December 6, 2023

Trust Offices Closed December 25 - January 1

The Children’s Trust family wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday and our best wishes for the New Year! Please note we will be closed from December 25 through January 1, reopening on January 2, 2024. The Weekly Provider Bulletin will resume on Wednesday, January 3.

With the closure, we want to ensure providers receive timely payment. For this to happen, your invoice must be approved by December 18. Please submit a complete invoice immediately to get payment before we close. Please take the time to review it carefully so it is without errors. Regular payments will resume the week of January 8, 2024. 

Trust-funded providers, please feel free to continue submitting any outstanding invoices if your offices will be open from December 25 through January 1. However, we will only review or process invoices and payments once our office reopens on January 2.

Flex Functionality Open Labs

The Trust invites you to join an open lab to learn more about the Flex Functionality. Please register for one of the sessions below. This enhancement offers more flexibility during invoicing while minimizing the need for multiple budget modifications.

Open Lab #4:

Date: December 12

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Register Here

Open Lab #5:

Date: December 12

Time: Noon 

Register Here

Upcoming Virtual Training Opportunities for Youth Development Providers *

Structure and Clear Limits

December 13, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

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.

Thinking and Doing Basics (NEW!)

January 23, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Creating a balance of thinking and doing learning activities within your after-school schedule can increase both the enjoyment and the learning outcomes for the children in your program. Participants will learn to identify and create opportunities within any activity to provide children with a chance to think and do and will return to their site ready to implement new ideas and concepts.

Please register for these trainings on 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. Space is limited.

New Courses and Resources from Project RISE Available on Trust Academy LMS

Project RISE recently launched two new courses for Youth Development providers and created a new resource to assist with the implementation of Differentiated Literacy Instruction.

Effective Literacy Instruction: Representation Matters

In this course, you will learn why creating inclusive literacy activities will improve the learning outcomes of the children in your program and how to incorporate representation to deepen the level of children’s engagement and understanding using the tools and strategies learned in the Introduction to Effective Literacy Instruction and Applying Effective Literacy Instruction Strategies courses.

Manejo de Comportamientos Desafiantes (K-5)

[Managing Challenging Behaviors (K-5) (Spanish)]

¿Necesitas ayuda para manejar comportamientos desafiantes en tu programa? Este curso te ayudará entender por qué los niños se portan mal, tener una visión general de los ABCs del comportamiento, y aprender estrategias que incluyen responder adecuadamente a la conducta no deseada, ignorar activamente, y las consecuencias efectivas para ayudar a los niños a volver al comportamiento deseado. Tomar el curso de Introducción al Manejo del Comportamiento antes de este curso es recomendable.

Differentiated Literacy Instruction Guidelines and FAQs

This resource, located in the Trust Academy LMS resources section, is designed to guide Youth Development provider staff through implementing Differentiated Literacy Instruction (DLI) at their programs and answers some of the most common DLI-related questions.

Struggling with Time and Task Management? Take a New Online Course!

Time is a single resource that cannot be increased, renewed or purchased. We all have the same number of hours, yet we use time in unique patterns that result in successes or… lesser successes. The increasingly agile environment demonstrates the need for stakeholders of Community Based Organizations to develop their time and task management skills using practical approaches outlined in the course. To take the course log into Trust Academy LMS, and access the course through the link below.

Strategic Communications Planning: Intensive Roundtable *

4-Hour Intensive Roundtable

Join an intensive four-hour in-person workshop designed for communications, marketing, and development professionals. Learn a proven framework to engage stakeholders, craft inspiring messages, and navigate current challenges. Through interactive exercises and peer discussions, enhance your planning skills to deepen relationships, boost fundraising, and propel your mission.  Please register in Trust Academy LMS. Log in via Trust Central or click link below to sign up.

Upcoming 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 the UM Team Coach supports that we offer! We are the home for you!

Support for Parenting Program Providers

Live (Virtual) Trainings: 

1. Finding Stress Management Strategies that Work for You, Wednesday, December 13; noon to 1 p.m.

In this training you will learn and practice several stress reduction strategies to calm your body and mind. These techniques may also be used with parents and families that you work with. Click here to sign up or log in to Trust Academy!

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.

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:

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:

• Mass Violence and Youth: Dec. 12
• What Every Adult Needs to Know About Child Sexual Abuse: Dec. 14

Register below:

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 1 weekday a month for a minimum of 1 year to serve on its Citizen Review Panel (CRP); volunteers must be at least 25 years old. The CRP reviews active, judge-referred child welfare court cases. Reviews are currently conducted virtually.

