National CAP

Expanding Diversion: Using Problem-Solving to Reduce Homelessness
2022-09-13 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, AT 2 PM ET | 1 PM CT | 12 PM MT | 11 AM PT
Shelter diversion and problem-solving interventions play a critical role in reducing homelessness. Shelter diversion helps people experiencing a housing crisis to identify safe and appropriate alternatives to entering shelter or unsheltered homelessness. This intervention plays a critical role in reducing homelessness by lessening shelter demand, allowing scarce shelter resources to be preserved for those without safe alternatives. Problem-solving can also be used to help people exit homelessness or to preserve their housing, helping them avoid further housing instability and the trauma of homelessness. This webinar will dive deep into problem-solving and how it can be used for shelter diversion, assist people already experiencing homelessness, or those facing housing loss. Prior to joining the webinar, participants are encouraged to watch a recording of Targeting Homelessness Prevention to Those at Greatest Risk of Homelessness: Diversion Practice as this discussion will build on many of the tenets discussed there.
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Advanced Weatherization Leveraging Skills Training With U.S. DOE
2022-09-14 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Weatherization Program Notice (WPN) 22-9 provides new detailed guidance on using leveraging funds under different circumstances. In this webinar, Lead Policy Advisor for Technical Operations, Derek Schroeder, will explain the mechanics of traditional braiding, and explain options for co-funding individual measures. Participants will learn when to include or exclude supplemental measures in the DOE energy audit, and how to deliver measures with an individual SIR of less than 1.0. Presenters will also explain how states can un-restrict LIHEAP WAP funds, modify landlord contribution requirements, and access a percentage of DOE WAP funds for building leveraging capacity.
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DOE WAP Reporting Updates
2022-09-20 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
Federal programs must receive OMB approval of data collection tools on a three year cycle. Reporting forms for the WAP formula program must be renewed by May 2023 (OMB Control No: 1910-5127). In previous webinars, DOE solicited feedback on potential new metrics stemming from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Weatherization Readiness funding. In this webinar, co-hosted by NCAP and NASCSP for the entire WAP network, DOE staff will detail the latest developments in this arena.
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Community Action Conversation: LIHEAP & Community Solar Case Study
2022-09-28 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
The Illinois Solar For All program offers low-income community solar subscriptions with guaranteed bill savings and robust consumer protections. A pilot partnership between one state-approved vendor and three community action agencies is delivering bill savings to LIHEAP clients and paying the CAA’s for their time. The agencies are pleased with the outcomes so far, and the vendor hopes to expand the model to other states. Representatives will discuss the development of this program, their work with utilities and regulators, lessons learned and potential next steps.
Panelists:

Kathy Walk, CCAP, CEFS Economic Opportunity Corporation
Mindy Browning, CCAP, Embarras River Basin Agency
Breann Titus, Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois
Lauren Barchi, Nexamp, Inc.

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Community Action Conversations: Water Accessibility & Affordability
2022-10-06 15:30 - 17:00 UTC
In June, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) partnered with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to release a comprehensive new Water Affordability Advocacy Toolkit, designed to help local groups advocate to legislators, policymakers, and utilities for more affordable drinking water and/or wastewater systems. The National Coalition for Legislation and Education on Affordable Water recently released a new documentary film — Whose Water? The People’s Movement for Safe, Affordable Water and Sanitation in the United States — that tells the stories of community members organizing for access to safe and affordable water and sanitation. In this session, panelists will preview the film and the toolkit, share their experiences developing these materials, and discuss the future of water advocacy around the country.
Panelists

Oliva Wein, National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)
Larry Levine, Sierra Club
Cynthia Zwick, Wildfire AZ
Briana Parker, Elevate Energy

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System Transformation through Community Leadership: Moving Upstream Together
2022-10-12 14:00 - 15:15 UTC
Our webinar, Systems Transformation for Community Leadership: Moving Upstream Together, in partnership with Chapin Hall will provide an opportunity for Community Action Agency leaders to hear about the demand and need for systems to more fully collaborate with community partners.
Chapin Hall’s Equity Bulletins coincide with the nation’s growing recognition that continuing to build and resource existing system infrastructure is not likely to result in better outcomes for families. Redesigning these systems and the family user experience is possible only if communities can carefully and thoughtfully engage systems differently.
During the webinar, we will hold up what Chapin Hall learned about prior efforts to engage community partners in systems change, and then have an open and authentic conversation about what’s possible and how we can get there.
Panel:

