December 10, 2015
Hotel Deadline for the Management and Leadership Training Conference in New Orleans Extended to Friday! Online Conference Registration is Open Through December 18th with Onsite Registration Available until January 6th!
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 REGISTER NOW FOR THE 2016 MANAGEMENT AND
LEADERSHIP TRAINING CONFERENCE
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Hotel Deadline Extended to Friday, December 11
Conference Registration Available Through December 18
The cut-off deadline for reserving rooms at the Westin New Olreans Canal Place has been extended to Friday, December 11th. Please take advantage of this opportunity to book your rooms today!
Leading with Resilience - The Community Action Way
Click here to reserve hotel rooms online at Westin Canal Place
or call the Westin at 1-888-627-8180.
Rooms are almost sold out -- reserve now!
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CSBG DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER RE HUD COUNT OF HOMELESS
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In an effort to better understand the homeless population, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires its Continuums of Care (CoCs) across the country to count their inventory of homeless beds and units (i.e., the Housing Inventory Count or HIC) and sheltered homeless persons each year. Community Action provides assistance to the homeless community and can partner with local Continuums of Care to assist in the HUD count. READ THE FULL LETTER WITH ACCOMPANYING RESOURCES...
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5 FACTS FOR CONSUMERS ABOUT FEE FOR NOT HAVING HEALTH COVERAGE
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New blog post from the CEO of HealthCare.gov offers five facts regarding the fee associated with not having health care coverage in 2016. Community Action is a key partner in the outreach and enrollment efforts of this winter enrollment period and having all the facts to share with community members is essential.
- The fee is calculated one of two different ways, depending on your situation. The fee for not having health insurance if you can afford it is calculated either as a percentage of your annual household income or a set amount for each person in your household who does not have coverage. When you file your federal income taxes, if you are uninsured for more than three months despite having access to affordable coverage, you'll be required to pay whichever amount is higher.
- The fee is increasing for 2016...
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OPPORTUNITY, RESPONSIBILITY, AND SECURITY
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A bipartisan working group hosted by the Brookings Institution and the American Enterprise Institute came together to create a proposal to reduce poverty and increase opportunity. Utilizing statistical evidence and experience from those on the working group, the proposal focuses on the issues of family, education, and employment while discussing the values of opportunity, responsibility, and security. The report discusses many of the challenges Community Action strives to help their clients grapple with daily. Many times it is stated what the progressive members of the team would hope for and what conservative members of the team would hope for, but the proposals offered serve as a compromise to move the discussion forward.
The report offers statistical trends of poverty, income inequality, and wages. It focuses on increasing the skill base of those seeking employment, the need for increased incentives for support by higher education institutions, and a "work-based safety net." The proposal calls for increased investment in preschool and post-secondary education as well as a greater emphasis on social-emotional learning. READ THE FULL REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION
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LONG-TERM BENEFITS OF SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
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The White House released a report this week detailing the benefits of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as well as the reality that with the current level of benefits, many families are still facing food insecurity.
"The current level of benefits often cannot sustain families through the end of the month - causing children to go hungry and endangering their health, education performance, and life chances"
Community Action understands that SNAP benefits support vulnerable populations of all ages to reduce the effects of poverty and influence the health of children even before they are born. Community Action also understands that current benefit levels are not effecting food insecurity and healthy nutrition as much as they could. Use this report and its statistics and evidence that adds to the experience of your agency and community to inform your needs assessment and advocacy efforts. READ THE FULL REPORT HERE.
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DECEMBER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FROM WIPFLI
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December 14, 2015
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
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December 18, 2015
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
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December 18, 2015
1 p.m. - 3 p.m. FY16
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December 21, 2015
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. FY16
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AFTERSCHOOL MEALS MATTER, CONFERENCE CALL ON DECEMBER 17
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Providing Quality Programming at your Afterschool Meal Program
December 17, 2015, 1 pm Eastern
Serving meals at your afterschool program can significantly boost enrollment by children, but offering engaging and interesting activities can also be just as critical to maintaining participation. Learn about quality educational programming ideas that you can offer and resources that you can access at little to no cost to support your program.
