to technical issues. To avoid any issues, please make sure the title of the course you are taking begins with, "SEL Outcome Assessment:"

Thinking & Doing Peer Learning Group Meeting This Thursday Aug. 24

Peer Learning Group: Thinking & Doing Session #1

August 24, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

This peer learning series will give K-5 Youth Development (YD) staff the opportunity to share with their peers the activity plans, strategies and resources they have been implementing thus far in programming and what they plan to do differently in the upcoming year. Sharing and reflecting on these activity plans will offer all participants a deeper understanding of how incorporating “Thinking and Doing” learning approaches will best meet the needs of all children in their program.

To register for this virtual peer learning group, visit TrustCentral.org and click on the Trust Academy link.

Strategic Communications Planning Trainings from YWCA South Florida

4-Hour Intensive Workshop for Mid-Level Communicators

Enrich your skills in a four-hour in-person workshop for mid-level nonprofit communicators. Craft strategic PR plans, engage stakeholders effectively, and address unique challenges through interactive exercises and peer discussions. Elevate fundraising, stakeholder relations, and mission advancement with newfound expertise. Register for this event taking place September 27 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. from YWCA South Florida by logging into Trust Academy LMS in Trust Central. 

Executive Roundtable For Senior Communication Leaders

Experience a confidential 1.5-hour executive roundtable for senior communication leaders, providing strategic insights, idea generation and peer learning to tackle organizational challenges. Gain invaluable tools to navigate tough communication scenarios, balance strategic focus with daily demands, and become the unwavering trusted advisor your organization seeks. The event will take place September 28, from 9-10:30 a.m. Register for this event taking place from YWCA South Florida by logging into Trust Academy LMS in Trust Central. 

Upcoming UM Team COACH Trainings

Support for Parenting Program Providers

Communities of Practice

1. Parent and Provider Stressors & Barriers: This CoP is held on the first Wednesday of each month from 10-11 a.m. 
2. Recruitment, Outreach & Creating Support Networks: This CoP is held on the first Thursday of each month from 11 a.m.- noon

Coaching and Consultation

Are you a Parenting Program provider interested in individualized coaching and/or consultation? Click here to fill out our Coaching Request Form or email us 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

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:

Cutler Bay Mini-Grants Available Through Community Fund *

The Town of Cutler Bay established the Community Fund to improve the quality of life of the Town’s residents. The Community Fund supports only nonprofit organizations that help, assist and serve the citizens and/or community of the Town of Cutler Bay. Grant awards: $500 - $2,500. Priority areas: education, environment, culture, social services, and other philanthropic activities Grant Cycle Deadline Sept. 15, 2023. Click below for more information and to apply:

Re-envisioning Authentic Voice Through the Lens of Critical Self-Reflection Workshop *

This training is provided by the Florida Association for Infant Mental Health (FAIMH) and is open to anyone providing or interested in providing reflective supervision/consultation to others. Participants will build the critical self-awareness needed to re-envision their authentic voice to leverage current opportunities in their role as a reflective supervisor to increase racial and socio-cultural awareness in themselves and their supervises in this new and shifting landscape. Join today! Late registration prices start September 4. To register click below:

Remember, K-12 Students Get Half-Off Miami-Dade Transit Fares *

K-12 students get half off Miami-Dade Transit fare! Parents, register your child for the K-12 EASY Card just in time for back to school. Learn more about the program and apply online by visiting link below:

Women's Fund Hosts Virtual Town Hall with Mayor Levine Cava

The Women’s Fund Miami-Dade is hosting an informative virtual Town Hall with Mayor Daniella Levine Cava on the status of Women and Families as it relates to the Miami-Dade County 2023-24 Budget. The event is free and will be held via Zoom August 24 at 6 p.m. RSVP below to attend.

PhilanthropyMiami Innovators Series: Bridging Gap Between Fundraisers & Accountants

Finance & Advancement are inextricably linked in every nonprofit, no matter the percentage of overall budget derived from contributed income. Given that accountants are not fundraisers, nor are fundraisers accountants, each is the yin to the other’s yang. Join Chazin & Co., on Thursday, August 24, at 10 a.m., to learn how to create event budgets that both advancement & finance can understand. Free, registration required. Click below:

Black Maternal Health & Wellness Community Workshop

Join Florida International University Center for Women's & Gender Studies on Saturday, August 26 from 1-3 p.m. at the Scott Galvin Community Center in North Miami for a free discussion on "Changing Your Motherhood Narrative" led by Jennifer Benoit, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Maternal Mental Health Therapist. This workshop is designed for expecting, new and experienced mothers, families and those who support them. For event details and registration, click below: Registration is highly encouraged as space is limited.

Dual Language Learners: What Every Teacher Needs to Know

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 Sept 16. 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. Sessions in Spanish and English with food and prizes.

Re-Envisioning Authentic Voice Through the Lens of Critical Self-Reflection

In this training, facilitated by faculty from the Reflective Supervision Collaborative, participants will build the critical self-awareness needed to re-envision their authentic voice to leverage current opportunities in their role as a reflective supervisor to increase racial and socio-cultural awareness in themselves and their supervises in this new and shifting landscape. Join them online via Zoom on September 26 from 1-4 p.m. For more details and to register click below:

SNAP Outreach Grants Available from Department of Children and Families

The Florida Department of Children and Families (Department), Office of Economic Self Sufficiency (ESS), is the agency in the State of Florida (State) that implements the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). SNAP is a program to assist eligible low-income clients to purchase healthy foods. Although SNAP is a federal program, it is administered by State agencies and local social and human service offices.

