Targeting Homelessness Prevention to Those at Greatest Risk: Diversion Assistance
2021-08-11 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
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 those at greatest risk of homelessness will explore diversion practice. Participants will learn about effective problem-solving conversations, strategic points of intervention, the growing use of flexible financial assistance to accompany the intervention, and the impact diversion is having in alleviating shelter entries.
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Answering the $1 Billion Question: Data-Driven Strategies for Demonstrating Impact from CARES-Funded Activities
2021-08-12 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
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 support critical Readiness, Rapid Response, Recovery and Resilience activities across the Network. As we begin to look back at the past year, how do we effectively tell the story of our work? Which data should we highlight? More specifically:

How have we differentiated customers related to CARES funding from customers we would have otherwise served and how do we use the data from those two groups effectively. Or, if we only have one group – customers – how do our data show CARES funding really did provide our communities with the ability to reach more families?
How are we capturing outcome data in an environment where immediate, urgent services are the priority?
How are we preparing our community stakeholders for differences between what we “officially” report through the CSBG Annual Report and the work we have actually done?

Join the National Community Action Partnership’s Data Ambassadors for a discussion of how CAAs can effectively “connect the dots” for community stakeholders to demonstrate the tremendous work the network has accomplished and the impact it has had on families and communities across the country.
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Measuring Family Centered Community Change: A Fireside Chat
2021-08-18 14:30 - 15:30 UTC
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.
Panelists will include Anna Minsky (Metis Associates), Sebastian Schreiner (United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County) and Kimberly Spring (The Annie E. Casey Foundation).
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Accessing Resilience Resources from Public and Private Sources
2021-08-19 14:00 - 15:30 UTC
Resilience is a concept we have all learned much more about in the last year. Organizational resilience is key to continued operation and growth in complex times. Melanie Lockwood Herman, Executive Director of the Nonprofit Risk Management Center, will be presenting an eight-part webinar series on developing more resilient organizations with practical tools for non-profit and public organizations. Each webinar will feature concrete, hands-on approaches to building resilience from the inside out. Melanie will break down the concept of organizational resilience into the eight key themes we all need to learn and know to strengthen our agencies and our teams. The webinars are being released in conjunction with a robust, interactive Resilience Toolkit also available through the Partnership.
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. These trusted authority sites offer many free and low-cost resources available to help your agency build resilience. Learn how to maximize and adapt your agency’s learning to suit the needs of your mission.
The final webinar in this series will be How to Become the Resilient Leader Your Mission Requires. Register today to join this timely webinar.
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How to Become the Resilient Leader Your Mission Requires
2021-09-16 14:00 - 15:30 UTC
Resilience is a concept we have all learned much more about in the last year. Organizational resilience is key to continued operation and growth in complex times. Melanie Lockwood Herman, Executive Director of the Nonprofit Risk Management Center, will be presenting an eight-part webinar series on developing more resilient organizations with practical tools for non-profit and public organizations. Each webinar will feature concrete, hands-on approaches to building resilience from the inside out. Melanie will break down the concept of organizational resilience into the eight key themes we all need to learn and know to strengthen our agencies and our teams. The webinars are being released in conjunction with a robust, interactive Resilience Toolkit also available through the Partnership.
This final webinar of the series 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.
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Fall Season Kickoff: Resources and Opportunities for Community Action
2021-10-06 14:00 - 15:30 UTC
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 is to come from major initiatives including the Learning Communities Resource Center, the relaunch of Pathways to Excellence, Covid-19 Response, the Center of Excellence, and much more!
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Helping All Eligible Families Get the Child Tax Credit
2021-10-15 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
NCAP is honored to have the Center of Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) join us in our 30 day push to get families enrolled in the Advanced Child Tax Credit. The 2021 Child Tax Credit expansion provides a historic opportunity to reduce child poverty in the United States by more than 40 percent! Non-filer families can submit their info to the IRS through November 15, 2021. Your efforts to help people get advance CTC payments are essential. Join this session to learn what’s new with the Child Tax Credit and how families can get it with special focus on the non-filers. Find out answers to common questions and resources to support people who need more assistance.
CBPP is a nonpartisan research and policy institute pursuing federal and state policies designed to both reduce poverty and inequality and to restore fiscal responsibility in equitable and effective ways.
The CBPP staff presenting for this webinar are:

