Our weekly e-newsletter to providers combines grantee resources, stories of interest, exclusive educational opportunities, and grant information. In this issue:
Quality Incentive Project (QIP) Office Hours
Date: June 15th Time: 10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. CDT Register
Do you have questions about QIP or your scorecard? Join us for the QIP office hours!
This will be an open forum meeting for grantees to ask about all things QIP.
Keeping the Conversation Going: Maternal Mental Health
Our first “Keeping the Conversation Going” featured Joy Borjes, Women’s Health Coordinator at HHS. Check out the link below to listen to Joy discuss:
- Maternal Mental Health
- Dispelling Myths
- Reviewing Risk Factors/Considerations
- Resources
Recording Link: Maternal Mental Health Chat with Joy Borjes
Results-Based Accountability 101
Learn how Results-Based Accountability can help you to align stakeholder priorities and increase accountability to propel your community coalition work forward.
Hear from Clear Impact’s Senior Consultant, Marcos Marquez, about how RBA can level-up your coalition work through Turn-the-Curve Thinking, and help you to track progress on community goals.
Noemi Villareal from United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County’s early childhood coalition work via Ready Kids SA also shares about how RBA helped their community coalition.
Recording Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/6497904136751021324
Here's a comprehensive list of resources for grantees working with families about to or having recently given birth:
Summary of Perinatal Mental Health Conditions
For Someone Needing Services:
- Postpartum Support International (PSI) Helpline:
- Call: 1-800-944-4773 (#1 En Español or #2 English)
- Text: Text “Help” to 800-944-4773 (EN) or en Español: 971-203-7773
- Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
- Tools and Guides:
For Family and Friends:
For Clinicians and Prescribers:
- For Clinical Consultation:
- PSI Perinatal Psychiatric Consult Line: 1-877-499-4773 or complete the form available here.
- Perinatal Psychiatry Access Network (PeriPAN): Coming soon to select regions
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.
Participants who complete the full 2-day 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.
Date: July 12th-13th Time: 9:00 A.M. – 3:30 P.M. CDT Register By: June 15th Registration Link
PEI Fatherhood EFFECT Grantees are hosting a variety of summits across Texas:
Houston
DePelchin Children's Center's "Dad's Make a Difference" Summit will take place on Friday, June 10th and Saturday, June 11th.
- Day One will host fathers and professionals around the community to provide topics and discussion around father's rights, co-parenting, and empowering fathers through various services around the state. Networking and resource opportunities will also be offered throughout the day.
- Day Two is devoted to fathers, co-parents, and their children. Families will hear from other inspiring fathers and professionals who are committed to helping fathers reach their greatest potential as a dad. Children in attendance on Day Two will get to participate in a variety of fun activities to promote family engagement and play,
For questions or inquiries, contact Joshua Williams at 713-245-9859.
Killeen
The STARRY Father Fest Conference on June 10-11th is open to educators, service providers, civic leaders, policy advocates, researchers, and others with a professional interest in child and family well-being. The 2022 conference theme is “BUILDING STRONG DADS.”
The conference will be offering 4 hours of CEUs for LPC, LPC Associate, LMFT, LMFT Associate, LMSW, and LCSW.
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.
Foundations of Infant Mental Health Practice in Home Visiting
Caring about the parent-child relationship is a primary purpose of home visiting with families. By using the power of observation, listening, and inquiry with a family, you activate a parent's learning so they use the same strength-based skills with their child. This course covers critical issues in infant mental health, including brain development and attachment. It provides practical ways home visitors can use observation and listening to strengthen the parent-child relationship. It also incorporates strategies for incorporating reflection to extend the 'learning together.
This Achieve OnDemand learning experience qualifies for .3 IACET Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
Workplace Stress
MARCOM's MicroLearning curriculum on Workplace Stress helps employees identify potentially stressful situations and learn how to cope with them.
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
Implementing Tools to Enhance Home Visiting
Date: June 7th Time: 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. CDT Register By: June 6th, 12:00 PM CDT
As a supervisor, there are many tools that you can leverage to operate your home visiting programs, enhance the quality of services delivered to children and families, and improve outcomes for those served by your program. However, it can be difficult to identify and implement these tools while still focusing on your day-to-day operational tasks. In this webinar we will explore how a supervisor can collect and use data to assess and improve the quality of their home visiting program build a mosaic of data in an assessment framework.
