For more than 50 years, Community Action has served as a dynamic & community-based force in addressing the causes & conditions of poverty throughout the USA. Join us on Friday, June 14th 12:00 P.M. EST to hear from The Partnership’s CEO, Denise Harlow, as she takes us back to 1964 to explain the beginnings of […]

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As a society, we are often presented with many stereotypes and misconceptions about poverty and inequality. How then do we shift our paradigm about poverty away from being seen as a personal failure and toward the understanding of poverty as structural, or a failure of society? One of the key ways Community Action professionals can […]

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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 […]

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. Register

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.

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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.