CPC News You Can Use
JUNE 2026
Contents:
check out some of the events featured in this newsletter...
- ECE & FFF (2026-2027 Meeting Dates)
- Needs Assessment - NEED YOUR HELP, PLEASE!
- FAMILY Resources:
- FOOD BOXES: Updated Schedule (Family Resource Center)
- WIC Information
- Back to School Event - FREE (July 11, 2026)
- Dolly Parton Imagination Library Sign Up
- FREE WEBINAR: Keeping Children Safe This Summer from Online Threats - June 17, noon - 1 pm
- Birthwell Partners
- ARMS Transportation
- ALL Babies / ALL Kids Insurance
- AL Goes to College: Alabama Direct Admission (Alabama Possible)
- Jeff State Adult College Services
- Jeff State Workforce Education Programs
- EPIC Parenting Flyer
- GED Classes
- PROFESSIONAL Development
- AND MORE...
- Newsletters
- RESOURCES
- JOB OPPORTUNITIES
- GRANTS
ECE / FFF SAVE THE DATE
EARLY CARE EDUCATION WORKGROUP Archives
FAMILY Resources:
Food Boxes
2026 Jefferson County Family Resource Center and Grace Klein food box distribution dates. As always, Bessemer is the 2nd Friday of every month and Birmingham is the 4th Friday of every month (WEATHER PERMITTING and with the exception of November and December.) They always start at 1pm and end when we run out of boxes.
Community Food Bank
Jefferson County WIC Clinic Information
3 Clinic Locations & UAB
- Central Health Center (Downtown Bham)
- Eastern Health Center (Centerpoint/Roebuck)
- Western Health Center (Midfield/Bessemer)
- WIC at UAB Women & Infants Center
Call: 205-558-2144
Open Monday - Friday (7:45am-4:30pm) - Closed for most government holidays.
Dolly Parton Imagination Library Enrollment Flyer - NEW FLYER
The Dolly Parton Imagination Library is NOW available to children in ALL 67 counties in ALABAMA!!!! WOOWHOOOO! Use the new flyer to sign up!
Keeping Children Safe This Summer from Online Threats Free Webinar - June 17
Free Webinar: June 17th (noon - 1pm)
“What Every Parent, Grandparent, Caregiver,
Summer Camp Program and VBS Worker Needs to Know”
To Register: Click Here
Questions? Contact us at ctspinfo@childrensaid.org
Funding for this Webinar is Made Possible by a Grant from the Harland Jones Fund of the Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama
Birthwell Partners
Birthwell Partners has launched an exciting new program!
Attached you will find an updated class flyer. They will rotate a series of 3 classes throughout the year. They also recently launched a pilot postpartum doula program, where families can receive FREE postpartum doula support for up to SIX months after birth! FLYER ATTACHED with more information!!!
Insurance: ALL Babies / ALL Kids
Alabama Goes to College: Alabama Direct Admission
Jeff State: Adult College Services!!
Jefferson State Work Force Ed Programs
Temporary Closure NOTICE:
We would like to inform our patrons and community groups that the Titusville Branch Library will remain temporarily closed through August due to ongoing structural renovations and facility improvements. At this time, all library programs and activities have been paused until the library officially reopens. The only program that will continue during the closure period is the Senior Exercise Program.
They look forward to welcoming everyone back upon reopening in August.
PROFESSIONAL Development:
Pain Management During Labor & Delivery: Webinar Series
ERAS and Non-Pharm Strategies
June 4th from 12-1:30-pm: https://events.uab.edu/6g1Y8if7/5a2ePZ46sMo
Those with SUD
July 16th from 12-1pm: https://events.uab.edu/en/6g1Y8if7/pain-management-in-landd-those-with-substance-use-disorder-5a2ePZ46ud7/overview
Mental Health Equity and Liberation Summit
Registration is now open for the
2026 Mental Health Equity and Liberation Summit.
Date: July 23, 2026
The theme of this year’s summit is:
The Culture of Care:
A Decade of Building Collective Wellness
Summit Location:
UAB National Alumni Society House
1301 10th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35205
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS June 7th!
This year is special. It will be our 10th anniversary of hosting this impactful annual event!
Surprises are in store. You won't want to miss!
Stay tuned! Speaker announcements coming soon!
2026 Elevate Conference
Mark your calendars! The Alabama Power Foundation is excited to announce the 2026 Elevate Conference – an annual event designed to bring together community leaders and nonprofit organizations from across Alabama for a day of inspiration, collaboration, and hands-on learning.