Roxy Caines, Get it Back Campaign Director
Janne Huang, Outreach Campaign Strategies Manager
Christine Tran, Outreach Intern

Please join us and learn more about helping families get the money they deserve!
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2021 Executive Directors / Board Chair Institute
2021-10-25 - 2021-10-29
These two and a half day trainings are designed to help new executive directors or new executive directors and their chair’s to achieve a deeper understanding of their role, the work of Community Action, and current operating environment of the Community Action Network.

Executive Director’s Institute: Oct. 25-27
Board Chair Institute: Oct. 27-29

Braiding Funds For Weatherization Recruitment & Retention
2021-10-27 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Christopher Vought, Director of Housing Rehabilitation, Energy Conservation & NH Electric Assistance Program at Community Action Program, Belknap-Merrimack Counties, Inc. in Concord, New Hampshire has a strong Weatherization crew and hopes to expand it. To attract quality candidates he’s using a combination of funding sources to offer a starting salary over $40,000 per year. “Minimum wage is $7.25. Wal-Mart starts at $15 an hour. This is a good opportunity”, he explained. In this webinar, Chris will describe how he delivers competitive salaries with federal, state and utility funds, and how he is learning to work with technical colleges and high schools in the area to recruit and train quality candidates.
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Pathways to Excellence: 2022 Launch
2021-11-03 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Join us to learn about how your agency can pursue excellence in 2022. Pathways to Excellence has adopted a new multi-leveled Tiered Approach for agencies interested in moving beyond minimum requirements and taking the next steps for achieving agency-wide excellence based on the thirty-five CAA Standards of Excellence. The CAA Standards of Excellence represent the very best practices of the very best agencies. The Tiered Approach offers new levels of engagement and encourages any agency to take the first initial steps and move forward at your own pace for becoming a high-performance, ever-improving Agency of Excellence. Click here to register.