Denise Harlow, CEO, National Community Action Partnership
Bryan Samuels, Executive Director, Chapin Hall
Sue Gallagher, Chief Innovation Officer, Children’s Services Council of Broward County
Liz Kuoppala, Executive Director, MAHUBE-OTWA Community Action Partnership, Inc.
Tiffney Marley, Senior Vice President, National Community Action Partnership
Mark McDaniel, Policy Fellow, Chapin Hall
James Green, Director, Palm Beach County Community Services

For more information on Chapin Hall’s Equity Bulletins and strategies for building effective partnerships with Black and Brown communities, check out Chapin Hall’s Systems Transformation page.
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New Weatherization Technologies and Processes
2022-10-13 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Join the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to learn about new technologies and processes that can help grow the impact of WAP and improve implementation for staff both in the office and in the field. Building from the 2022 Continuous Improvement Workshops, this session will address topics such as new workforce development and training technology resources that are available to the weatherization network, digital tools to facilitate work in the field, and software and tools for program administration. This is also an opportunity to share how your agency is innovating and finding success in these areas with DOE and the weatherization network more broadly.
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Public CAA Convening
2022-10-13 15:00 - 16:00 UTC
In this moment, public Community Action Agencies face unprecedented challenges and opportunities. In this event, NCAP will bring together public Community Action Agencies for programmatic updates, peer learning, and resource sharing. Gather with colleagues from across the nation to learn, discuss, and share!
This session will focus on Community Needs Assessments (CNAs). Come prepared with your questions, ideas, and insights!
*** NOTE: This session is specifically for public Community Action Agencies (i.e. Community Action Agencies within a local government entity, in contrast to a nonprofit or private CAA).
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Financial Empowerment Resource Roundup
2022-10-19 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
TIME: 2 PM ET | 1 PM CT | 12 PM MT | 11 AM PT
NCAP partner, Prosperity Now, works to build a just and equitable economy where families and communities have the power to build and sustain generational wealth. Join NCAP for an overview of the tools and resources available to help families and communities thrive, and an introduction to how Community Action Agencies can utilize these tools in their work to not only equip and empower families for economic recovery, growth, and development, but also to impact policy and advocate for economic justice at the systemic level.
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NCAP Head Start Forum: Workforce Challenges
2022-10-20 11:00 - 12:00 UTC
Head Start and Early Head Start programs within Community Actions Agencies are facing unique workforce challenges. Join the National Community Action Partnership Head Start Task Force and CAPLAW for a forum to discuss the workforce issues facing CAA Head Start/EHS programs, potential solutions, and next steps. The forum will be focused on feedback from CAA Executive Directors and Head Start/EHS Directors and Staff, but all Community Action Network members are welcome.
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Multifamily Weatherization: Opportunities and Challenges
2022-10-20 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
ICAST is a national 501c3 non-profit organization that specializes in retrofitting multifamily affordable housing properties. As a Weatherization Assistance Subgrantee, ICAST has helped Community Action Agencies, WAP subgrantees and State Weatherization Administrators tackle multifamily weatherization projects. ICAST was also recently awarded an Enhancement and Innovation Grant by the Department of Energy to help state administrators and WAP subgrantees target multifamily properties.
This session will cover the challenges to utilizing WAP funding on multifamily units including:

Technical and Logistical Challenges: Different modeling/audit requirements, different contractor skill sets etc.
Programmatic Challenges: Securing cost share from owners, income qualification guidelines, the split incentive and working with multiple stakeholders (property owner, property manager, low-income client etc.)
Experience Challenges: Has the state administrator been working with DOE on multifamily WAP projects, is there a streamlined reporting/project methodology? Do you know how to target and outreach to multifamily properties, as well as perform follow up education, rather than have them come to you?

The session will also cover opportunities for working with multifamily housing including:

Leveraging Additional Funding
Serving more households
Serving highly disadvantaged/underserved groups such as low income disabled individuals, seniors and people of color which disproportionately live in multifamily housing

Learning Objectives:

Learn how to target multifamily properties which will be receptive to WAP
Learn how to better talk about and secure cost share
Learn about the resources available to help work with multifamily properties

