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Our weekly e-newsletter to providers combines grantee resources, stories of interest, exclusive educational opportunities, and grant information. In this issue:
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The 2022 Partners in Prevention (PIP) Conference will be September 13-15, 2022 at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas! The event will be geared toward in-person attendance and presenters, with limited session selections offered via livestream.
About the PIP 2022 Conference
Our 2022 conference theme is “Anchored in Purpose.” The past two years have been marked by many waves of uncertainty and instability. Even amid these storms, prevention and early intervention professionals across Texas have proven to be innovative, supportive, and have stayed the course. PEI believes this resolve and focus comes from a firm connection to our vision of creating a Texas where all children thrive in their families and communities.
This year we invite you to be part of the conversation, anchored in purpose, filled with hope and determined to reach our destination, where every family in Texas remains safe, secure, and thriving. We are seeking diverse voices, experiences and innovative concepts that answer questions like:
- How do we as professionals stay anchored to our vision, mission, and goals?
- What tools do we need to keep our connections strong?
- What new research, data and projects exist that can reinforce our efforts in our respective communities?
- Where have we found resources that give us renewed purpose?
Order your 2022 Get Parenting Tips Calendars today!
The Get Parenting Tips Calendar is filled with helpful tips for parents and caregivers of children of all ages. It’s available in English and Spanish, and endorsed by The Texas Pediatric Society. Calendars are shipped for free in quantities of 100 calendars per box.
This February, we are focusing on building healthy relationships!
Safe, stable, and secure relationships are an essential part of a healthy childhood. This social media toolkit can help your program:
- Promote healthy relationships between children and their parents or the adults that care for them.
- Ensure parents/caregivers have the tools they need to have conversations with their children about healthy peer and dating relationships, concepts of bullying, and bystander intervention.
- Share resources to support healthy relationships between parents/caregivers.
These messages and links can be used as is or they can be customized in any way that works best for your community.
Dates to Remember:
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 To take these courses: Type or paste the course names below into the search bar on the PEI Learning Hub:
- Click on the course and select “request”
- On your transcript select “launch” to begin
- When the video is complete, go to "completed" courses in your transcript
- Select "evaluate" to provide feedback
For questions, contact PEITraining@dfps.state.tx.us.
Reflective Supervision/Consultation: Parallel Processing
This 1-hour webinar is intended for anyone who is interested in further exploring the parallel process within reflective supervision/consultation (RSC). The Best Practice Guidelines for Reflective Supervision Consultation say, “A hallmark of RS/C is the shared exploration of the parallel process. In other words, in RSC, attention is given to all relationships, including that between supervisor and practitioner, between practitioner and parent, and between parent, and infant/young child. It is critical to understand how each of these relationships affects the others.”
Domestic Violence in Home Visiting
Domestic violence is a prevalent and recurring issue in home visiting. In this course, you will build your confidence to address domestic violence while working with families as their home visitor. Topics include the impact of violence on family systems, parenting, and child development. Common scenarios and strategies are presented for talking with parents about keeping themselves and their children safe. This course supports you in developing a non-judgmental approach in working with families whose background and circumstances may or may not be differ from your own. Note: This Achieve OnDemand learning experience qualifies for .3 IACET Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Full completion and/or attendance of the learning experience, a passing score on any post-test(s), and completion of the end of course evaluation are required to be awarded IACET CEUs.
 Access the Essentials of Home Visiting live webinars through the Essentials of Home Visiting Portal free of cost.
Use this link to register for any webinars from Start EarlyTM
Domestic Violence: Safety Planning
Date: February 22nd
Time: 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. CST
Register by: February 21st, 12:00 P.M. CST
As a home visitor, how can you support families impacted by domestic violence to develop a safety plan? This webinar discusses developing a working knowledge of community resources and collaborating with formal and informal institutions to support families using a strength-based, family-centered approach. This webinar complements the Domestic Violence in Home Visiting self-paced course.
February 10-11: Texas Association for the Education of Young Children Virtual Summit
Registration is open for TXAEYC's 2022 Virtual Summit. With over 50 sessions, the summit provides learning opportunities for everyone in the early childhood profession. Learn more and register here.
February 17-18: Healthy Mothers Summit
Registration for the 2022 Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies (TCHMB) Virtual Summit is now open. The virtual summit will take place February 17-18, 2022. The theme of this year’s summit is “Addressing Patient-Centered Care in QI Work.” Continuing education units (CEUs) are available.
February 24: State of Black Children in Texas
This second annual summit will again explore the challenges Black children face growing up in Texas. From access to high-quality education to healthy environments, this event will highlight the work already underway to create more equitable opportunities for children and prepare attendees with best practices to support Black children from cradle to career.
All Year: Children at Risk and the Texas Family Leadership Council 2022 Calendar of Events.
A year of free or low-cost virtual events are available through the Children at Risk and the Texas Family Leadership Council (TXFLC). These events are designed to share research, unpack pressing policy issues, and highlight diverse, community perspectives from across Texas.
Download the List here.
Date: February 16th
Time: 9:30 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. CST
Register
Learn how to support teens and prevent violence by understanding the prevalence and dangers of teen dating violence, especially for specific populations. Participants also will learn to recognize influences on teen behaviors in romantic relationships, identify concerning behaviors in teen romantic relationships, and learn how to initiate conversations with young people that can help.
