Are your locality’s emergency assistance programs reaching people who are at the greatest risk of homelessness?  This kick-off webinar will examine the research on homelessness prevention and explore strategies Community Action Agencies may consider to find and assist people who are frequently overlooked by traditional eviction prevention programs.

This webinar will explore the intersections of poverty, health and racism in America. The webinar will also introduce the Community Action Network to the American Public Health Association's six-part webinar series, Advancing Racial Equity, which explores racism as driving force for the social determinants of health.

Learn from AARP Foundation Property Tax-Aide about how you can expand your services and partner to utilize their innovative technology and volunteer training. This webinar series with the AARP Foundation will provide a presentation and demonstration on their best in class digital tool to support eligible homeowners and renters, in select states, apply for property tax relief.

This new FOA will support the CSBG CARES Act Rapid-Cycle Impact Projects goal of adapting current service models to effectively respond to immediate community needs while also testing innovative community […]

This webinar explores three critical stages to create and support a crisis response team: 1. Reflect, 2. Plan, and 3. Practice. You’ll learn how and when planning and response teams differ (in composition as well as emphasis), how to ‘bake in’ lessons from previous crisis events into your planning and response strategies, and why and how the substance and style of your planning activities matter. The webinar also explores approaches to ‘practicing’ what you’ve built before your next crisis is at hand, rules of thumb for your crisis team, and takeaways you can apply to create a crisis-ready response team.

Wednesday, July 21 at 2 p.m. EST, the Partnership will hold the second webinar in a series examining strategies to prevent homelessness for those who are at the highest risk. […]

The alarming number of American women living in poverty is a recurring trend. With more women than men living in poverty in the US, the COVID-19 pandemic has not only endangered the economic security of women but has put families at increased risk of falling into poverty and remaining there. During this webinar, an intersectional analysis of women in poverty will consider the implications and opportunities for families and their health and well-being and imagine a new economy using an equity lens.

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Are you from one of the below states? If so, join our upcoming webinar to learn about a free AARP Foundation Property Tax-Aide Tool to connect seniors to property-tax aide. […]

How are frontline providers helping people seeking shelter identify alternative housing options to prevent homelessness and shelter stays? This third webinar in a series focusing on targeting prevention assistance to […]

CAA's have been at the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic from Day One. This is one of the reasons Congress entrusted the Community Action Network with $1 billion to […]

This webinar features a discussion of the experiences and lessons learned in the performance measurement efforts of Family-Centered Community Change (FCCC), a community change strategy, funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation from 2012 to 2019, to improve outcomes for children and parents living in high-poverty communities through two-generation approaches. Topics covered in the webinar include an overview of the performance measures selected for FCCC and how they changed over time, who was involved in deciding what to measure and how, ways that the partners balanced using performance measurement to inform practice and track collective impact, and how the data were analyzed and used to improve implementation.

Join Melanie Herman, CEO of the Nonprofit Risk Management Center, for a fast-paced tour of resilience resources from various credible sources. This session explores federal and state government websites, law firm and CPA firm sites, educational publishers, membership associations, and specialty organizations.

This webinar explores the qualities, traits, and skills of resilient leaders — the very type of leaders that organizations in an uncertain world require. Learn what you can do to become a leader who helps others ‘bounce back’ from downside risks your agency couldn’t avoid and draw potent learning opportunities from failures, mistakes, and near misses.

Join the National Community Action Partnership as we kick off fall with a review of the new resources and opportunities for the Community Action Network. Partnership staff will preview what […]