The CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS deadline to submit session proposals for the 2015 Community Action Partnership Annual Convention is Friday, April 10th!
For any questions regarding the Call for Sessions please contact
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 EL PASO'S LOCAL REGION 19 HEAD START ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR APPOINTED TO OVERSEE NATIONAL PROGRAM
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 Blanca Enriquez, associate executive director of the Region 19 Head Start program in El Paso, is taking over the nation's Head Start program.
In her new role as director of the national Office of Head Start, Enriquez will oversee the nation's Head Start and Early Head Start programs that serve more than 1 million children every year. She has been with the Region 19 Head Start program for almost 30 years.
Her appointment was made official last Thursday April 2nd in Washington, D.C., by Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell.
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CSBG DEAR COLLEAGUE FINANCIAL CAPABILITY
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Dear Colleagues,
The purpose of this notice is to provide information about financial capability resources to the CSBG Network and to encourage you to consider the potential role of financial capability services in the work that you do. Financial capability is the capacity, based on knowledge, skills, and access, to manage financial resources effectively. Building this capacity is a critical aspect to supporting the vision of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF): children, youth, families, individuals, and communities who are resilient, safe, healthy, and economically secure. The Office of Community Services (OCS) of ACF is taking the opportunity provided by National Financial Capability Month to highlight the importance of financial capability for CSBG participants/clients.
Financial capability may be a new term for many of you. This concept has developed out of a need to talk about something broader than financial education or financial literacy. For example, someone may be educated about financial concepts, but if they are unable to access safe, affordable financial services, they are not able to act on their knowledge. Financial capability is a framework for taking a broader approach to laying the foundation for economic well-being and stability.
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To read the rest of this Dear Colleague Letter, please click here
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FROM CFED: FINANCIAL CAPABILITY PLANNING GUIDE, VITA DATA & MORE
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Building Financial Capability: A Planning Guide for Integrated ServicesCFED is proud to announce the release of Building Financial Capability: A Planning Guide for Integrated Services, an interactive resource to help a wide range of community-based and social service organizations integrate financial capability services into their existing programs (e.g., housing, workforce development or Head Start). CFED developed Building Financial Capability in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Administration for Children and Families' Office of Community Services (OCS), with input from a number of our local, state and national partners who tested and reviewed its 13 tools. READ MORE.... Low-Income Taxpayers Receive Nearly $4 Billion Thanks to Community Tax PreparersIn recognition of Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Awareness Day on March 10, CFED and the recently launched Taxpayer Opportunity Network released a new breakdown of the most current IRS data, which explores the impact of community tax preparation services. The data reveal that in 2014, more than $3.89 billion in federal income taxes was returned to 3.2 million taxpayers with modest wages as a result of services offered by IRS-certified volunteers. READ MORE.....
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ARTICLE FROM BROOKINGS ON FINANCIAL CAPABILITY AND CHILDREN
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Start Children Early For Financial Success
The Great Recession exposed the financial fragility of millions of American families. Now researchers and policymakers are striving to improve the next generation's grasp of personal finance and its access to safe financial products.
Toward those ends, a special issue of The Journal of Consumer Affairs
(JCA), "Starting Early for Financial Success," features articles that explore the links among financial education, financial inclusion, and financial well-being. Contributors to the issue point out that even young children can learn and apply financial lessons and that facilitating financial capability-both the ability and opportunity to act in one's best financial interests-is a key imperative for policymakers.
The articles in this special issue contribute to understanding how starting early can contribute to financial success, Sherraden and Grinstein-Weiss say. More important, they say, they suggest how to nurture a more financially capable next generation.
To read more and download full articles from the Journal of Consumer Affairs, please click here
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WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT (WIOA)
DRAFT REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN RELEASED
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Draft regulations to implement the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) were posted to the Federal Register website. WIOA is the first update to the nation's core workforce training programs since the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) 16 years ago. The draft regulations mark an important milestone in WIOA implementation. They come in five parts, known as Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs), that each address different aspects of the law:
The regulations will be published to the Federal Register on April 16, 2015. At that point, the public can submit comments at www.regulations.gov for 60 days. The Departments plan to analyze these public comments and anticipate issuing Final Rules implementing WIOA in early 2016. We encourage stakeholders at the state and local levels committed to advancing opportunities for low-income youth and adults with barriers to economic success to submit comments. WIOA Quick Start Action Planner (QSAP) Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) The ETA released a new technical assistance tool for implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The WIOA Quick Start Action Planner (QSAP) is an interactive assessment tool designed to help practitioners at all levels of the public workforce system to prepare to implement WIOA. Users will be able to identify their workforce systems' strengths and areas for improvement, as well as access resources to help plan and prepare for WIOA.
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CAPLAW NATIONAL TRAINING CONFERENCE: LAST CHANCE!
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT ENDS FRIDAY!
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Early Bird Discount Ends Friday!
Attention CAPLAW Members - be sure to register before this Friday, April 10th to receive the Early Bird Rate of $510 for the first registrant and $490 for each additional registrant.
Register Now
CAPLAW is pleased to announce U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley will be speaking at the general session on Friday, June 12th. As Oregon's U.S. Senator, Mr. Merkley focuses on creating good jobs for working Oregonians, protecting consumers from predatory practices, and ensuring that all Oregonians have access to high-quality, affordable education.
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OP-ED FROM MICHIGAN ON ASSET LIMITS FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
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Asset limits were adopted in Michigan and other states as a way to safeguard tax dollars spent on public assistance. Essentially, they place a cap on the money and value of property a person can have and still be eligible for public assistance.
