August 14, 2024

The Children's Trust Fiscal Open Labs - Budgets on August 21 *

The Children's Trust's Fiscal Open Lab on Budgets will be on Wednesday, August 21. This In-person Fiscal Open Lab aims to provide one-on-one support to providers with questions around budgeting. Please note, this is not a training. Providers should come with specific questions as it relates to their budgets. Providers should bring their laptops and all other necessary documentation. Please only have one staff member register (you are welcome to bring additional staff), use this link to register for the session on August 21. Please note before you register, ensure you are logged into Trust Central and that you have been added to our Trust Academy LMS. If you see you cannot register, your agency administrator must first assign you a role. 

Injury Prevention Trainings *

Childhood injury prevention capacity-building efforts facilitated by the Public Health Trust's Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Miami are offered to all Trust-funded providers in person and via Zoom. Visit The Children's Trust Academy for full descriptions, meeting info and registration information. 

Home Safety Training & Education; Thursday, August 15; 10-11:30 a.m.

Home Safety Training & Education; Thursday, August 22; 10-11:30 a.m.

Home Safety Training & Education; Thursday, August 29; 10-11:30 a.m.

Car Passenger Safety; Monday, August 19; 10 -11:30 a.m.

Car Passenger Safety; Tuesday, August 20; 2-3:30 p.m.

Car Passenger Safety; Tuesday, August 27; 2-3:30 p.m. 

Water Safety; Friday, August 16; 10:00-11:00 a.m.

Poisoning Safety; Friday, August 23; 10:00-11:30 a.m.

Suicide Prevention; Monday, August 26; 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

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.

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!

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

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. 

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 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: August 15 - 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 Trainings *

Ending the Silence for Staff

Unlocking Potential: Ending the Silence is a revolutionary mental health intervention and education program crafted exclusively for dedicated staff serving youth and families. Grounded in evidence-based practices, this transformative program is your key to sharpening awareness and understanding of mental health warning signs. Register here! The session takes place August 15.

Staff: Leading Up and Out with Social and Emotional Wellness 

Fuel your leadership evolution! Join this training to amplify strengths, identify growth areas, and nurture others for organizational wellness. In the dynamic workplace, be flexible in "leading up and out." Unveil practical strategies for the next step in your evolution, championing social and emotional wellness. Thrive together! Register here. The session takes place August. 20.

Honoring Diversity in Work with Children & Families in Spanish

Discover the Key to Inclusive Practice! Join this engaging training session introducing 10 essential perspectives and strategies for serving families and children. Ideal for practitioners, leaders, and administrators. Earn 1 hour towards Cultural Humility competency for Florida Infant Mental Health Endorsement. Don't miss this transformative opportunity! Register here. This session takes place August 21.

Inclusive Leadership Sessions *

Embark on a journey towards leadership excellence with the YWCA's 'Inclusive Leadership: Building a Just Society' series! Across four dynamic sessions, you'll unlock the skills needed to foster inclusivity, enhance team dynamics, and drive impactful change in South Florida. Join the YWCA on this transformative pathway towards equity and diversity! Register here. - Session 1 starts August 22.

Supervisors: Leading with Social and Emotional Wellness through Storms *

Geared for supervisors and executives, this training is your playbook through organizational storms. Leadership in recent tough times requires a strategic guide. Discover techniques to lead your team through challenges while emphasizing social and emotional wellness. Whether it's high turnover, workplace trauma or complex tasks, your leadership molds the team's social and emotional outcome. Equip yourself to navigate with resilience and empathy. For more information, click here.

Supporting our LGBTQ Community in Programs and Services *

Join the YWCA to learn how to better serve and support the LGBTQ community! Understand their experiences, tackle barriers and discover the importance of affirmative services. Equip yourself with best practices and strategies for creating safe, inclusive environments. Register now to make a difference. Register here. This session takes place August 23.

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)

Miami Lighthouse for the Bind and Visually Impaired

With summer vacation wrapping up, this week we are highlighting Trust-funded Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Children's Summer Program and Miami Lighthouse Academy After-School Care Program. Miami Lighthouse for the Blind is committed to serving the needs of children with visual impairments with their summer and after-school care programs designed to support literacy, physical fitness and social skills by integrating the expanded core curriculum and evidence-based literacy programs. For more information about the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind children's programs, visit: www.miamilighthouse.org/ServicesAndPrograms.asp

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.

TD Ready Challenge Grants Available for Nonprofits *

The purpose of the TD Ready Challenge is to support innovative approaches to supporting underserved small business owners to develop a business, launch a new business, or grow an existing business. This program encourages applicants to present novel strategies, technologies or partnerships that have the potential to disrupt systemic barriers for underserved entrepreneurs with the goal of cultivating a more inclusive and supportive entrepreneurial landscape across North America. Eligibility is limited to U.S. charitable and not-for profit organizations which meet the following criteria: have received Section 501(c)(3) determination from the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS"); or are treated by the IRS as an organization that is not a private foundation as described in Sections 509(a)(1),(2) or (3) of the Internal Revenue Code (the "IRS Code"); or are a local/state government organization. Award Ceiling: $1,000,000.Deadline date for applications is September 5.

Maternal Health Grant Applications Are Being Accepted

Florida Blue Foundation is accepting applications for the 2024 Maternal Health grant program! Deadline to submit an application: September 12 before 3 p.m. ET

The goal of the Maternal Health grant program is to ensure every mother and baby will receive quality care throughout each stage of pregnancy and beyond. The Foundation seeks to fund programs that support innovative and actionable solutions to improve maternal health outcomes, bridge health disparities, and secure equitable access to quality maternal health care services across the state of Florida. Funding Priorities are:

• Improving access to quality maternal health care services

• Providing perinatal and postpartum maternal health support

Before applying for funding, follow these steps to prepare for submitting your application for the September 12 deadline:

1. Review our current grant opportunity to see if it aligns with your organization's work.
2. Watch the application information webinar for more information on our grant program and the application process.
3. Use Google Chrome to access the online application in our grants management system. If your organization is new to the system, we recommend registering at least a week before you submit your application.

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:

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

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.

Communications and Community Engagement Coordinator *

The Communications and Community Engagement (CE) Coordinator is responsible for assisting the Director of Communications with the general administration of communications projects, vendor agreements and purchase orders. Work performed by the Communications & Community Engagement Coordinator includes but is not limited to researching and obtaining bids for services or purchased goods, monitoring agreements and their terms of services, scopes of work and quality of final product, goods or service to ensure high level output. The incumbent has latitude to make informed decisions and recommendations regarding vendor and/or materials selection; and prepares reports for the department and executive management.

Overtown Youth Center is Hiring

Overtown Youth Center (OYC) Miami is hiring for several positions: full-time program coordinators (Elementary and Middle School), mental health specialist, AmeriCorps success coaches, and a data compliance and quality improvement specialist. Please see link below to apply:

Available Positions at Center for Family & Child Enrichment

Join Center for Family & Child Enrichment (CFCE) to make a difference! It is seeking compassionate individuals dedicated to serving and uplifting children and families. Be part of a team that values every child's future and works tirelessly for their safety and well-being. If you have a heart for service, apply today and help them create brighter tomorrows! If this sounds like you, please click to see vacancies 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: