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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:
Order your Activity Books for Summer and Fall! GetParentingTips Activity Books feature artwork, puzzles, and language learning activities, and each box comes with crayons for children. They're free to order and ship throughout Texas.
 Limited Slots Available - Register Now
Date: August 10-11 (this is a two-day training)
Time: 9:00 A.M. - 3:30 P.M. CDT
Register by: July 28th
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 visit the NSFN website.
 Achieve OnDemand: Basics of Home Visiting (Self-Paced Course)
Home visitors are committed to the best possible life for babies and their parents. During this course, you will learn how your strengths and motivations will help you achieve this goal and connect with families of all kinds. This course serves as an introduction or valuable refresher on fundamentals such as how to plan for home visits; set goals with families; and handle the unexpected challenges your job presents.
This Achieve OnDemand learning experience qualifies for .3 IACET Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
Achieve OnDemand: Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3 (ASQ-3™) Overview and Best Practices (Self-Paced Course)
Children grow and change rapidly. Home visitors can use the ASQ-3 as a tool to celebrate how each child is developing and support parents’ role in that growth. A home visitor who stays on schedule for ASQ-3 screenings supports a parent's investment in their child's future and provides ways to encourage next steps in their development. In this course, you will learn how to administer the ASQ in partnership with a parent; score the screening; and talk with parents about potential concerns.
To take these courses: Type or paste the course names above 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.
Near @ Home
NEAR@Home is a two-generation process that provides home visitors with the skills and support to discuss ACEs and resilience safely, effectively, and respectfully with parents, focusing on hope and avoiding labeling. The two components of NEAR@Home include the NEAR@Home Toolkit and the NEAR@Home Facilitated Learning Process, both designed to complement one another and provide a holistic, reflective learning process that helps professionals to develop both the knowledge and skills needed to feel confident and competent when partnering with families who have experienced trauma.
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.
Access the Institute of the Advancement of Family Support Professionals Home Visiting Modules through the Learning Institute Portal free of cost.
If you are employed by a U.S. federal, state, local, or tribal government or not-for-profit organization, you might be eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).
The PSLF Program forgives the remaining balance on your Direct Loans after you have made 120 qualifying monthly payments under a qualifying repayment plan while working full-time for a qualifying employer.
To qualify for PSLF, you must
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be employed by a U.S. federal, state, local, or tribal government or not-for-profit organization (federal service includes U.S. military service);
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work full-time for that agency or organization;
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make 120 qualifying payments.
To learn more about the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, visit StudentAid.gov.
Date: August 16th
Time: 1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. CDT
Register
The Health and Human Services Commission is excited to announce that Greg Hudnall, Ed.D., founder of Hope Squad, will present a three-hour talk called “What to Do After a Suicide: School Postvention.”
This virtual event is designed specifically for Texas school personnel, district staff, mental/behavioral health partners, and other community stakeholders involved in postvention.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Participants are encouraged to view the webinar with other members of their agency postvention team.
If you have questions, please email suicide.prevention@hhs.texas.gov.
Family and Youth Success Program - Request for Applications
The Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) Division seeks applications from qualified entities within the State of Texas to provide Family and Youth Success Program (FAYS) services.
This Request for Applications (RFA) will award grants to provide programming statewide to promote strong families and youth resilience by funding local programs to increase protective factors in families and communities.
How to Apply
The RFA can be found at https://apps.hhs.texas.gov/pcs/HHS0011988/ and closes October 6th at 10:30 A.M. CDT.
Pre-Submittal Webinar
PEI encourages potential applicants to attend the optional pre-submittal applicant webinar July 29th at 1:00 P.M. CDT.
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. 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
The comment period for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR) closes on July 22. This request outlines the agency’s funding needs for fiscal years 2024 through 2025.
You can share your ideas and recommendations about what should be in the LAR by sending an email to DFPSLARSuggestions@dfps.texas.gov.
DFPS must submit its LAR to the legislature in August 2022. It will be considered by the 88th Texas Legislature in its regular session in 2023
Thoughts, comments or suggestions to make PEI Grantee News work better for you? Send them to PEInews@dfps.texas.gov!
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