Click here to register.
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CCAP WEDNESDAY WEBINARS -- IS IT FOR ME?
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Are you a candidate for Certified Community Action Professional (CCAP)? Think you may want to pursue CCAP and looking for information? Then the CCAP Wednesday Webinar series is a great place to start. Becoming a CCAP is a three step process in which your peers assess your experience, skills and knowledge about Community Action. CCAPs have met the challenge to embody Community Action vision and values and to acquire the management and leadership skills it takes to be keepers of the Community Action Promise. If you become a candidate, you will be asked to: STEP 1. Chronicle your experiences in the Candidate Data FormWebinar completed December 9 - access a recording hereSTEP 2. Showcase your skills in an Executive Skills PortfolioWebinar January 13, 2:00 ET/1:00 CT/12:00 MT/11:00 PT STEP 3: Demonstrate your practical knowledge about Community Action in the national examination Webinar March 30, 2:00 ET/1:00 CT/12:00 MT/11:00 PT Register for either or both of the next webinars here.
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JOIN THE PARTNERSHIP NOW FOR 2016!
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Why Join Community Action Partnership?
 Agencies like yours continue to shape the vision and the future of Community Action. A strong network puts you in touch with many colleagues across the country and gives your agency a strong and unified voice and a vital communications link to federal agencies and other organizations, both public and private, that share or support the mission and the Promise of Community Action.
Community Action Partnership looks forward to working with you in 2016. We hope that you can take a few minutes to invest in your future during this upcoming, critical year for our network.
Please complete the membership application for the Partnership.
If your agency has already submitted the membership dues for 2016 - "Thank You!" We appreciate your involvement and support. We look forward to launching some outstanding opportunities for membership involvement in the coming year! Your energy and involvement have helped to keep Community Action Partnership responsive to your needs and built the strongest community action network ever. Membership gives you more than ever before ... access to training, publications, educational resources, and management tools which help you run a CAA more productively. Community Action Partnership welcomes like-minded organizations, friends, and affiliates as members - organizations and companies that are like-minded and support the work of Community Action. If you would like to consider membership, you can check "affiliate" in the membership categories. If you have any questions, please contact Sranda Watkins, Membership Coordinator at swatkins@communityactionpartnership.com or by phone at (202) 449-9773.
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THERE IS STILL TIME TO JOIN THE 2016-2017 LEARNING COMMUNITY!
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The Learning Community is a project of the Partnership's Learning Communities Resource Center which is funded through the Office of Community Services. Participation in the Learning Community is free and open to local Community Action Agencies, State Associations, and State CSBG Offices.
The Community Action Learning Community includes four individual Learning Community Groups focusing on strategies to alleviate poverty:
1. Increasing Financial Empowerment for Families
2. Trauma Informed Approaches for Alleviating Poverty
3. Place-Based Strategies for Community Revitalization
4. Bundling Services to Improve Outcomes
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As a member of a
Learning Community Group
your agency will:
- Create your agency team and become a member of one of the four Learning Community Groups (LCG)
- Attend bi-monthly meetings with peers and subject matter experts over an 18 month period
- Receive customized technical assistance, and
- Build capacity to increase impact.
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Benefits of
Learning Community Group Membership Include:
- Dedicated space to learn from peers and share best practices
- Specialized technical assistance
- Networking opportunities with local and national funders
- Resources to build staff and program capacity
- Enhanced program strategies and improved outcomes
- Opportunity to contribute knowledge to the Community Action Network
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Build your capacity to increase impact.
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ISA is an insurance provider providing property, liability, and risk management services. Click here to learn about the Irwin Siegel Agency alliance with the Partnership or visit their website. |
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