Combining Utility Assistance, Wraparound Services and Roof Repairs in Weatherization
2021-11-10 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Shama Mounzer serves as the Integration Executive Director at Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency, and oversees the Agency’s multi-faceted Utility Assistance Program, which serves communities within Wayne County, Michigan. Three years ago, the Agency implemented the initial phase of its roof repair program with an interest list of clients, and limited funding. In an effort to help residents improve their housing conditions, a partnership was formed with the State of Michigan and the City of Detroit to include wraparound services. In this webinar Shama describes how they integrate utility bill payment assistance and multiple home repair funds to reduce deferrals and maximize the Weatherization Assistance Program.
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Board Minutes and Resolutions Made Easy
2021-11-18 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
Community action agency (CAA) boards perform vital governance and oversight functions for their organizations. Nowhere is this more evident than at board meetings, where board members hear reports, deliberate, and make decisions that guide organizational efforts. Understanding the key functions of board meeting minutes and resolutions, as well as the differences between them, is fundamental for boards using these tools to document compliance and fulfill their duties. Join this session to learn how to take effective board minutes and document board actions using the new CAA Board Meetings: Template Meeting Minutes and Index of Form Resolutions developed by CAPLAW.
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Empowering Communities: Fair Districting & Community Action’s Role
2021-11-18 15:00 - 16:00 UTC
The decennial districting process is in full swing! New congressional, legislative, and local elected official districts are being drawn and some have already been finalized. At the Partnership, our Fair Districting project is up and running, ready to assist the Network as it engages on this issue. Join NCAP staff and our subject matter experts to get an overview of the districting process, learn how to find information on how the process works in your state and community, and what role our Network can play in this crucial process.
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CCAP Candidate Data Form (CDF) Guidance
2021-12-14 15:00 - 16:00 UTC
Presented by CCAP Commissioners Tiffany Keimig and Charles McCann:
Completing the Candidate Data Form (CDF) is the first step in the process of becoming a Certified Community Action Professional (CCAP). It is formatted for you to document your education and learning and experiences in the field of Community Action. In this webinar you will explore each part of the CDF in great detail and gain valuable insights on how you can complete your own first step toward national recognition as a CCAP.
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Introduction to Community Action
2021-12-14 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
The Community Action Network serves 99% of America’s counties providing life-changing services that build pathways to opportunity. And while we reject the one size fits all solution to poverty, there are core Community Action ingredients that are part of our makeup today and have been since Day 1. Join NCAP CEO Denise Harlow for a discussion on the core elements of Community Action and how we embed our history into today.
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Stacking Weatherization Funds With Habitat For Humanity
2021-12-22 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Habitat for Humanity of Omaha is the Weatherization Subgrantee for Douglas County, NE, which encompasses both urban and rural territory in the greater Omaha region. Weatherization is housed within Habitat’s home improvement portfolio, so clients come from multiple intake pathways. Danyelle Baratta, Senior Manager of Home Improvement Programs, describes how they identify clients, how they interact with Habitat’s home repair loan programs, and how they “stack” DOE, LIHEAP, utility, and foundation funds to maximize the weatherization & energy efficiency work they can perform on each project.
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Learning Communities Resource Center 2022 Kickoff Webinar
2022-01-12 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Join the National Partnership team to learn more about how to get involved with the Learning Communities Resource Center (LCRC) as we launch the next cycle of sharing and learning opportunities for the Community Action CSBG Network. LCRC is an innovation hub that works with CAAs to identify effective, promising, and innovative practice models that combat the causes and conditions of poverty. Participating individuals and agencies are given the opportunity to develop innovative anti-poverty approaches, improve programs, and sharpen service-delivery strategies specific to the needs of local communities. Join a network of organizations and leaders who have been given the tools to launch impactful and lasting transformations through participation in these sharing and learning cohorts! During the webinar we will discuss upcoming events, cohort topics, new resources, and application process questions.
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Reflections — with Ken Ackerman of Virtual CAP
2022-01-12 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
CAFCA’s Deb Polun will interview longtime Community Action network friend and partner Ken Ackerman, for reflections on his years in Community Action, and what he thinks lies ahead for our Promise.
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2022 Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Webinar
2022-01-19 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Join us as we remember the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with keynote speaker, Jerome H. Underwood, President & CEO of Action for a Better Community (ABC). Under his leadership, ABC is doing incredible work in the community and beyond.
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LIHWAP and Community Action
2022-01-27 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Join the federal Office of Community Services (OCS), CAPLAW, and the National Community Action Partnership for a webinar on Thursday, January 27th discussing the critical role that the Community Action network can play in facilitating the Low-Income Home Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP). With over $1.1 billion in new emergency funding, LIHWAP helps low-income households maintain access to drinking water and wastewater services by paying for water utility reconnections and bills. Grant recipients may work with local CAAs to distribute LIHWAP funding to benefit eligible households.
The webinar will feature three CAAs sharing their experiences planning for and launching their LIHWAP programs, and how they are leveraging other sources of funding such as Emergency Rental Assistance, LIHEAP, and CSBG, to provide utilities assistance to their communities. CAPLAW will also discuss its new resource, LIHWAP: A Primer for the Community Action Network, which is an online guide that helps the Community Action network navigate the program and better understand the role that CAAs may play in facilitating the funding. The resource incorporates current federal guidance and addresses aspects of the program critical to Community Action.
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Helping People, Changing Lives: Providing Equitable Access to the Expanded Child Tax Credit
2022-02-09 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
The expanded Child Tax Credit for 2021 is still available to families who file taxes and for those who haven’t filed taxes in the past. Join us to hear about how CAAs can help families get all the available tax credit due to them including the remainder of their CTC. The National community Action Partnership will be providing a wide range of new resources on tax filing, including social media templates, new videos, upcoming office hours with experts, and details on how families can find free tax prep sites in their communities.
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Child Tax Credit (CTC) Office Hours
2022-02-15 14:00 - 15:30, 2022-03-08 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
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Building CAA Resilience by Applying the Human Services Value Curve (HSVC)
2022-02-16 14:00 - 15:30 UTC
A follow-up to the Introduction to HSVC workshop held at the Management and Leadership Training Conference in February, this webinar will provide answers to two important questions: “How do I apply the HSVC lens in the agency?” and “What is my role as a leader?” If you did not attend the earlier workshop, a recording will be sent to you for your review prior to this webinar.
Presenter: Jennifer Kerr, American Public Human Services Association
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Empowering Communities: Advocacy and Lobbying Rules in a Fair Districting Context
2022-02-22 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
The decennial districting process is in full swing! New congressional, state, and local elected official districts are being drawn and some have already been finalized. But what are the dos and don’ts for weighing-in on new maps? At the Partnership, our Fair Districting project is up and running, ready to assist the Network as it engages on this issue. We’ve partnered with Bolder Advocacy to present advocacy and lobbying rules for nonprofits who want to make their voices heard on fair districting in their communities. Join us to learn about the role our Network can play in this crucial process!
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A Practical Approach to Weatherization Workforce Challenges
2022-03-02 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Northeast Community Action Corporation (NECAC), serves 12 counties in Missouri. To bring new workers into her Weatherization Program, Deputy Director Carla Potts launched a new apprenticeship program. The program takes one year to complete, including 144 classroom hours and 2,000 on-job-training. Trainees start at $13 per hour, and graduate as a U.S. Department of Labor certified “Performance Laborer Residential and Commercial”. Carla will explain how they worked with their local workforce board, the Labor Department, and the community to develop this initiative, discuss key lessons learned, and potential future growth.
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Advance Your CAP Work With A Springfield College Degree
2022-03-08 14:00 - 15:30 UTC
Community Action Agency employees enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs at Springfield College are eligible to receive a $5,000 or $10,000 partner grant. This grant has been established by Springfield College to support CAP member agencies being educated for leadership in service to others. Please join us for this webinar to learn more about our flexible degree programs and the partnership grant.
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Quarterly Public Community Action Agency Meeting
2022-03-08 14:00 - 15:30 UTC
Join the National Community Action Partnership for our next quarterly public Community Action Agency meeting. These meetings provide opportunities specifically for public CAAs to connect with their peers from around the country, discuss current topics, and receive relevant training. Registration is required; please register here.