The Department is seeking Applications from eligible entities, who can support the required 50% match commitment, to deliver a variety of SNAP-Outreach services to underserved, low-income populations throughout the State. Click below for more information.

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

Florida Foster Care Review, which advances the safety, stability and success of abused and neglected children, youth and young adults by connecting them to essential services, healthy relationships and forever families, seeks caring community members to volunteer one weekday a month for a minimum of one year to serve on its Citizen Review Panel (CRP); volunteers must be at least 25 years old. The CRP conducts reviews (over Zoom) of active, judge-referred child welfare court cases.

Free Prevention Education Webinars from Kristi House

Register today for a free, live webinar to learn more about child abuse, trauma, and exploitation from Kristi House:

• Children with Problematic Sexual Behavior: August 24
• How Mass Violence Impacts Youth: August 29
• Children and Traumatic Stress: September 9, November 9
• What Every Adult Needs to Know About Child Sexual Abuse: September 19
• Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: September 21

Register below:

Available Positions at The Children's Trust

Communications Specialist - $48,668 Annual

The Communications Specialist is responsible for assisting the Communications team with digital and traditional media, with a primary focus on social media and website content updates. The Communications Specialist will be the primary developer of social media content as directed by the Associate Director of Communications under the general guidance of the Director of Communications. Under the guidance of the Associate Director of Communications and working closely with the Media Manager, the incumbent will have creative latitude to develop visual, graphic and written content for social media and will assist with web content updates, as needed. The incumbent will also support the Communications team with administrative duties, as assigned

Business Controller - $85,120-148,961 Annual

The Business Controller is responsible for overseeing the financial operations of The Children' Trust. This includes, but is not limited to, the supervision of the work performed by the Accountants, Senior Accounting Analysts, Accounting Operations Manager and Fiscal Data Integrity Analyst of The Children’s Trust in accordance with The Children’s Trust (The Trust) procurement and accounting policies and procedures, Generally Accepted Principles (GAAP), regulations promulgated by the Governmental Accounting Standards (GASB) and Government Auditing Standards. As directed by the Finance Director, the Business Controller will be engaged in key functions such as planning, managing, monitoring and evaluating the fiscal activities and functions of The Trust and its service providing organizations to ensure that daily and long term financial activities and controls are created and maintained to achieve organizational objective and safeguard assets.

Research & Evaluation Analyst (Early Childhood and/or Family Support Services) - $55,968-58,468 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 Richmond Perrine Optimist Club *

The Richmond Perrine Optimist Club is accepting resumes within its Parent Support Program for full-time parenting specialist to facilitate the Nurturing Parenting Program, full-time data entry/ linkperson (combined position), part-time linkperson, and other volunteer positions. Please call 305.233.9325 or send resumes to email below:

Advocacy Network on Disabilities Looking for Director of Family Development Initiatives *

Are you looking for a great place to work that makes a difference? Advocacy Network on Disabilities is the place for you. It is looking for a director, Family Development Initiatives. The position is responsible for the day-to-day implementation, supervision and oversight of all programs providing direct services to children with disabilities, their families and adults with developmental disabilities. Assists ACT team in providing clinically related trainings and information to providers and the community.

Training and Experience Requirements: Masters level licensed social worker or mental health professional. Minimum of 2 years of supervisory experience working with families who have children with disabilities and knowledge of local community strongly preferred. Excellent communication and organizational skills. Bilingual English-Spanish required. Salary range: $63,000 - $66,000. They offer 100% employer-paid medical benefits, 12 paid holidays and 18 days PTO.

Those interested should mail resume to email below:

Available Opportunities at Jewish Community Services

Jewish Community Services is hiring for several positions: licensed clinicians, health educator, case manager and many more. For details and to apply please click below:

Available Positions at ConnectFamilias

Community Partnership Development Manager

The Partnership Manager is responsible for maintaining and expanding a robust partnership network, fostering collaboration and driving integrated efforts toward shared objectives. This role is pivotal in establishing and strengthening partnerships that align with the organization's mission to build healthy communities where children, youth, and families thrive and succeed. Master's degree. Salary: $50,000 - $55,000/ yr., based on experience plus benefits. To apply click below: https://bit.ly/3KCZWTY

Family Success Coach

Top candidates will demonstrate an excellent ability to engage families in co-designing realistic pathways toward achieving their goals and know how to access community programs and resources to assist children, youth and their families. Full-time with the occasional Saturday, bilingual English/Spanish, bachelor's (Required). Salary range $43,000 - $48,000/ yr plus benefits based on experience,.Click below to apply:

Available Positions 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.

Drector, BreakthroughU - College Access

The Director, BreakthroughU – College Access oversees all activities that support high school student college-preparedness, including all BreakthroughU site programs. The director will build relationships with students, parents, and key high school and college partners to help students build the life and leadership skills necessary to enroll in competitive colleges and pursue career goals. The Director plays a leadership role in developing program, and research partnerships with the University of Miami, and maintains mechanisms for ongoing engagement of BTM college-based alumni.

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.