Miami-Dade County to Launch Community-Based Organization Grant Application Process

Miami-Dade County offers or facilitates access to a lot of grant opportunities: from grants to small business owners, to grants to improve living conditions in the south, to grants to community-based organizations, and other grants in between. To sign up to get The Grant Mail Newsletter to receive updates on all the county's grants and more information, visit link below:

Help Get Work Credentials for the High School Students You Serve

Do you provide services for high school students! If so, and they are interested in a job or an internship, help them enroll today to earn Work Credentials, eBadges, internships, and service hours. FREE during The Mentoring Hour, Mondays at 3:30 pm. Space is limited. Contact Youth Career Institute at 786.565.7227 or youthcareerinstitute@gmail.com. Have them enroll today at link below:

FREE Youth Mental Health First Aid Training

If you interact with youth and care to see them live safe and healthy lives, Hope for Miami has a training for you! Hope for Miami’s Project Bridge offers Youth Mental Health First Aid to any adult who interacts with teens (or parents of adolescents). This course can increase mental health awareness through education on behavioral health and addictions and help you recognize the potential early warning signs. It will be held Thursday, December 7, from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at Sunshine Health, 9552 SW 160th St., Miami, FL 33157.

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 December 15. Click below for more information and to apply:

Available Positions at The Children's Trust

Business Controller - Starting $120,000 Annual

The Business Controller is responsible for overseeing the financial operations of The Children's 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.

Solutions Specialist - $55,968.20 - $97,944.35 Annual

The Solutions Specialist executes 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 TDS team members. Some key skills for this position include Data Modeling, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, SQL, Data Visualization, PowerBI, Unit Testing, Data Integration, Project Management and Critical Thinking. 

Research & Evaluation Analyst (Early Childhood and/or Family Support Services) - $55,968 - $58,468 Annual

The Research & 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.

Advocacy Network on Disabilities Job Opportunity *

Are you looking for a great place to work and work that makes a difference? The Advocacy Network on Disabilities (AND) is looking to hire a Client Support Specialist, to be responsible for assisting clients and all team members with administrative, clerical and general office support including answering incoming calls, directing calls to appropriate staff, greeting and directing visitors, as well as additional clerical duties related to supporting all agency Programs. The Client Support Specialist has responsibility for ensuring timely data input to meet reporting requirements for all grants, and responsibility for coordinating professional development initiatives training activities.

Training and Experience Requirements: High School diploma or GED; Minimum of three (3) years-experience in a similar position, with knowledge of routine office practices and procedures; Excellent customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills; Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook and experience with data entry; Excellent oral and written English; bilingual in English/Spanish preferred; A well-organized self-starter who is able to multitask, follow through, and work both independently and as part of a team; Knowledge of and strict adherence to confidentiality laws and requirements and the ability to maintain confidentiality; Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions; and Conducting duties and responsibilities in a professional, courteous, and positive manner.

Salary Range: $32,000 to $35,000. AND offers 100% employer-paid medical benefits, 14 paid holidays, and generous PTO, starting at 18 days during the first year of employment. If interested, mail resume to link below:

Available Position at Healthy Start Coalition of Miami-Dade *

The Fatherhood Engagement Coach works with fathers to support and encourage fathers' roles in their children's lives, including the provision of direct services using an evidence-based curriculum, establishing a trusting relationship with culturally diverse fathers, and conducting visits and case management. Full-time position. Required: Bachelor's degree plus two years of experience in a related field, reliable transportation, bilingual (English/Spanish). To apply, please email link below:

Program Instructors Needed at Girl Power Rocks *

Girl Power, a nonprofit organization that promotes positive behavior, enhances social skills and improves academic performance in young women, is looking for program instructors at two of its locations. 

• Program Coordinator - Brownsville Middle School
• Program Instructor- GIPP Central (Part-Time)

Available Positions at Center for Family and Child Enrichment

Do you have a passion for helping families and children? Do you feel that your goal in life is to help others? If so, CFCE is hiring! For a list of vacancies, please visit link below. Why join the CFCE? Great benefits package, including a zero (0) cost out-of-pocket medical plan, 13 paid holidays and a competitive paid time off package, making an invaluable impact in your community, growth and professional development opportunities available, and Qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

Employment Opportunities at Jewish Community Services of South Florida

Jewish Community Services is hiring for several positions: Licensed Clinicians, Clinical Supervisors, Chief Development Officer and many more. For further details and to apply please follow the link below:

Available Positions at Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Clerical Position

Full-time position to provide varied secretarial, accounting and organizational work. Provide services for administrators and schools that is necessary for the operation of organization. Employee should be organized, self-directed, display independent initiative and judgement as it relates to job assignments. Qualifications: High School Diploma.

Academic Interventionist

Professional needed who can assist students with their academic assignments and support them with completion of homework assignments. Interventionist will support students at risk of falling behind in their academic studies. Academic interventionist may assess instructional materials and technology and analyze student needs to address academic challenges. Academic interventionist will work with team to assist students in hospital setting who require instructional support.

School Psychologist

Immediate part-time and full-time openings for school psychologists, with increased hourly rate for summer employment. Applicants must have experience working with children and possess either a current certificate in school psychology from the Florida Department of Education or be licensed as a psychologist through the Florida Department of Health. Candidates should send a cover letter, résumé and copy of their state certificate or license to link below.