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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:
Have you been inspired by any speakers this year? Send us a note and tell us about them!
We are now accepting applications to present at the 2022 Partners in Prevention Conference. 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 is safe, secure, and thriving.
The 2022 Partners in Prevention Conference will take place September 13-15, 2022 at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas! The event will be geared toward in-person attendance with limited session selections offered via livestream.
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Get Parenting Tips Posters are now available for order. This set of twelve posters features positive parenting stories, children's art, and tips endorsed by The Texas Pediatric Society. Posters can be ordered in English and Spanish. Order a set for your office space today! |
Our Activity Books feature artwork, puzzles, and language learning activities, and each box comes with crayons for children.
Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) is committed to ensuring our grantees have the training and professional development they need to navigate Texas families’ needs. In order to ensure that PEI is offering the support you need to create opportunities for partnerships with families, we are asking you to complete the survey below to determine what topics require additional focus and support. You can complete the survey on behalf of your overall organization’s input or share the link with your staff and sub awardees to fill out on their own.
Please take 10-15 minutes to complete this survey by March 25th.
Virtual NFSN Standards of Quality Certification
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.
PEI and FRC host the NFSN Standards of Quality Certification training. Participants who complete the full session will receive a certificate from the National Family Support Network that is valid for two years.
Due to high demand, registration is limited to 4 participants per agency for each training session. If you have additional staff wanting to participate please email PEITraining@dfps.texas.gov with a list of staff and their email addresses; as we have availability we will reach out to them.
For more information on this training, please see the NSFN website here: https://www.nationalfamilysupportnetwork.org/standards-training.
Dates/Times (this is a two-day training)
March 22nd from 9:00 A.M. – 3:30 P.M. CDT, and
March 23rd from 9:00 A.M. – 2:45 P.M. CDT
Register
March 29th from 9:00 A.M. – 3:30 P.M. CDT, and
March 30th from 9:00 A.M. – 2:45 P.M. CDT
Register
 Maximization: What Is It? How Do We Do It?
Funds Maximization is vital and essential to serve Texas families well and for the success of our partnership. Join PEI’s Contracting and Program Teams to gain a better understanding of PEI’s overall Funds Maximization efforts. As a PEI grantee, managing your program’s budget is a priority in our ongoing efforts to maximize PEI dollars in each community. This webinar will provide practical tips, tools, and ideas grantees can use when considering funds maximization work. Also, this webinar will help you understand the process PEI uses to review and evaluate budgeted line items and transfer requests. Together we can achieve more!
Please sign up for the webinar specific to your program area:
Early Childhood - MIECHV Grantees
Date: March 22nd
Time: 9:30 A.M. - 10:30 A.M. CDT
Early Childhood (MIECHV)
Early Childhood Grantees (Excluding MIECHV Grantees)
Date: March 22nd
Time: 11:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. CDT
Early Childhood (NO MIECHV)
FAYS and SYSN Program Grantees
Date: March 23rd
Time: 9:30 A.M. - 10:30 A.M. CDT
FAYS/SYSN Grantees
Youth and Family Grantees (Excluding FAYS and SYSN Program Grantees)
Date: March 23rd
Time: 11:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. CDT
Youth & Family Grantees (NOT FAYS/SYSN)
 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.
Check out the PEI Training Page!
Bookmark our PEI Training page for access to training information, learning portals, infant mental health trainings and more.
 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
Matching Family Needs to Resources
Date: March 22nd
Time: 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. CDT
Register by: March 21st, 12:00 P.M. CDT
We all come to the table with our own beliefs about parenting. This webinar covers how to acknowledge and monitor those beliefs and address how they may impact the work we do with families. This webinar complements the Foundations of Infant Mental Health in Home Visiting self-paced course.
Me and My Emotions Lessons
Me and My Emotions empowers people ages 13+ by building resilience skills. Its lessons and activities are adapted for the web from The Dibble Institute’s Mind Matters: Overcoming Adversity and Building Resilience program. Young people can work through lessons and activities on the website to build skills. Learn more about Me and My Emotions and view the lessons and activities.
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New MHTTC Webpage
The Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network has a new webpage for the MHTTC School Mental Health Initiative. Learn about national training packages on mental health literacy for educators, Classroom WISE; read about the MHTTC & Project AWARE TA Partnership; access National School Mental Health Best Practices; connect with the school mental health program in your region; and more! Explore MHTTC.