We hope you will join us for this exciting event as we work together to elevate our communities.
Educators, After School Professionals, and Early Learning Professionals
TEACH Program Scholarship & Leadership in Childcare Scholarship (ALCom College)
NEWSLETTERS
Junior League of Birmingham
Pathways
Mental Health First Aid Newsletter
HICA Newsletter
Foster Coalition Newsletter
RESOURCES:
SAIL: Summer Adventures in Learning
This summer 51 SAIL programs will operate at 76 sites in 26 counties (all records). Two programs started this week; 41 more sites begin Monday.
SAIL has published our 2026 Program maps. They are linked from our website, but I’ll give you direct links below:
- Alabama (the whole state, with limited info on each program): https://public.tableau.com/views/SAILAcrossAlabama2026/SAILAlabama?:language=en-US&:sid=&:redirect=auth&:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link
Links by region with full program info:
- Birmingham: https://public.tableau.com/views/SAILAcrossAlabama2026/SAILBirmingham?:language=en-US&:sid=&:redirect=auth&:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link
- Black Belt: https://public.tableau.com/views/SAILAcrossAlabama2026/SAILBlackBelt?:language=en-US&:sid=&:redirect=auth&:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link
- The Rest of Alabama: https://public.tableau.com/views/SAILAcrossAlabama2026/SAILOutstate?:language=en-US&:sid=&:redirect=auth&:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link
Suzy Harris is arranging site visits; please contact her to schedule a tour (205.527.3193)
HEART BHAM - Updated Hours!
Birmingham's Homeless Engagement Assistance Response Team
The City’s Homeless Engagement Assistance Response Team, HEART Birmingham, has updated its hours to better serve unhoused residents across our community. Beginning January 26, the team will operate Monday through Wednesday and Saturday through Sunday from 7:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., and will be closed on Thursdays and Fridays.
HEART Birmingham responds to non-emergency situations involving individuals experiencing homelessness and connects residents to supportive services. Community members can reach the HEART call center by dialing 311 or calling 205-782-0202.
Oasis Counseling
Oasis Counseling is a non-profit counseling agency with the mission to make quality mental healthcare more accessible to all. We offer individual counseling to adult women (ages 19 and up), play therapy for boys and girls (ages 3 to 12), individual counseling for adolescent girls (ages 13 to 18), family counseling, and couples counseling. We also conduct Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills group counseling several times throughout the year and will have our first DBT skills group for adolescent girls this fall. We offer an affordable sliding fee scale based on income and take several major insurances, including Medicaid up to the age of 19. To initiate services, instruct the interested party to call our office at 205-933-0338. We look forward to working with you!
Resources:
Domestic Violence Resources:
- YWCA Crisis Line: 205-322-4878
- National Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
Other Resources:
- United Way (Community Resource Line): 211
- Birmingham Crisis Center Hotline: 205-323-7777
- UTALK (call or TEXT): 205-328-5465
- The Trevor Project (LGBTQ Youth): 866-488-7386
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988
Alabama Department of Mental Health Substance Use Prevention
Crisis & Suicide Line
Did you know you can TEXT 988 in Jefferson County?
CAREERS CAREERS CAREERS
James Rushton Early Learning Center: Career Opportunities
Black Women's Mental Health Institute: Career Opportunities
The Black Women's Mental Health Institute has a number of openings.
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4423087657/
Temporary Contract Mental Health Counselor – Summer Camp Program
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4423073969/
Licensed Adult Mental Health Counselor (Part-Time to Full-Time, Hybrid)
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4423083633/
Licensed Youth Mental Health Counselor (Part-Time to Full-Time, Hybrid)
Childcare Resources is HIRING
Click the website below for more information on the following positions:
GRANTS:
Junior League Opportunities
Community Project Letter of Intent Opens June 22nd JLB is continuing with our two-part application process, including an initial Letter of Intent (LOI), for our Community Project application process. The ideal Community Project application is a year-long project that shows a need for both volunteers and dollars. All LOIs will be due July 17th and agencies with a project that best aligns with the League’s community priorities and volunteer needs will be invited to submit a full Community Project Application, that will be due August 29th.
Need Volunteers? The Junior League of Birmingham’s Corps of Volunteers project enables the League to assist community agencies that do not have a need for League volunteers on an ongoing basis but may have a need to staff a one or two-day special event or have a one-time need for extra volunteers. Any nonprofit organization in the Birmingham metropolitan area is eligible for application. To apply, please click below.
