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An electronic publication of the Community Action Partnership's
Learning Communities Resource Center
Dear Community Action Colleagues:
The T/TA Team at the Partnership is already deep in the planning and implementation stages of the new fiscal year. The Partnership was awarded the Organizational Standards of Excellence grant which began September 30th and the Learning Communities Resource Center is in the second year with this cohort.
I hope you are taking advantage of the Early Bird Registration option and getting your agency's leadership registered for our Management and Leadership Training Conference this January in Long Beach, CA. The team has a number of important and innovative sessions planned. We are continuing to release the Organizational Standards Technical Assistance Guides; I hope those assessing the Organizational Standards at your agency will download those and review them together. There are a number of additional resources highlighted below that can help with both compliance, and going beyond compliance. As always, we welcome your feedback on existing resources and trainings that have been helpful for your work, and any that you would like to see developed.
Sincerely,
Jarle Crocker, PhD
Director, Training and Technical Assistance
Community Action Partnership
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- Rural IMPACT,
- Social Enterprise,
- Head Start,
- Organizational Standards,
- ROMA Next Gen, and
- MANY MORE!
Keynote Speaker:
 Urban Strategies Council - working to eliminate persistent poverty in the Bay Area working with partners to transform low-income neighborhoods into vibrant, healthy communities
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ROMA Next Gen Annual Report Revisions 30 Day Comment Period
OCS, NASCSP, ANCRT, and Community Action Partnership are hosting a national webinar on Tuesday November 1, 2016 at 4:00 ET/3:00 CT/2:00 MT/1:00 PT.
We hope that you can join us as we walk through the revised package and the process to provide feedback.
Please know that the Partnership and NASCSP will review the package closely and provide feedback to OMB. We will also share our perspective with the Network as we have during other comment periods in the coming weeks and provide recommendations on next steps.
There has been a lot of work at all levels that has gone into this draft CSBG Annual Report/ROMA Next Generation and we appreciate everyone's continued efforts as we work to cross this final threshold.
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Public CAAs - New Organizational Standards TA Guides Released
Board Governance, HR Management, and Data & Analysis
- Guidance on Definition and Intent
- What is the CSBG history behind the Standard? Why was this standard included?
- Guidance on Compliance and Documentation
- What are the aspects of compliance? How can an agency document compliance?
- Beyond Compliance: Benchmarking Organizational Performance
- What are best practices related to each Standard? What can an agency strive towards?
- Resources
- Where can an agency learn more about aspects of the standards? Where can an agency find templates and tools to be in compliance?
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Welcome to Year 2 of
the Learning Community!
October marked the beginning of Year 2 for this cohort of the Learning Community! Over the course of the last 12 months, agencies have taken a deep dive into the literature and research of their respective topic areas and created Goal Plans that are focused on key outcomes that will help them to be more impactful in the communities they serve.
Moving into Year 2, agencies will now shift from theory to practice by moving into the Piloting phase. Over the next few months, agencies will apply what they've learned to implement new strategies or programs at their agencies.
To learn more about the agencies that are participating, past events, or about the Learning Communities Resource Center, please visit our blog.
We look forward to continuing to share and learn with you in the next phase of the program!
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Decreasing Family Homelessness
Session 4: Young Children Experiencing Homelessness
Wednesday, November 9th
2 pm ET
This webinar, part of the Learning Communities Resource Center's Decreasing Family Homelessness Webinar Series, will examine homelessness among very young children and their families. Speakers will provide an overview of the research on the extent and impact of homelessness among young children, examine federal policy initiatives designed to improve their access to early education, and how state and local partners are working to improve the integration of housing and early child development services. The role of Community Action Agencies in facilitating the integration of housing and child services will also be explored.
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Calling All Leaders:
Learn How You Can Become a
Certified Community Action Professional
Watch the CCAP Orientation
(Wed., Dec 7, 2016, 2-3 EST):
Completing the Candidate Data Form (CDF) is the first step in the process of becoming a Certified Community Action Professional (CCAP)...
Get Insights on Executive Skills Portfolio
(Wed, Jan. 4, 2017, EST):
The ESP is your chance to showcase your skills in doing the work of Community Action. It gives you a vehicle to show that you are a leader who understands Community Action's vision and values...
(Wed, April 5, 2017, 2-3 PM EDT):
The national CCAP certification examination will be administered this cycle on Wednesday, June 14, 2017. 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...
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CSBG ORGANIZATIONAL STANDARDS RESOURCE GUIDE
FROM CAPLAW
The Partnership has released Technical Assistance Guides around each category of the Organizational Standards that gives more detail on how to be in compliance, with additional resources. Agency staff may be looking for a resource list for one specific standard - the Partnership and CAPLAW created this interactive site to do just that. Visit CAPLAW's website and click on the specific standard for which you need additional resources.
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Interested in Understanding the Health Needs of Your Service Area?
This visual data is helpful for your CNA data collection, and is particularly salient during this time of outreach for the ACA. Learn more about the data through this post, and click the picture of the map to go to the map room where you can enter your state in the location box.
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ENDING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS:
PREPARE FOR THE 2017 YOUTH POINT IN TIME COUNT
Attend Webinar on Wednesday,
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced that 2017 will be the baseline year for using Point-in-Time data to track progress towards ending youth homelessness. HUD has been working with its federal partners to better understand how many youth experience homelessness nationally and how best to support communities to identify and serve youth locally.
Ensure that you community is prepared.
Additional Resources from HUD Exchange
HUD and its partners are leveraging existing data sources, supporting new data collection efforts, and sharing emerging practices. Though no single source answers the question of how many youth experience homelessness, there are a few key data sources that may prove extremely helpful.
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TREND MAPPING
Have ideas about trends in the nonprofit sector, or your community, or even your agency department? Are you looking for a way to strategically examine these trends and share ideas across your team to create a plan? FSG has been running blog posts about "Trend Mapping" which they call:
"a visual depiction of relevant trends influencing the system around a give topic."
FSG has examples and a downloadable guide available. This tool could be helpful for Community Action as we plan for community level change.
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CSBG T/TA RESOURCE CENTER:
RESOURCES, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AVAILABLE CONSULTANTS, AND TRAINING CALENDAR
Find Performance Management guides and webinars in the Resource Bank
Submit a TA Request on any areas of the Organizational Standards to the Center of Excellence Team through the Request System
Add your state events to the Network Calendar
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Thank you for reading. We hope you found the content helpful.
Do you have questions for the Partnership's T/TA team? Contact us:
@NatTrainingCTR
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 Numbers 90ET0452 and 90ET0465.
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.
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