The State of California entered a joint training partnership with Child Care Providers United-CA (CCPU). As a result, the Service Employees International Union Education and Support Fund (SEIU ESF) has been allocated funding to enhance several statewide programs to support child care provider training and opportunities.
In December 2022, SEIU ESF entered an agreement with Child Care Resource Center (CCRC). CCRC will utilize these funds to plan, produce and deliver statewide Trauma Informed Care (TIC) training and provider cafés for Family Child Care (FCC) and Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) child care providers. The TIC grant is designed to increase the number and capacity Resource and Referral (R&R) professionals, trained to facilitate TIC trainings and provider cafés. The grant also supplies providers with valuable information to support children and their families who are experiencing or have experienced trauma in early childhood.
41 Participating Counties
46 Participating R&R Agencies
834 Participants
100 Training Sessions
159 Provider Cafés
TIC Events offered in English, Spanish, & Chinese (Mardarin and Cantonese)
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CCRC is the coordinator and facilitator of TIC funding for training and resources, leveraging the statewide regional delivery system developed to provide Preschool Development Grant (PDG) program activities.
CCRC has identified 11 Regional Leads across the State of California that are responsible for facilitating their own TIC training(s) and provider cafés. Additionally, each regional lead is responsible for oversight of the TIC work of Local R&R agencies that reside within their region and facilitate their own work.
Through the Trauma Informed Care (TIC) grant, Child Care Resource Center (CCRC) will plan, produce, and facilitate the delivery of statewide TIC Training in partnership with the state’s R&R Regional Lead agencies. CCRC is responsible for the following tasks and deliverables:
CCRC will work with each Regional Lead agency to facilitate TIC Training curriculum through each agencies existing TIC bridge program. Additionally, CCRC will provide support and technical assistance to Regional Leads and facilitate the collaboration between the Regional Lead and their Local R&Rs. CCRC will develop culturally responsible Provider Cafe materials in English, Spanish and Chinese including:
Provider Café conversation question cards
Café Facilitator guide
Training of Facilitator manual
Resource template to provide local resources
Café Instructions
Evaluations
CCRC will meet with CCPU monthly to share updates and discuss the collective TIC related activities of CCRC, Regional Leads and Local R&Rs. CCRC provides a quarterly report to CCPU, consisting of all tasks, activities, successes, challenges, findings, and other relevant statewide TIC information. Reporting periods are:
January– March (report due April 10)
April– June (report due July 10)
July– September (report due October 10)
October– December (report due January 10)
CCRC will support Regional Lead Agencies in the following ways:
Lead quarterly Community of Practice (CoP)meetings with statewide Regional Lead agencies.
CCRC will support the collaboration between R&R Regional Lead agencies and the local R&R agencies within their respective region.
CCRC will serve as the fiscal agent distributing grant contract funds.
CCRC will design and distribute data collection tools for R&R’s to collect and analyze TIC cohort data.
CCRC will provide clinical support by training(2) Clinicians in ReflectiveConsultation to support the Regional Leads in their TIC work. Clinicians are supervised by a Licensed Clinical Supervisor. Clinicians will provide reflective consultation in an individual or group format.
CCRC has hired a Communications Strategist to consult and support R&R agencies with their TIC marketing, community outreach, messaging, and materials development. CCRC staff will work R&R agencies to develop effective, co-branded marketing and outreach messaging and materials including:
Digital and print provider training and café recruiting postcards and flyers in English, Spanish and other languages.
Digital assets for provider training and café recruiting on social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Digital assets for R&R agency websites including images for banners, informational articles, and blogs Informational and educational content for e-blasts, online/print newsletters, and blogs.
Digital communications toolkit for R&R agencies.
Child Care Resource Center (CCRC) supports 11 designated Regional Lead R&R agencies (Regional Leads) to hold their own Trauma Informed Care (TIC) Trainings and Provider Cafes. As a result of the TIC grant agreement, each Regional Lead agency is responsible for the following tasks and deliverables:
Regional Leads are responsible for holding a minimum of 1 TIC cohort per grant year in any language (English/Spanish/Chinese). It is up to the agency to determine the format for each TIC event (in person/ virtual). Regional Leads are also responsible for the following tasks:
Perform outreach and recruit up to 15 child care providers within their respective region for each TIC cohort
Schedule TIC trainings and provider cafes by submitting a JotForm to CCRC that collects information on the date and format of their events.
Maintain an accessible calendar for each TIC event.
Use tracking mechanisms and support participant data collection.
Schedule recurring regional Community of Practice (CoP) meetings with their Local R&Rs to support all aspects of their TIC work.
Collect periodic reports of activities from their local R&R’s.
Regional Leads will meet with CCRC monthly to share updates, discuss activities and feedback from the Regional Lead and their local R&Rs.
Regional Leads are required to participate in quarterly Community of Practice (CoP) meetings with CCRC and other Regional Lead agencies.
Regional Leads will send representatives to Training the Trainer (TOT).
Regional Leads are responsible for providing a quarterly report to CCRC, consisting of all tasks, activities, successes, challenges, findings, and other relevant information. Reporting periods are:
January– March (report due April 10)
April– June (report due July 10)
July– September (report due October 10)
October– December (report due January 10)
CCRC will support the collaboration between R&R Regional Lead agencies and the local R&R agencies within their respective region.
CCRC will serve as the fiscal agent distributing grant contract funds.
CCRC will design and distribute data collection tools for R&R’s to collect and analyze TIC cohort data. This data will be gathered by CCRC and given to CCPU on a recurring basis.
As a result of the Trauma Informed Care (TIC) grant agreement, each Local Resource and Referral (R&R) agency is responsible for the following tasks and deliverables:
Local R&Rs are responsible for holding a minimum of (1) TIC cohort per grant year in any language (English/Spanish/Chinese). It is up to the agency to determine the format for each TIC event (in person/ virtual). Local R&Rs are also responsible for the following tasks:
Perform outreach and recruit up to 15 child care providers within their respective region for each TIC cohort.
Local R&Rs are responsible for scheduling their TIC trainings and provider cafes by submitting a JotForm to CCRC that collects information on the date and format of their events.
Maintain an accessible calendar for each TIC event.
Utilize tracking mechanisms and support participant data collection.
Local R&Rs will meet with Regional Lead agency monthly to share TIC cohort updates, discuss activities, and feedback.
Local R&Rs are required to participate in quarterly Community of Practice (CoP) meetings with their Regional Lead agency and other Local R&Rs within their respective region.
Local R&Rs will send representatives to Training the Trainer (TOT) with CCRC.
Local R&Rs are responsible for providing a quarterly report to their Regional Lead, consisting of all tasks, activities, successes, challenges, findings, and other relevant information. Reporting periods are:
January– March (report due April 10)
April– June (report due July 10)
July– September (report due October 10)
October– December (report due January 10)
CCRC will support the collaboration between Local R&R agencies and their Regional Lead agency.
CCRC will serve as the fiscal agent distributing grant contract funds.
CCRC will design and distribute data collection tools for R&R’s to collect and analyze TIC cohort data. This data will be gathered by CCRC and given to CCPU on a recurring basis.