Voluneer Link:
Community Foundation: Morris Grant Fund OPEN
Morris Fund Grant Cycle is Now Open!
In 2015, Phillip Morris—a champion of how good design enriches our communities and our lives, and a former executive editor of Southern Living magazine—established the Philip A. Morris Fund for the Design Arts through an estate gift, as an endowed Field of Interest Fund at the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham. He envisioned a fund that provides resources to support the design arts and the role that the design arts play in building thriving communities.
Central to the mission of the fund is to create and expand awareness of the design arts and the impact of quality design. Broadly stated, “design arts” include but are not limited to:
- Urban planning
- Design and the built environment
- Architecture
- Graphic arts and graphic design
- Landscape planning and design
Applications may be submitted beginning today and are due by 11:59 p.m. June 30. Applicants may be asked to participate in a site visit prior to the Morris Fund committee making their decision.
Morris Fund Grant Cycle: May 29 — June 30, 2026
Learn More: https://www.cfbham.org/philip-morris-fund-design-arts/?mc_cid=01a6aeff99&mc_eid=8dc8c15be3
For more information on the Philip A. Morris Fund for the Design Arts at the Community Foundation, please contact Kendall Jones, Director of Donor Stewardship, at kjones@cfbham.org or (205) 327-3827.
The LGBTQ Fund’s 2026 Grant Cycle is now open!
Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. on June 30.
A special thank you to Jeremy Sherer, Assistant US Attorney, for curating & sharing this list
From Jeremy Sherer:
Federal grants continue to slowly trickle out. And, I don’t want any of what is available to pass anyone by. At the bottom of this email and attached are currently open federal grant resources. Also, I want to relay a great training opportunity and resource. Immediately below is a great training resource for public service providers who need professional continuing education credits.
The Child Trafficking Solutions Project and the Children’s Aid Society of Alabama regularly host a variety of substantive in-person and remote training opportunities. On June 24, they have another great, free continuing education training that offers 6.5 continuing education credit for law enforcement, first responders, and social workers. The training will be provided in Huntsville and is entitled “Child Trafficking Training for First Responders”. To get more information on this training, please visit - Child Trafficking Training for First Responders - Huntsville PD Training Center. To learn about additional trainings offered by the Children’s Aid Society, please visit - Children's Aid Society of Alabama Events.
Three new funding opportunities are below, but I do want to also refresh the suicide prevention grant for your attention. It carries a significant number of awards and can provide meaningful trauma support for communities.
The SSG Fox SPGP directs efforts to reduce Veteran suicide by awarding grants to community-based organizations to directly provide or coordinate the provision of primarily non-clinical suicide prevention services to eligible individuals and their families. Eligible individuals include certain Veterans and Active-Duty Service Members as defined by statute and regulations. Veteran suicide risk is reduced by services that improve mental health status, well-being, financial stability, and social support. Services provided by grantees may include case management, peer support, linkage to VA care and benefits, emergency clinical services, faith-based or innovative approaches. Most Veterans who die by suicide were not engaged with VA in the years prior to their deaths. This program addresses a critical gap by engaging and serving Veterans at risk for suicide who were previously out of VA’s reach and their family members.
Services for Victims of Crime (60 Expected Awards) - Due June 23, 2026
This opportunity supports the development, expansion, and strengthening of victim service programs for all victims of crime throughout the United States and its territories. OVC invites proposals for projects to provide direct services to all victims of crime, including child and youth victims; victims of elder abuse, fraud, and exploitation; and other types of crime victims. Victim services may include, but are not limited to, emergency assistance, case management, shelter and housing, medical and dental care, victim advocacy, transportation, childcare, legal services, and employment assistance. All services proposed under this program must directly address the needs of crime victims.
Services for Victims of Technology-Facilitated Abuse (Six Projected Awards) - Due June 23, 2026
This opportunity supports victim services to address technology-facilitated abuse (TFA). TFA includes, but is not limited to, crimes commonly referred to as image-based sexual abuse, non-consensual distribution of intimate images, sextortion, synthetic intimate images (“deepfakes”), online stalking, harassment, and abuse.
Technology to Support Services for Victims of Crime (Four Projected Awards) - Due June 23, 2026
This opportunity supports projects that create, expand, or enhance the use of technology by victim service organizations to improve interaction with crime victims, elevate service quality, and ensure accessibility and responsiveness. This funding is not intended to support projects that — • primarily fund equipment or supply purchases without substantial technological development components. • procure existing, commercial, off-the-shelf technology solutions. • duplicate existing services or products. • include active investigation or prosecution activities.