Although asset limits may sound like a reasonable way to assure that tax-supported assistance only goes to people who need it, in reality the limits stymie the efforts of low-income families to become financially self-sufficient. And the costs to administer the multiple and differing limits are out of proportion to the amount of funding they attempt to protect.
Ultimately, we want low-income families to achieve economic stability so they no longer need to rely on public assistance. Asset limits interfere with that goal, making it all the more difficult for families to become financially independent. Four of 5 Americans will experience at least one year of economic insecurity, ranging from poverty to unemployment to the need for public assistance, according to recent research. Such families are perhaps the most likely to eventually become self-sufficient when effective resources are applied quickly and comprehensively, as opposed to allowing them to fall deeper into debt as issues multiply and become harder to overcome. The help families need to get over the short-term economic hurdles and avoid more serious financial struggles are often restricted by asset limits.
...The full text of this op-ed appears in the Detroit News from April 2, 2015. Click here to continue reading
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FROM NPQ, PHILANTHROPY'S MISGUIDED IDEAS FOR FIXING GHETTO POVERTY: THE LIMITS OF FREE MARKETS AND PLACE-BASED INITIATIVES
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From the Nonprofit Quarterly:
"One hundred years ago, progressive thinkers and activists who called for women's suffrage, an end to lynching, the right of workers to form unions, health and safety standards for workplaces, the eight-hour workday, a federal minimum wage, a progressive income tax, old-age insurance, and government-subsidized healthcare were considered impractical idealists, utopian dreamers, or dangerous socialists. Fifty years ago, those who called for women's equality, laws protecting the environment, civil rights for gays and lesbians, and greater numbers of black and Hispanic/Latino elected officials were also considered clueless or hopelessly radical. Now we take all these ideas for granted. The radical ideas of one generation have become the common sense of the next."
Click here to read the article
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UPCOMING WEBINAR ON BUILDING LEADERSHIP BENCH
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Inside Out: Developing your Leadership Bench from Within
The Partnership's National Training Center will be hosting a webinar presented by David Tucker covering leadership development on April 21, 2015 at 2:00 ET/1:00 CT/12:00 MT/11:00 PT.
The webinar will be based on the Partnership's training manual titled Batter Up! Building Your Leadership Bench produced in coordination with Brown Buckley Tucker Consulting. Specific focus areas will center around developing internal leadership and will provide an invaluable basis for ensuring that your organization's leadership pool will remain diverse, accessible, and effective for the future.
This webinar is FREE, but pre-registration is required. Please register here. You may direct any questions regarding this webinar to acruz@communityactionpartnership.com
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LAST WEBINAR IN CCAP SERIES COMING UP APRIL 17
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The Community Action Partnership is conducting a 4 part webinar series for those considering or in process of becoming a Certified Community Action Professional (CCAP). You can use the registration link below to register for any and all of the sessions.
https://communityactionevents.webex.com/communityactionevents/onstage/g.php?PRID=6ae08819f4962aff8b450c08b183a89e
The final webinar in the series is focused on the Certification Examination
Friday, April 17, 2015, 2-3 PM EDT
The national CCAP certification examination is administered on the third Wednesday of June in various locations around the country to candidates who were successful in their CDF and ESP submissions. In this webinar you will learn how the exam is constructed, what kinds of questions are asked, and how best to prepare for the exam. Once you pass, you are nationally recognized as a Certified Community Action Professional (CCAP).
For more information on the CCAP program and to access materials from past webinars, please click here.
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REGION 7 RISK ASSESSMENT WEBINAR
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Region 7 is sponsoring a webinar on Completing a Comprehensive Agency-Wide Risk Assessment on April 14th from 9:30 - 11:00 CST. Melanie Herman of the Nonprofit Risk Management Center will be presenting on what an agency-wide risk assessment means, what areas should an agency be assessing, and what tools are available. This webinar is open to anyone in the Community Action Network. Contact Tiffany Jarvis, Kansas Association of Community Action Programs at tiffany@kacap.org for registration information. |
WIPFLI NONPROFIT AND GOVERNMENT UPCOMING EVENTS
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August 24-25, 2015
OMB's New Uniform Guidance
Community Action Partnership Annual Convention
San Francisco Marriott Marquis
San Francisco, CA
Registration Fee:
Cost for Community Action Partnership members are as follows:
* $625 per participant registering on or before July 27, 2015. (Partnership Members must use the promo code CAPSF* when registering or they will be charged the regular early bird rate of $645)
* $795 (regular registration fee) per participant registering after July 27, 2015.
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FREE WEBINARS ON ADVOCACY FROM BOARDSOURCE
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Putting It All Together: How to Incorporate Advocacy into Your Organization
In the last of our free series of webinars on nonprofit advocacy, Abby Levine from the Alliance for Justice will share case studies explaining why and how several different organizations embrace advocacy. This webinar is presented in support of the Stand for Your Mission campaign.
Previous webinars in the series can be viewed from Stand for Your Mission at http://standforyourmission.org/resources/#advocacy-tools-trainings
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PLAN NOW FOR THE 2015 ANNUAL CONVENTION
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 The CONVENTION BROCHURE is now available to download, click here.
Click here for CONVENTION RESERVATIONS at the Marriott Marquis
On-line REGISTRATION for the Annual Convention is now available , click here.
For exhibitor and advertising information, please click here.
AWARDS INFORMATION: The Jayne Thomas Grassroots Volunteer Recognition Award and
The Sargent Shriver Achievement Award
Please click here for complete information.
Grab the early bird rate today! - Ends on May 22
You can register for the full event as well as several
pre-convention activities to help you maximize your trip!
Keep an eye on this link for more information!
The CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS is open!
The deadline to submit session proposals is April 10th.
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