Aligning Systems to Advance Community and Family Well-Being: A Partnership Playbook for Community Action and Human Services Agencies
2022-03-09 13:30 - 14:30 UTC
Come learn about how Community Action Agencies and public human services agencies have worked together during the COVID-19 pandemic response and what opportunities lie ahead to catalyze stronger connections to support the well-being of communities. Drawing on examples from the field, the National Community Action Partnership and American Public Human Services Association have co-created a Partnership Playbook that elevates promising areas of alignment between the two networks that can be deployed to maximize the impact of COVID-relief and other federal investments intended to support a strong and equitable recovery. The Playbook additionally explores where, despite their shared purpose and vision, more work is needed to transform the way human services and Community Action Agencies work together to help communities reach their potential.
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NCAP/Amazon Business Launch
2022-03-14 14:00 - 15:00 (Pacific/Easter)
TIME: 2 PM ET | 1 PM CT | 12 PM MT | 11 AM PT
EVENT DESCRIPTION: National Community Action Partnership is pleased to announce Amazon Business for members. With Amazon Business, all National Community Action Partnership members can access hundreds of thousands of sellers who offer business-only selection, quantity discounts, and time-saving features that help businesses run better. Business leaders enjoy convenient shipping options on hundreds of millions of supplies across categories including IT, office, breakroom, janitorial, and personal protective equipment.
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