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Circle of Security Parenting Group Grant Opportunity

Dec 20, 2016 | UA News

Article by Urban Alliance staff.

Through UA’s Thrive initiative, churches and ministry organizations are provided with support to expand and enhance their early childhood programs. This year, an exciting grant opportunity is available to help equip local churches and ministry organizations to offer a Circle of Security (COS) parenting group in 2017.

Circle of Security is an established eight-session DVD parenting education program that offers the core components of the evidence-based and internationally acclaimed COS protocol. The program presents video examples of secure and problematic parent/child interactions, healthy options in caregiving, and animated graphics designed to communicate the principals of COS. It incorporates decades of attachment research in an accessible step-by-step process that can be used in group settings or individual meetings with caregivers. 

This grant opportunity will provide tuition (a $1,000.00 value per person) for up to two people from each participating church or ministry organization to attend the upcoming Circle of Security training in March, 2017. In addition, grant funding of up to $500.00 is available for each participating church or ministry organization to offset the cost of facilitating a Circle of Security parenting group. Representatives from participating churches and ministry organizations must attend the entire (4-day) training and are expected to use the knowledge gained and materials provided at the training in their work with families. 

Training dates: Monday-Thursday; March 20-23, 2017 (8:30 am-4:30 pm)
Location: Gateway Community College, 20 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06510 

This grant opportunity is available to churches and ministry organizations in the Urban Alliance network who participate in Urban Alliance’s Thrive initiative. To learn more about how your church or ministry organization may participate in Thrive or about this specific grant opportunity, contact Rosaicela Rodriguez, Urban Alliance’s Director of Implementation, Children & Youth Initiatives, at rosaicela.rodriguez@urbanalliance.comor 860.986.6052.

The staff at Urban Alliance are familiar with Pastor Frank because he is a regular attendee to many of the trainings Urban Alliance provides on subjects like domestic violence, addressing childhood trauma, and better counseling techniques. “That’s been so valuable to me to be able to bring that back, not only in my counseling but also in my teaching and preaching ministries, “ shared Termine.

Pastor Frank was also one of the original members of the Micah group, a group of pastors that meets at Urban Alliance to discuss and strategize about challenging issues that face the church today. One of those earlier discussions on justice, incarceration, and returning citizens was particularly memorable. “We all lamented the fact that these men and women were coming out of prison into our churches and just kind of being thrown there,” said Termine, “We could do better than this.” That discussion planted the seeds that eventually led to the creation of Second Chance Churches – an opportunity for churches to provide support and mentoring to returning citizens that continues today.

When we asked Pastor Frank what he would say to another church that was unaware of Urban Alliance, he said, “If you are looking to get out in the community and make a difference in the community, Urban Alliance is a super way to do it. We’re a small church … we can’t do everything. Urban Alliance is a pathway to get our people involved in ministries that are already doing it, doing it well, and just need extra volunteers.”

Pastor Frank Termine’s story embodies many things we are trying to accomplish at Urban Alliance: supporting organizations in the communities they serve with training, resources, and opportunities to make a difference. Pastors and non-profit leaders face a wide range of challenges and, therefore, need a wide range of help and resources. Your support can help turn stories of struggle into stories like you find at Calvary Church.

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