National CAP

Bridging to Equity: Developing a Community Approach to Racial Equity with the Santa Cruz Community Action Board
2019-12-11 14:00 - 15:30 UTC
The Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County, Inc. (CAB) will share their Community Action Plan process fueled by their agency values, highlighting both needs and assets of the community while creating their local poverty snapshot. This board-led process, based on a commitment to engage with those who normally “don’t come to the microphone” as part of town hall meetings, allowed for the agency to learn and listen deeper through Listening Circles and Pop Up Poverty Conversations.
CAB will share how they engaged with community, how they prepared for the process, what was highlighted in their Community Action Plan and what they did with what they learned, thus far.
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Evaluating Whole Family Approach Pilots: Metropolitan Action Commission 2Gen Evaluation Report
2019-12-04 14:00 - 15:30
The Metropolitan Action Commission is partnering with families to achieve their goals of getting out of poverty through a Two-Generation/Whole Family approach. MAC’s initiative provides short-term and high-yield job trainings aimed to help Head Start/ Early Head Start parents move toward attaining living-wage jobs. This type of opportunity creates a pathway out of poverty for many families. The results are also correlated to child outcomes for those children whose parents participate in our 2 GEN initiatives.
Dr. Cynthia Croom, Executive Director of Metro Action, will present the results of MAC’s three-year 2Gen/Whole Family pilot, which includes participant and stakeholder experiences and outcomes as well as lessons learned by the agency. In addition to the presentation, three Head Start/Early Head Start parents from the last cohort, who are currently working in full-time internship positions, and leaders from two of the partnering agencies will be present to discuss their experience.
The Metropolitan Action Commission 2 Gen/Whole Family Initiative Evaluation Report-2019, which was conducted by a third-party evaluator, Thomas P. Miller and Associates, will be available to all registered participants at the conclusion.
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Resource Partnerships Matter: Funding A Whole Family Approach
2019-11-20 14:00 - 15:30
Because Money Matters, CAP agencies are seeking information and ideas to secure funding for their whole family programs. This webinar is designed to provide information on how to identify and successfully secure those resources.
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CSBG Annual Report: OMB Clearance
2019-11-15 13:00 - 14:30
Please join the National Community Action Partnership for this important webinar on the OMB Clearance for the CSBG Annual Report. The Partnership has been gathering input from the CSBG Network regarding the changes noted in Module 1 that OCS is requesting feedback on. This webinar will cover the proposed changes, the Partnership’s perspective, and the letter being drafted for sign-on prior to the December 1st comment deadline.
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Pathways to Excellence: The Community Action Journey to Organizational Excellence
2019-11-13 14:00 - 15:30
Join this webinar to learn about Pathways to Excellence, the Partnership’s organizational capacity building initiative. This session will provide an overview of the Standards of Excellence and the Pathways self-study process as well as introduce new components and upcoming opportunities. The Standards of Excellence are a set of thirty-five best-in-class CAA practices with the Pathways self-study offering the opportunity to assess where your agency is compared to each Standard. A peer review and comprehensive feedback report is provided to each agency completing the self-study.
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CCAP - Candidate Data Form (CDF)
2019-11-06 14:00 - 15:30
Completing the Candidate Data Form (CDF) is the first step in the process of becoming a Certified Community Action Professional (CCAP). It is in a formatted for you to document your learning and experiences in the field of Community Action. In this webinar you can explore the parts of the CDF in great detail. You will gain valuable insights on how you can complete your own first step toward national recognition as a CCAP.
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Racial Equity and the Whole Family Approach
2019-10-30 14:00 - 15:30
We know from a growing body of research that engaging clients in a whole family approach creates better outcomes for parents and their children. Yet despite increased efforts in this work, families of color continue to face particular structural and institutional barriers to opportunity and well-being. Join us on October 30 to engage in a conversation on the impacts of a whole family approach and how this approach can serve as a promising practice for moving our communities of color closer to well-being.
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Solar Power as a Social Enterprise: An Opportunity to Attract Investment to Your Community
2019-10-24 13:00 - 14:30
For those who were unable to attend a similar workshop at the Partnership’s Annual Convention, this webinar will explore the value that Cap Solar, a subsidiary of Greater Bergen Community Action, has brought to their solar clients through innovative financing and corporate structures driven by their mission to bring affordable energy to those who need it the most. Through their success, Cap Solar has been given access to several closed funds to build non-profit solar, especially in Qualified Opportunity Zones. Attendees will learn how to gain access to this funding and have Cap Solar assist them through every stage of the process to build local solar projects to enhance their community mission.