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Harnessing Executive Skills for Goal Achievement
2022-10-26 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Everyone has Executive Skills, the 12 brain-based abilities that govern how we organize, react, and get things done. In this session, participants will learn what Executive Skills are, how they develop, why they matter for goal achievement, and how to integrate Executive Skills strategies into family engagement. Participants will identify their own Executive Skills, learning how to leverage those skills to improve and accelerate their own goal progression in their work, as well.
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Using 2022 Performance to Inform 2023 Goals: Moving Towards Excellence
2022-11-02 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
With 2023 just around the corner, now is the perfect time to evaluate your organization’s progress to inform agency goals and priorities for the new year. Partnership staff will review dynamic tools and processes you can use to reflect on organizational performance in 2022 to inform action in 2023, including through the Community Action Standards of Excellence and organizational assessment tools available to the Community Action network. Join this webinar to learn more about these great tools and resources, and the 2023 Pathways to Excellence cohort opportunities you can use to move your agency practices towards excellence.
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Harnessing Executive Skills for Goal Achievement - Part 2
2022-11-29 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
In part 2 of “Harnessing Executive Skills for Goal Achievement”, New Moms, Inc. commits to applying an Executive Skills approach that builds the foundation of healthy brain architecture and future success for families. This webinar highlights environmental modifications needed to remove barriers to goal achievement and progression, which is essential to agencies pursuing a Whole Family Approach. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of their executive skills profile and how to use coaching sessions to define goals and monitor progress. Missed part 1 of “Harnessing Executive Skills for Goal Achievement”? Check it out here!
Our partners at New Moms, Inc. has also provided a few resources in preparation of “Harnessing Executive Skills for Goal Achievement” – Part 2. Want to know what Executive Skills you have? Take the Executive Skills Questionnaire to find of which of the 12 brain-based abilities you use every day to manage your life and achieve your goals. Now that you know your Executive Skills, Executive Skills Definitions and Activity Worksheet to explore more!
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Learning Communities Resource Center Kick-Off
2022-12-07 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
TIME: 2 PM ET | 1 PM CT | 12 PM MT | 11 AM PT
The Learning Communities Resource Center (LCRC) is an innovation hub funded by the Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) that works with Community Action Agencies to identify effective and promising practice models that combat the causes and conditions of poverty. During this webinar we will discuss upcoming events, resources, and ways to get involved with the next cycle of learning communities. Upcoming focus topics will include Achieving Equitable Outcomes for Families and Exploring Tribal Partnerships. Join us to learn more!
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NCAP Policy Platform National Listening Session
2022-12-13 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
TIME: 2 PM ET | 1 PM CT | 12 PM MT | 11 AM PT
NCAP is hosting a national listening session to receive final feedback on the 2023-2024 Public Policy Platform. Over the past five months, we have conducted listening sessions on specific policy topics. This national session will cover all policies in the current platform and allow the Network to provide feedback on the full platform.
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NCAP Strategic Plan — Overview & Listening Session
2023-01-05 16:00 - 17:00, 2023-01-10 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
You spoke, we listened. Thank you to all who provided feedback for the development of NCAP’s updated strategic plan through surveys, focus groups, and listening sessions. Join us during for one of the below webinars for the unveiling of NCAP’s strategic plan. Don’t miss this opportunity for a first look at the NCAP’s roadmap over the next 3-5 years.
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Project Management as an Excellence Practice
2023-01-11 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Wednesday, January 11 | 2pm ET | 1pm CT | 12pm MT | 11am PT
Community Action Agencies manage projects that are critical to their mission every day, whether it be rewriting an HR manual, opening a new community center, or overseeing a database migration. Do you ever find yourself in the middle of the project, thinking “we could have done this better… I can’t believe we are this far in the project and someone still doesn’t understand what we’re trying to do!” Formal project management exists as a field for precisely this reason: there are proven practices that lead to more effective completion of projects. During this session we will review project management fundamentals, practices, and tools that your organization can use to maximize efficiency and effectiveness in your project management processes.
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Quarterly Public CAA Convening
2023-01-12 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Want to connect with fellow public Community Action Agency staff from around the county? In this session NCAP will bring together public Community Action Agencies for programmatic updates, peer learning, and resource sharing. Gather with colleagues from across the nation to learn, discuss, and share!This session will focus on Organizational Standards. Come prepared with your questions, ideas, and insights!*** NOTE: This session is specifically for public Community Action Agencies (i.e. Community Action Agencies within a local government entity, in contrast to a nonprofit or private CAA).
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Virtual Racial Healing Circle
2023-01-17 13:30 - 16:30 UTC
Join NCAP in celebration of the 2023 Day of Racial Healing and participate in a Virtual Racial Healing Circle on Tuesday, January 17th! Racial Healing Circles are designed to focus on the sharing of stories that affirm our common humanity.
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2023 Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Webinar
2023-01-18 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Join us as we remember the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with keynote speaker Maria Elena De La Garza, Executive Director of Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County. Under her leadership, Community Action Board is doing incredible work in the community and beyond.
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Getting to Know the National Community Action Partnership Data Hub
2023-01-25 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Join us for a walkthrough of the Community Action Partnership Data Hub. The webinar will provide a step-by-step tutorial of the Community Needs Assessment tool, including how to build reports for sub-county and multi-county agencies. Participants will also learn how to make, save, and share single-layer maps about their communities. The webinar will conclude with a showcase of new and updated data from sources such as the American Community Survey (2017-2021), Federal Communications Commission (FCC/broadband), and the Center for Neighborhood Technology (Housing + Transportation Affordability Index). New to the CAP Data Hub? Request membership to the Hub before the webinar by emailing: jhwdfx@missouri.edu
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Strong Partnerships Yield Excellent Results in Arkansas WAP
2023-02-16 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
TIME: 2 PM ET | 1 PM CT | 12 PM MT | 11 AM PT
The Entergy Low-Income Solutions Partnership uses government, ratepayer and private, nonprofit resources to help LIHEAP-eligible Arkansas households become efficient, comfortable and safe through home weatherization upgrades. Working with WAP Subgrantee Better Community Development, Entergy provides funding to prepare single family homes, apartments and manufactured homes for weatherization, including repairs and enhancements not covered in WAP. Braiding resources enables them to serve many high energy-burden vulnerable households who need the help the most.
Panelists:

