Sesame Street in Communities Partnership

Sesame Street in Communities builds on an almost 50-year commitment to addressing kids’ developmental, physical, and emotional needs. The time-tested research model and thorough testing with families and providers ensures that these resources have a measurable impact in the lives of parents and children.

Thriving Mind and Sesame Street in Communities

Thriving Mind South Florida has partnered with Sesame Street in Communities to foster healthy development in families who have been affected by substance use and mental health problems. Using the professional development resources, this partnership has trained train 200 key stakeholders including staff who work with families of children ages 0 to 5 in the our network to build system capacity, for children to grow into productive and successful adults, promoting healthy behaviors, and supporting families to help children thrive. 

In fall of 2020, Thriving Mind received a grant from the Florida Blue Foundation to expand our partnership with Sesame Street in Communities to fund outreach efforts through social media campaigns and printed resources — available for free to our partners. This effort started in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties and will expand across the rest of the state. If you or your agency are interested in receiving free materials or would like to collaborate on social media posts, please reach out to Carrie Perez, Senior Director of Communications and Strategic Initiatives.

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If you or your agency would like copies of printed materials from Sesame Street in Communities mailed to you at no cost, please reach out to Carrie A. Liberante, Senior Director of Communications and Strategic Initiatives.

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Latest Sesame Resources

Helping Families With Grief

There are ways to help families talk about death, express their feelings, and grieve together. When someone dies, whether from COVID-19 or another cause, children may have questions that can be difficult to answer. While grieving may never completely end, working through the difficult feelings can become easier with time. This month, we’re sharing resources to help children and families talk, grieve, and begin healing together.

Finding special ways to remember a loved one can help comfort children. Watch this video as Sesame Street friends talk about — and finds ways to cope with — the death of a loved one.

Video on Grief

Something Small
Big feelings can overwhelm kids and make it hard to remember their loved one. It can help to “start small.” In this story, Elmo and his cousin Jesse remember her daddy, who died.

Comfort Strategies
Reassurance from a grown-up can help children feel calm and protected. Read this article to learn more about comfort strategies for young children.

Helping Children Through Grief Related to COVID-19
A death related to COVID-19 may be especially difficult or confusing for both children and adults. Check out this article for guidance on how to talk about and answer common questions.

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