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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:
 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.
About the Partners in Prevention Conference
The Partners in Prevention Conference is the largest annual gathering of prevention and early intervention professionals in Texas. The conference attracts parent educators, youth service providers, civic leaders, policy advocates, researchers, DFPS staff, Prevention and Early Intervention grantees, and others with a professional interest in child and family well-being, youth development, and juvenile justice. Attendees benefit from a wide variety of presentations, including but not limited to, lived experience from parents and youth, fatherhood engagement, ethics, diversity, equity and inclusion, program evaluation, home visiting, and positive youth development.
Note for PEI Grantees
If you are a PEI Grantee, you should have received unique registration codes via a separate email. Please have those codes available before you register. Can't find your code? Check your junk folder first, then email pipcon@austin.utexas.edu.
Book Soon: Hotels are Filling Up!
This year there are multiple hotels to choose from:
Note: parking at the American Bank Center will be available for attendees
Holiday Inn Downtown Marina
Location: (.9 miles from the American Bank Center)
Parking: Complimentary
Hotel Phone Number: 361-882-1700
Radisson Hotel Corpus Christi Beach
Location: (3.6 miles from the American Bank Center)
Parking: Complimentary
Call to Book: (361) 883-9700
 August is National Breastfeeding Month!
While breastfeeding awareness is important year-round, for the month of August, we encourage you to promote breastfeeding awareness and education with your networks. In collaboration with Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Department of State Health Services, we've put together this toolkit with social media posts, resources, and graphics to help raise awareness about the importance and benefits of breast milk, while empowering and supporting all mothers in their breastfeeding.
Included in this toolkit:
- Messages to use in promoting breastfeeding awareness;
- Breastfeeding resources; and
- Sample breastfeeding awareness imagery to share and post.
The messages and links in the toolkit can be used as is or they can be customized in any way that works best for the month or year round in your community by directing to your prevention program’s information.
Dates to Remember:
Thank you for continuing to support the children and families that live, work, and play in your communities!
 Achieve OnDemand
Office of Child Safety Presents: Keeping Kids Safe on the Way to School & After School Supervision
This webinar offers tips and information for keeping children and youth safe when they are walking or biking to school. It also offers tips on finding reliable after school supervision such as hiring a babysitter or other caregiver. Source: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Prevention & Early Intervention (PEI), Office of Child Safety.
Achieve OnDemand: Building Engaging and Collaborative Relationships with Families (Self-Paced Course)
As a home visitor, building strong relationships that support each member of the family’s growth and development is essential to your job. Whether establishing a relationship between parent and child or home visitor and parent, the principles and best practices are the same. By establishing a long-term relationship with families, you can model ways to interact that parents can adopt with their children. This course offers practical ways you can relate to parents that will motivate them to stay engaged with you.
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.
 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
Home Visiting Boundaries
Date: August 24th
Time: 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. CDT
Register By: August 23rd, 12:00 P.M. CDT
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.
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.
Virtual NFSN Standards of Quality Certification Hosted by The Center/TACFS
Two-day nationally adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support Virtual Certification Training hosted by The Center/TACFS
Based on the Principles of Family Support Practice and the Strengthening Families Framework and its research-based evidence-informed 5 Protective Factors, the National Family Support Network has created a common language across different kinds of Family Strengthening and Family Support programs such as Family Resource Centers, home visiting programs, and child development programs.
This two-day virtual certification training details how the Standards 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 days 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.
Dates/Times (this is a two-day training)
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Sept 20th from 9:00 A.M. – 3:30 P.M. CDT, and
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Sept 21st from 9:15 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. CDT
Registration deadline: Friday Sept 2nd , 2022.
Email calexander@tacfs.org with questions about this training
Perinatal Psychiatry Access Network (PeriPAN) Now Live
PeriPAN is the Perinatal Psychiatry Access Network in Texas: a new pilot expansion of the Child Psychiatry Access Network (CPAN). PeriPAN is a hotline for clinician-to-clinician consultation for providers serving pregnant women and new mothers experiencing mental health distress, including:
- Obstetricians
- Family practitioners
- Primary Care physicians
- Pediatricians
- Psychiatrists
- Midwives
 The Maternal and Child Health Unit at the Texas Department of State Health Services seeks up to six Texas communities to receive technical assistance and programmatic support to implement the Help Me Grow (HMG) System Model from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023.
The HMG System Model:
- Builds families' and service providers' early childhood development understanding;
- Promotes the early identification of developmental, behavioral and education concerns; and
- Connects families to community resources needed to help their children thrive.
Applications and supporting documentation must be submitted to HMGTexas@dshs.texas.gov by 5:00 P.M. CDT, August 26th. Applicants will be notified of decisions by September 12th.
Download the flyer and application at dshs.texas.gov/mch/HMGTX.shtm to learn more about eligibility, participation benefits, and how to apply. You may request additional information at HMGTexas@dshs.texas.gov.
DSHS hosted an optional informational webinar that was recorded and will be available for those who were unable to attend.
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.
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