Heather Hendrickson, Entergy Arkansas
Darryl Swinton, Better Community Development
Terry Kessinger, ICF Consulting
Iris Pennington, Arkansas Dept. of Energy and Environment

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Community Action 101
2023-02-22 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
TIME: 2 PM ET | 1 PM CT | 12 PM MT | 11 AM PT
For more than 50 years, Community Action has served as a dynamic and community-based force in addressing the causes and conditions of poverty throughout the USA. Join the Partnership’s CEO, Denise Harlow, as she grounds us in the history, model, and Promise of Community Action, and discusses current opportunities for the Community Action network.
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Introduction to Sovereignty Training for Non-Native CAAs
2023-03-15 14:00 - 16:00 UTC
This training, led by the Alliance for a Just Society (AJS) and the Native Organizers Alliance (NAO), will help lay the foundation for an understanding of Native Sovereignty. Join us as we recognize and acknowledge the land, history, and culture of Native Nations, work to address the inequities that continue to exist, and strengthen the relationship between Native and Non-Native Community Action leaders.
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Authentic Engagement: People with Lived Expertise Shaping Homeless Programs and Policies
2023-03-29 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Homeless service providers and systems are increasingly turning to those with lived experience of homelessness to help shape policies and inform programmatic reforms to improve the effectiveness of their interventions in reducing homelessness. This session, presented by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, will feature individuals with lived expertise who are serving to drive policy change through authentic collaboration with advocates and providers.
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Community Action Well-Being, Sabbaticals, and Rest Justice
2023-04-05 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Listen, learn, and participate in a conversation centered on Community Action Well-Being. In this interactive webinar, participants will have the opportunity to learn from the experience of a Community Action Agency’s successful creation of an agency wellness plan that led to a funded 90-day sabbatical for its Executive Director. Make plans to attend and gain an understanding on how REST is an equity issue and an act of revolution.
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Meet the Refreshed Community Action Code of Ethics
2023-04-06 15:00 - 16:30 UTC
Join us on Thursday, April 6 to learn about the refreshed Community Action Code of Ethics. The webinar will ground participants in the purpose of a Code of Ethics and describe the processes undertaken to produce the Code recently approved by the NCAP Board. Webinar leaders will review the Code, which now includes six ethics, each with its own guidance. The webinar will begin at 3:00 PM Eastern and conclude by 4:30. Registration is free. Click Here to log into MemberSuite, or quickly create your NCAP Membership Account, and register for the Code of Ethics webinar under “Events”.

NCAP Strategic Plan Release Webinar
2023-04-10 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Join NCAP CEO as she walks through the final board approved NCAP Strategic Plan for 2023-2025. As we look ahead to the 60th anniversary of Community Action next year, the timing of this plan could not be better. Family well-being, social and economic mobility, and community engagement centered in equity are key tenants of Community Action and this plan outlines the broad strokes for continued innovation, movement building, and amplified network voice to keep us moving forward. Join us to learn more!
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