 Institute of the Advancement of Family Support Professionals
The Institute offers family support professionals everywhere the opportunity to learn new skills and grow their careers. Through engaging, online modules and a personalized learning map feature, professionals take charge of their growth and advancement.
All Institute modules and the career compass are based on the National Core Competency Framework. Supervisor modules are based on the National Supervisor Competency Framework .
Access the Institute of the Advancement of Family Support Professionals Home Visiting Modules through the Learning Institute Portal free of cost.
PEI and FRC host the NFSN Standards of Quality Certification training:
Dates/Times:
February 22nd 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. CST;
February 23rd 9:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. CST
Register
Seats are limited
This two-day virtual certification training details how the nationally adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening and Support can enhance work with families. Whether you are setting up a new program or strengthening an existing one, the Standards provide a blueprint for implementing best practice.
Participants who complete the full session will receive a certificate from the National Family Support Network that is valid for two years.
For more information on this training, please see the NSFN website here: https://www.nationalfamilysupportnetwork.org/standards-training.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: MENTAL HEALTH POLICY FELLOW GRANTS & PEER POLICY FELLOW GRANTS
The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health invites eligible organizations in Texas to respond to this request for proposals (RFP) to fund policy fellow or peer policy fellow positions. The goal of these initiatives is to increase the number of individuals and organizations effectively participating in mental health and substance use policy and advocacy.
Effective public policy is essential to realizing both meaningful systems change in communities and improvement in the lives of Texans experiencing mental health and substance use conditions. Public policy directly impacts the access to mental health services and supports, the quality of care in the state, and the legal rights and protections afforded to its citizens.
Fluxx Grant Management System Registration Deadline
Friday, February 25, 2022, 11:59 PM, CST
(required for applicants without an existing account)
Teleconference for Applicants
The foundation will host an informational teleconference for applicants on Thursday, February 17, 2022, 2:00 – 3:30 PM, CST
Proposal Due:
March 4, 2022 11:59 PM CST
- Open to State/City governments, for-profit and non-profit organizations
- Goals- reduce infant mortality and address racial/ethnic disparities
- Priority to counties/jurisdictions with larger numbers of excess infant deaths (deaths contributable to disparity) will be considered priority areas
- Letter of intent February 18th, Due April 19th
- $500,000 per award (2.5 million appropriated)
- Recipients are expected to implement action plans that address the social determinants of health (i.e., environmental, social, and economic conditions), and/or the structural determinants of health (e.g., institutions, systemic barriers, policies) that contribute to disparities in IM. The policy and systems change strategies in such action plans should be targeted and specific to reducing disparities among the racial or ethnic group(s) with the highest IM rates or excess infant deaths (i.e., priority population) in a target county/jurisdiction. The plan must be implemented in partnership with cross-sector state and/or local partners (including agencies that administer the State Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program), community members, and individuals with lived experience
Texans can help raise awareness about human trafficking and support young survivors of human trafficking by participating in a new license plate design contest.
The design contest, hosted by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission in conjunction with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), will help create the Stop Human Trafficking Specialty License Plate, which was authorized by House Bill 2633 from the 87th Texas Legislature.
Texans who want to participate in the contest must create original designs that include the website iWatchTX.org. The iWatchTX.org website is operated by the Texas Department of Public Safety for people to report suspicious activity. The winning design will be used on the specialty license plate, which will be available for purchase through the Texas DMV in the fall of 2022.
HHSC also recently launched the Stop Human Trafficking donation fund to raise money for youth survivors of human trafficking. The fund will be used to provide grants to service providers committed to the recovery and protection of children and adolescents impacted by human trafficking. Proceeds from the sale of the specialty license plate will go toward this fund.
The deadline for contest submissions is April 30, 2022. All entries must follow rules and formatting requirements posted on the HHS website. To enter, visit the HHSC Human Trafficking Resource Center website.
HHSC and organizations involved in helping survivors of human trafficking will select and announce the contest winner in the summer of 2022.
Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order four free at-home COVID-19 tests. The tests are completely free. Orders will usually ship in 7-12 days. An order contains four tests, and there's a limit of one order per residence.
Order your tests now so you have them when you need them.
How to Order
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Visit the CovidTests.gov website, or
- Call 1-800-232-0233 (phone line is open from 8 a.m. to midnight ET seven days a week, and offers assistance in more than 150 languages).
The tests available for order:
- Are rapid antigen at-home tests, not PCR
- Can be taken anywhere
- Give results within 30 minutes (no lab drop-off required)
- Work whether or not you have COVID-19 symptoms
- Work whether or not you are up to date on your COVID-19 vaccines
- Are also referred to as self-tests or over-the-counter (OTC) tests
If you need a test now
- Locate providers in your area using Vaccines.gov or texting your zip code to 438829 (822862 in Spanish) to find a nearby clinic.
- Residents can also call 3-1-1 (512-974-2000) for more information regarding COVID-19 testing and vaccinations.
- Visit the Texas DSHS and HHSC websites for more updated statewide COVID-19 information and resources.
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