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Upcoming Webinar on WAP Subgrantee Customer Service Survey
2019-10-23 13:00 - 14:30
The 2019 American Customer Service Index survey results are in! Join the Department of Energy for this webinar as they provide an overview of the results. You may recall this survey asked Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) subgrantees to provide their opinions on multiple dimensions of how their respective State grantee is conducting the WAP. All responses remained anonymous, and the CFI Group provided DOE WAP with aggregated data. Going forward, discussion will focus on changes in scores compared to the 2017 survey and updating Grantee Action Plans for 2020 and beyond.

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Certified Community Action Professional (CCAP) Orientation
2019-10-16 14:00 - 15:30
In this webinar, you can learn about the basics of the national Certified Community Action Professional program (CCAP), who it is for, how it is organized and the steps in the process of becoming a CCAP. When you finish the webinar you will better understand how CCAP can fit into your professional future as a leader in Community Action.
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The Belly Button Rule of Good Process Management
2019-10-16 14:00 - 15:30
This webinar provides information on how good process management practices fit into the ROMA performance management methodology. A ROMA Implementer from CAP of Central Illinois will discuss where process is introduced as part of service/activity development and how process effectively incorporates accountability principles into the daily operations of performance driven organizations.
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Implementing ROMA Curriculum Showcase
2019-09-30 14:00 - 15:30
Join the Association of Nationally Certified ROMA Trainers and the Organizational Standards Center of Excellence on Monday, September 30, for the launch of the Implementing ROMA curriculum to complement the ROMA Next Generation Training Series. This webinar will share:

Curriculum contents;
Training components; and
Options for utilization.

Presenters: Barbara Mooney (ANCRT), Courtney Kohler (NCAP), Jarle Crocker (NCAP)
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Implementing ROMA Curriculum Showcase
2019-09-30 14:00 - 15:30
Join the Association of Nationally Certified ROMA Trainers and the Organizational Standards Center of Excellence on Monday, September 30th for the launch of the Implementing ROMA curriculum to complement the ROMA Next Generation Training Series. Curriculum contents, components, and options for utilization will be shared.
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Empowering Your Board to Lead: Resources for Board Training and Orientation
2019-09-26 14:00 - 15:30
Board members, whether seasoned or recently elected to the board, need tools equipping them to take on the responsibilities of overseeing a Community Action Agency (CAA)’s operations and programs. This webinar will spotlight the following resources, developed by CAPLAW in collaboration with the Community Action Partnership: (1) two annotated presentations on tripartite board roles and responsibilities—one for public CAAs and the other for nonprofit CAAs—that state CSBG offices, state associations, and CAAs can use to train and orient their boards and staff; and (2) a series of four guides that help boards of CAAs with Head Start programs implement specific governance requirements that overlap between the CSBG Organizational Standards and the Head Start Performance Standards (board composition, written democratic selection procedures, conflict of interest policies, and board required actions). The webinar will discuss the intended audience of each resource, its role within an overall board training strategy, and how to use the resource effectively.
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Fundamentals of Financial Capability, Human-Centered Design & Racial Economic Inequality
2019-09-25 14:00 - 15:30
Please join us on for a discussion with Prosperity Now’s Jennifer Medina and Brick by Brick Consulting’s Shenell Thompson on the fundamentals of financial capability, human-centered design and racial economic inequality. During this webinar, you will:

Review the core components of financial capability and reflect on how your organization is supporting families in becoming more financially secure.
Become familiar with the human-centered design process and reflect on how it compares to your organization’s current approach to serving clients.
Learn about racial economic inequality in the United States and reflect on how current and historical policies and practices create disparities for households of color.

