 REGISTER NOW FOR THE 2016 MANAGEMENT AND
LEADERSHIP TRAINING CONFERENCE
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Leading with Resilience - The Community Action Way
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OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES COMPETITION TO DESIGNATE THE THIRD AND FINAL ROUND OF PROMISE ZONES
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that communities may now apply to be designated a Promise Zone under the third and final round competition.
Promise Zones are high poverty communities where the federal government partners with local leaders to increase economic activity, improve educational opportunities, leverage private investment, reduce violent crime, enhance public health and address other priorities identified by the community. Through the Promise Zone designation, communities will work directly with federal, state and local agencies to give local leaders proven tools to improve the quality of life in some of the country's most vulnerable areas.
Any community meeting the eligibility criteria can apply for a designation. HUD and USDA will designate seven Promise Zones across urban, rural and tribal communities for the final round. The deadline for submitting Promise Zone applications is Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 5:00 PM EST. Announcements will be made in the Spring of 2016.
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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. |
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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