Learning & Quality Supports
Always Improving
The Children's Trust is ready to provide top-notch supports to enhance your program growth, performance and, most importantly, the services you provide to children and families in Miami-Dade County. Through Learning & Quality Supports, our partners can expect:
- Supports for quality program implementation & fiscal/administrative functions
- Program evaluation & community research
- Innovation Fund to pilot new strategies, methods, instruments and partnerships
Key organizational supports and staff competencies are essential to delivering high-quality programs. Supports offered include online courses, live trainings, coaching, content consultation, peer learning and access to resources that aid in continuous learning and quality improvement. The Children’s Trust also offers special event professional development options and trainings directly.
Trust Academy Quality Supports
Trust Academy partner agencies support provider staff in building strong, sustainable organizations that consistently deliver high quality services in alignment with best practices and healthy child development. Trust Academy Program Quality Supports are important cornerstones to the success of The Trust’s strategic framework.
Trust Academy LMS
All group events, courses and resources may be found in Trust Academy Learning Management System (LMS). Funded providers access Trust Academy LMS through Trust Central.
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Training
The Children’s Trust is committed to strengthening agencies’ ability to effectively deliver needed services and manage their operations, therefore providing positive impact to the children and families in the communities being served. Trust Academy Partners work across six content areas.
- Family Services
- Youth Development
- School-based Health
- Inclusion Supports for Serving Children and Youth with Disabilities
- Social and Emotional Wellness/Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (SEW/REDI)
- Organizational Capacity and Leadership Development
Additional trainings and courses offered throughout the year will be found in Trust Academy LMS.
- Online Courses offered by Trust Academy partners will be found in Trust Academy LMS in the Course catalog.
- Live Trainings are offered periodically and are listed in the Events calendar of Trust Academy LMS.
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training from other organizations, i.e., the American Red Cross, is accepted if it meets CPR certification.
Providers are responsible for securing evidenced-based program (EBP) training for new staff and/or upon implementation of new EBP as approved.
Based upon results of program metrics, trainings for specific staff and/or entire provider agencies will be recommended to address identified needs.
For more information, please visit Trust Academy Partners websites and reach out directly.
All Initiatives
Advocacy Network on Disabilities
Inclusion of all children
Injury Free Miami
Injury prevention and safety training and resources for providers and parents
YWCA South Florida
Social Emotional Wellness/Racial Equity Diversity and Inclusion (SEW/REDI) Coming Soon
The Pontis Group
Program Management Leadership Academy and selected providers for Capacity Building
Youth Development
Nova Southeastern Project RISE
SkillBuild Powered by Breakthrough Miami
Trainings and courses for Youth Development 6-12
FIU Reading Explorers
Coaching for Youth Development K-5
Family Services
UM Team COACH - Parenting
Training and Implementation Associates (TIA)
Family and Neighborhood Support Partnerships (FNSP) and Family Strengthening
Have a Question?
We're here to help! If you have any questions or need more information, our FAQ section has answers to the most common inquiries about our programs, funding opportunities, and more.
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