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Community Level Work Service: Performance Management and Community Level Performance - Traumatic Stress and CED as Case Studies
2019-09-19 14:00 - 15:30
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Google Nest – Discounts on Thermostats for Low Income Households
2019-09-19 14:00 - 15:30
Google Nest is working to address the high energy burdens that affect so many in the communities we serve. Through the Power Project, they are committed to making one million of the Nest Thermostat E available at reduced pricing to low-income home energy programs. That discount is available to any organization that addresses the energy needs of low- and moderate-income households – including those of you administering the Weatherization Assistance Program, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, and/or affordable housing programs. Serj Berelson, Manager for Energy Regulatory Affairs, Google Home/Nest Products, will be sharing more details about how you can take advantage of this opportunity, so don’t miss out!
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Building Credit for Your Renters: How to Report Rent Payments to the National Credit Bureaus
2019-09-18 14:00 - 15:30
Reporting rental payments is a proven strategy that offers low-income renters an opportunity to build credit as a financial asset without taking on additional debt. This webinar will feature, Talia Kahn-Kravis, from the Credit Builders Association, who will discuss the CBA-Esusu Rent Reporter platform, a tool CAAs that own and manage rental housing property can use to help their renters build their credit scores by reporting their rent payments to the three national credit bureaus
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Social Media Webinar
2019-09-16 14:00 - 15:30
Join us for an overview of the many resources available to support your CAA’s social media presence. Find out how to use Facebook and Twitter to promote your events and programs. Staff from West Virginia Community Action Partnership will share their tips for social media engagement and ways the network could benefit from using social media.
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Community Level Work Service: Housing Construction Job Training
2019-09-11 15:00 - 16:30
Learn how the Community Action Program of Lancaster, Pennsylvania is meeting the housing needs of their community by training a construction crew of formerly incarcerated individuals.
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Demystifying Data Analysis
2019-09-11 14:00 - 15:30
Simple analysis techniques and stories from local CAAs will be shared to help agencies get started with a plan for undertaking the evaluation phase of the ROMA Cycle. Elements of a data-centric agency will be reviewed along with ideas about what is needed to have good data. Key items to be included in data collection, aggregation and analysis policies and procedures will be discussed. Examples of putting analysis of data to work during decision making will demonstrate how to USE data for program improvement.
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2019 Annual Convention
2019-08-28 - 2019-08-30
The Annual Convention is designed to provide Community Action professionals and board members with the latest in policy and programmatic updates, as well as management and governance tools.
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Census 2020 and Community Action
2019-08-21 14:00 - 15:30
The Census is a critical process that affects us all. Census data is used to apportion representation among states, draw congressional and state legislative districts, school districts and voting precincts, enforce voting rights and civil rights legislation, and distribute federal dollars to states (including CSBG, Head Start, Weatherization and many more!). Community Action is playing a key role in making sure that every person is counted! This session will showcase Community Action’s role in ensuring that Hard-To-Count people and communities are included in the Census, and offer concrete tools and training to help front-line staff maximize Census participation.
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Utilizing VISTA in Community Action
2019-08-14 14:00 - 15:30
Join Abby Hanks of the Virginia State Office on Volunteerism and Community Services and Lil Dupree of the Partnership to learn more about AmeriCorps VISTA, its long history with Community Action, and how to get started using this incredible resource. Building capacity has never been easier!

Abby Hanks is a Program Consultant with the Virginia Department of Social Services in the Office on Volunteerism and Community Services. Abby specifically works with the Community Services Block Grant where she provides grant management and technical assistance to the 31 Community Action Agencies in Virginia. Abby also manages the Community Action AmeriCorps VISTA program and is passionate about creating National Service Opportunities. She received her M.S. in Higher Education from the University of Rhode Island and her B.S. in Mass Communication from Towson University.

