August 24, 2015
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An electronic publication of the Community Action Partnership's Risk Mitigation Center
 
Dear Community Action Colleagues:

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As we count down to October 1, when many states will be entering Fiscal Year 2016 and CSBG Organizational Standards will go into affect, Community Action Partnership and the Organizational Standards Center of Excellence are ramping up their training and technical assistance activities.  In addition to our first of nine technical assistance guides to come out, we have tools for State CSBG Lead Agencies and a full slate of webinars planned for September to help you get ready.  Be on the lookout for additional tools and guides to come out throughout September and hope to "see you" on a webinar soon.


Sincerely,

 

Jarle Crocker, PhD

Director, Training and Technical Assistance

Community Action Partnership

 

 

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CATEGORY 3 - COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GUIDE 


The first of a series of Technical Assistance Guides is ready for download.  Focusing on the 5 CSBG Organizational Standards for Private (nonprofit) CAAs in Category 3 - Community Assessment, this guide helps you with the intent and compliance with the Standard as well as gives a framework for how to go beyond compliance.

Each Standard has it's own section comprised of 4 parts:

A. Guidance on Definition and Intent
B. Guidance on Compliance and Documentation
C. Beyond Compliance: Benchmarking Organizational Performance
D. Resources

Also included is a Standards Review Worksheet Template to serve as a cover page as you self-assess yourself to the CSBG Organizational Standards with space for keeping track of documentation.  The worksheet gives an Assessment Scale as well - which puts the Standard along a 5 point scale to help you figure out how you are performing in that area.  The middle (satisfactory) level is the Organizational Standard itself and  what State CSBG Lead Agencies will be assessing for in monitoring activities.

Please note that compliance with the Organizational Standards is the only required process, and the recommendations for fuller assessment and moving beyond the Standards are recommendations to make the Standards a capacity building and performance management exercise. 

UPCOMING WEBINAR SCHEDULE 



Category 3 - Community Assessment

8/20 - recording and slides available here

Category 8 - Financial Operations and Oversight
9/2 at 2:00 ET/1:00 CT/12:00 MT/11:00 PT

Category 9 - Data and Analysis
9/3 at 2:00 ET/1:00 CT/12:00 MT/11:00 PT

Category 5 - Board Governance
9/9 at 4:00 ET/3:00 CT/2:00 MT/1:00 PT

Category 7 - Human Resource Management
9/15 at 2:00 ET/1:00 CT/12:00 MT/11:00 PT

Category 6 - Strategic Planning
9/16 at 2:00 ET/1:00 CT/12:00 MT/11:00 PT

Category 2 - Community Engagement
9/17 at 2:00 ET/1:00 CT/12:00 MT/11:00 PT

Category 1 - Consumer Input and Involvement 9/22 at 2:00 ET/1:00 CT/12:00 MT/11:00 PT

Category 4 - Organizational Leadership 9/24 at 2:00 ET/1:00 CT/12:00 MT/11:00 PT 

Any or all of these webinars can be registered for by clicking here

 

Additionally, the Risk Mitigation T/TA Center (RMC) is hosting several webinars in September.  These include:

Ethics and Community Action Sept. 10 4 ET/
3 CT/
2 MT/
1 PT 		Melanie Herman, Nonprofit Risk Management
Center 
Whistleblower
Policies 		Sept. 14 2 ET/
1 CT/
12 MT/
11 PT 		Kevin Myren, CPA,
CommonBond Communities 
Conflict of Interest Sept. 21 2 ET/
1 CT/
12 MT/
11 PT 		Megan Johnston, Johnston and Associates

Review and Wrap up of Risk Mitigation Blog Series Sept. 28 2 ET/
1 CT/
12 MT/
11 PT 		Ken Ackerman, VirtualCAP 
 
These particular topics were specifically selected because of their importance to risk management and mitigation as well as their ties to the CSBG Organizational Standards.

Standard 5.6 "Each governing board member has signed a conflict of interest policy withing the past 2 years"

Standard 7.7 "The organization has a whistleblower policy that has been approved by the governing board."

The Risk Mitigation Blog Series has highlighted several tools and resources that may be helpful as you get ready for CSBG Organizational Standards

Any or all of these RMC webinars can be registered for here 

Q&A FOR PUBLIC CAAs   


Did you miss this 8/19 event for Public (government entity) CAAs?  Recording and slides are available.
 
 
 

TOOLS FOR STATE CSBG LEAD AGENCIES   


 













Technical Assistance Plan Tracking Form
IM 138 requires a Technical Assistance Plan (TAP) be developed where CAAs are not meeting CSBG Organizational Standards.  This tracking form was developed to assist State CSBG Lead Agencies in documenting that technical assistance is occurring. View or download here

State Assessment Template 

IM 138 provides flexibility in how State CSBG Lead Agencies assess CAAs annually against the CSBG Organizational Standards.  For those States that have on-site monitoring every two or three years this poses unique challenges.  Many  State CSBG Lead Agencies are considering desk audits/verified self-assessments.  This template provides a framework for dividing the CSBG Organizational Standards by time frame as well as what a documentation packet that comes from a CAA may look like. View or download here 

 

 

THANK YOU!


Thank you to the CSBG Working Group and its committees for your work this summer as we plan toolkits, webinars, and the annual conference.

 
VISIT THE CSBG T/TA RESOURCE CENTER
Network Calendar, Resource Bank, Discussion Forum, and TA Requests
   
https://www.csbgtta.org/ 
In This Issue...
Learning Communities 
Corner
Emerging Practices Summit for Bundling Services to Improve Outcomes and Decreasing Family Homelessness Group

September 28-29
Washington, DC

Please note change in location from Washington, DC to Charlotte, NC

Cluster Meeting Schedule

Please note that these will be in person if you are joining us in San Francisco in the Laurel Room.  Web capability is available, check your inbox for details.

Utilizing Place-Based Strategies
August 25 at 12:00 pm ET
 
Increasing Financial Empowerment
August 25 at 1:30 pm ET
 
Bundling Services to Improve Outcomes
August 27 at 10:30 am ET
 
Decreasing Family Homelessness
August 27 at 2:00 pm ET

Thank you for reading.  We hope you found the content helpful. 

 

Do you have questions for the Partnership's T/TA team?  Contact us:



Please contact Jarle Crocker, Director of Training and Technical Assistance , at  jcrocker@communityactionpartnership.com  with comments and Natalie Kramer, Program Support Specialist at nkramer@communityactionpartnership.com with content suggestions.  
 
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This publication was created by National Association of Community Action Agencies - Community Action Partnership in the performance of the U.S. Department of Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services Grant Number 90ET0437 and 90ET0436. 
 
Any opinion, findings, and conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families.