Learning to Listen (Part 1 of TDC4's Virtual Conference Series)
Especially for the past few years, many children, adolescents, and their families have experienced much trauma and adversity. The Terrorism and Disaster Coalition for Child and Family Resilience is sponsoring a series of virtual conferences to gain more understanding about ways to help and support children and families. To initiate the series, the first conference will consider simple, everyday moments as a way to impact and support children and youth. We will share how and why “learning to listen” is a first step to recognizing and responding to children’s concerns and needs. Register Now.
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Public Health Region 9/10 Virtual Child Wellness Conference
Uniting Our Community is a free virtual event for parents and health care professionals that will share child-focused information on border resources, mental health, nutrition, dental services, and children with special health care needs specialized services.
The conference will be held every Thursday in April from 12:00 P.M.-2 P.M. CDT.
Register Now.
Children's Mental Health Acceptance Day- Call for Exhibitors
The Texas System of Care, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and community partners are working together to host the third digital Children’s Mental Health Acceptance Day (CMHAD), launching May 2nd.
Interested exhibitors should complete this Call for Exhibitors Form by March 30th. You will be asked to include a description of your organization, contact information, a logo, and links to any resources or information you would like to share.
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Texas is hiring! A variety of organizations are in public health and well-being are currently hiring across Texas.
Texas Tech Health Science Center is hiring Community Health Workers and Program Specialists to work with communities hardest hit by COVID-19. Jobs are available for people familiar with these communities in Texas. These are full-time temporary job positions that end on May 31, 2023.
The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Regional office in Public Health Region (PHR) 2/3 (Arlington office and surrounding counties) has multiple positions available.
The positions will serve as local community resources on public health initiatives.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund
Texas was awarded a total of $49,518,884 through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund.
Over $17 million is being allocated to local mental and behavioral health authorities (LMHAs, LBHAs) and local intellectual and developmental disability authorities (LIDDAs) for housing support.
Funds can be used for pandemic-related expenses retroactive to April 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022.
Funds will be allocated for activities allowing people to obtain or maintain housing, such as rent and utility assistance, deposits, move-in costs, and other time-limited expenses to help people maintain current housing or move quickly into housing. LMHAs, LBHAs, and LIDDAs will also be able to use this grant for home modifications to make housing accessible for needy families.
The lack of accessible housing is a major barrier for families of children with IDD and children with serious emotional disturbance. Funding home modifications will help stabilize and create safer housing options--without uprooting families.
Eligible services under this Contract may include:
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Rental Housing Support Services – Provide direct financial assistance to eligible participants to prevent immediate homelessness by assisting needy families to obtain or maintain housing for a period less than four months. These activities may include rent and utility assistance, security deposit assistance, and other time-limited expenses to help needy families maintain current housing or move quickly into housing;
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Housing Modifications – Provide direct financial assistance for home modifications to make housing for needy families accessible and safe for dependent children who have a diagnosis of a mental health condition, intellectual or development disability (IDD), or substance use disorder;
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Emergency Housing and Hotel Vouchers – Provide direct financial assistance for short term emergency housing or hotel vouchers when a member of the household tests positive for COVID-19 to reduce the chances of spreading the virus and to eliminate the financial burden associated with a safe and healthy living environment; and
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Ancillary Expenses -- Provide financial assistance for short-term basic needs such as purchasing diapers, clothing, emergency food, burial assistance, and other necessary personal care items to promote short-term family stability.
If you are looking for services such as WIC, SNAP, TANF or Medicaid, please visit 211Texas.org or call 855-937-2372 to talk to a trained professional.
FEMA Grant Programs Nonprofit Security Grant Program
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) invites faith-based, community, and nonprofit organizations to participate in upcoming webinars regarding the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP). The webinar will cover:
- Physical Safety/Security: Vulnerability Self-Assessment Information and Tools
- NSGP Overview and FY 2021 NSGP Recap
- Preparation for the FY 2022 NSGP: What Nonprofit Organizations Should Do Now
- Open Forum: Moderated Question and Answer Session
Register for only one webinar below:
HRSA Discretionary Grant Opportunity: Catalyst Infant Health Equity
- Open to State/City governments, for-profit and non-profit organizations
- Goals are: reduce infant mortality (IM) 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
- $500,000 per award (2.5 million appropriated).
You can now order four more free COVID tests! Orders will usually ship in 7-12 days.
How to Order
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.
Thoughts, comments or suggestions to make PEI Grantee News work better for you? Send them to PEInews@dfps.texas.gov!
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