Lil Dupree has experience at both the local and national levels of Community Action. A CCAP and a Master ROMA Trainer, Lil began her Community Action Career in a Montana CAA in 2005 and joined the national Community Action Partnership in 2010. She worked on the team that developed the Organizational Standards, the Emerging Leaders, and the Training and Technical Resource Center, as well as managing the Pathways to Excellence program. In 2013, Lil returned to the field, first as a Director of Planning and Evaluation, and most recently as the Executive Director of a small, rural CAA. She is delighted to rejoin the Partnership team part-time, helping to lead the next phase of implementing the successful Learning Communities Resource Center.
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Learn About First Nonprofit
2019-08-13 12:00 - 13:30
Nonprofits typically have fewer unemployment claims than the private sector; therefore, they often subsidize the state unemployment fund by paying more than necessary. Federal and state laws allow 501(c)(3) organizations to reimburse the state unemployment fund, rather than pay the SUI tax in advance of having actual claims. FNP’s unemployment programs may well reduce your unemployment costs if you currently participate in the state tax system and can provide you with a safety net if you have already chosen the reimbursable option.
Participation in FNP programs provides:
•Fixed annual cost for budgetary certainty
•Multiple options for different coverage levels specific to CAP agency needs
•Knowledgeable team of unemployment specialists to handle all your UI needs
•Expert claims representation for unemployment hearings and audits
•Access to training and services that can decrease the number of invalid unemployment claims
•No pooling or shared risk
We encourage you or your designee to register now for this informative webinar. A quote from FNP is free with no obligation to join their program, so you have nothing to lose! As an added bonus, Community Action Agencies receive a 20% discount on the one-time enrollment fee.
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Creative Approaches to Rural Transportation
2019-08-07 14:00 - 15:30
Robin Phillips, Executive Director of the National Rural Transit Assistance Program will share her extensive experience in designing, developing, and maintaining rural transportation systems. Highlighting successful programs, including Community Action programs, we will look at the critical components of comprehensive planning and funding development.
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Sustainability & Resource Development: Reviewing the Fundamentals
2019-07-31 14:00 - 15:30
This session will include an introduction and overview of key elements of resource development and sustainability for new staff members and a thoughtful review for seasoned development staff. The National Community Action Partnership staff presenting will cover financing challenges, sustainability planning, grants, social enterprise, fee for service, and fundraising.
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Energy Partnerships: Solar in Rural Communities
2019-07-24 15:00 - 16:00
Speakers include Vicki O’Day, Development Director of Rural Renewable Energy Alliance, Bryan Phipps, Chief Development Officer of People Inc, and Mark Moormans, Strategic Projects Manager of People Inc.
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Healing is the Revolution: Why Trauma Work is Equity Work
2019-07-17 14:00 - 15:30
Join us on July 17 to engage in a discussion on the importance of trauma-informed care specific to and for communities of color from experienced trauma-informed health practitioner, Dr. Dense Shervington. Based on research from her new book, Healing is the Revolution, Dr. Shervington will detail the nameable and unnamable struggles that people of color face in a tense, high stress, and despairing existence that is modern-day America. While illustrating the effects of decades of compounding structural oppression, societal disfranchisement, and psychological backlash on individuals, she will also provide insight on how community-based organizations can work to help create steps and opportunity for healing on the individual, family, and community level.
Psychiatrist, professor, and President and CEO of The Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies (IWES), Denese Shervington, MD,MPH, and draws from her intersectional career in public health clinical and academic psychiatry. A nationally esteemed mental health advocate and programmer, in 2018 Dr. Shervington received the Award for Excellence in Service and Advocacy from the American Psychiatric Association. In 2012, she received the Jeanne Spurlock Minority Fellowship Achievement Award from the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Shervington is a member of the American College of Psychiatrists. She has authored several papers in peer-reviewed journals addressing health disparities, the social determinants of health, and resilience in underserved communities.
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Re-entry Programs: Three Successful Approaches
2019-07-10 14:00 - 15:30