This webinar complements the Supervising Home Visitors self-paced course.
Home Visiting Boundaries
Date: June 15th Time: 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. CDT Register By: June 14th, 12:00 PM CDT
As a home visitor, how does setting and maintaining boundaries with the families you support enhance your work with them? In this webinar we will discuss various situations that call for establishing boundaries, strategies for establishing supportive boundaries with families, and the role of reflective supervision in setting and maintaining boundaries.
This webinar complements the Basics of Home Visiting self-paced course.
Do you have questions about renewing your Infant Mental Health Endorsement? Endorsement is an internationally recognized credential that supports and recognizes the development and proficiency of professionals who work with or on behalf of infants, toddlers, and their families.
Join First3Years during these upcoming virtual support hours to get questions answered and application help walking through how to take care of Endorsement renewal on:
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June 3rd from 12:20 to 1:30 P.M.
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June 13th from 2:00 to 3:00 P.M.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/491966641
The Essentials of Home Visiting self-paced online courses and live webinars for family professionals count towards training requirements to earn and renew an Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Endorsement® from the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health.
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Registration is now open for the Virtual Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) 2022, convened by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation in the Administration for Children and Families.
Virtual RECS 2022 will provide an opportunity to hear the latest findings from evaluations of social welfare programs and policies, discuss ways to incorporate findings into the design and implementation of programs, and develop strategies for future evaluations. The conference will focus on programs, policies, and services that support families on the path to economic self-sufficiency and well-being. This year’s conference will feature presentations and discussions on the following topics:
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs, Policies, and Populations
- Employment and Mobility in the Labor Market
- Youth Well-Being and the Transition to Adulthood
- Strengthening Families, Fatherhood, Marriages, and Relationships
- Evaluating Social Programs, Building Evidence, and Using Data
- Approaches to Alleviate Poverty and Expand Opportunity
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Demonstrating Policy Effectiveness to Promote Black Youth
The Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following funding opportunity announcement. This notice solicits applications for projects for the Demonstrating Policy Effectiveness to Promote Black Youth Mental Health Initiative. This initiative seeks to identify health and wellness policies that are successful in improving Black youth mental health, including suicide prevention.
Announcement Number: MP-CPI-22-001 Award Amount: $350,000 to $400,000 Estimated Total: $3,000,000 Application Due Date: June 22nd
Standing Announcement for Residential Services for Unaccompanied Children
ORR is announcing the availability of funds under this Standing Notice of Funding Opportunity (SNOFO) to seek shelter care providers, including group homes and transitional foster care. At the time of application, care providers do not have to be licensed (state child placement license and facility license) by an appropriate licensing agency to provide residential, group, or foster care services for children. However, care providers must be fully licensed (state child placement license and facility license) prior to accepting children for placement within the timeframes specified in the SNOFO. For more information regarding licensing and required timeframes, please see Additional Information on Eligibility.
Announcement Number: HHS-2022-ACF-ACYF-CY-0069 Award Amount: $500,000 - $80,000,000 Estimated Total: $370,000,000 Application Due Date: July 6th
Basic Center Program
The Basic Center Program (BCP) provides temporary shelter and counseling services to youth who have left home without permission of their parents or guardians, have been forced to leave home, or other homeless youth who might otherwise end up in the law enforcement or in the child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems.
BCPs work to establish or strengthen community-based programs that meet the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth and their families. BCPs provide youth under 18 years of age with emergency shelter, food, clothing, counseling and referrals for health care. BCPs can provide up to 21 days of shelter for youth and seeks to reunite young people with their families, whenever possible, or to locate appropriate alternative placements. Additional services may include: street-based services; home-based services for families with youth at risk of separation from the family; drug abuse education and prevention services; and at the request of runaway and homeless youth, testing for sexually transmitted diseases.
Announcement Number: HHS-2022-ACF-ORR-ZU-0157 Award Amount: $50,000 to $200,000 Estimated Total: $13,440,716 Application Due Date: July 27th
Our Activity Books feature artwork, puzzles, and language learning activities, and each box comes with crayons for children.
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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! |
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