May 8 is National Community Action Month Day on Twitter!
At the suggestion of some local Community Action staff members, May 8 will be set aside as “National Community Action Month Day” on Twitter. We encourage everyone in Community Action who plans to celebrate during May to get #CommunityAction trending on Twitter all day on May 8. Please see page 13 of the NCAM toolkit for more information.
SAVE THE DATES!
August 19-22
It isn't too early to begin planning for the
2012 Annual Convention. 
We are now accepting online registrations.
Please click here!
The Partnership and CAPLAW Release a Toolkit for Traversing the Monitoring Maze
 This new toolkit represents a collaborative effort between the Community Action Partnership (Partnership) and CAPLAW to provide timely training and technical assistance (T/TA) material about the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) monitoring process. The toolkit, titled Monitoring Map for CAAs: A Guide for Navigating the Monitoring Review Process , outlines key aspects of the monitoring process as defined by the CSBG act and more specifically IM 116. Users may access critical guidance on issues such as responding to monitoring findings, preparing for a monitoring visit and challenging monitoring findings.
The Politics of Economic Opportunity Forum
The Politics of Economic Opportunity: Will Growing Poverty Affect Election 2012?
Click here to see the interview with Don Mathis
WEEKLY NEW REALITY CHECK May 11, 2012
Peter Kilde, Chair, Partnership Strategic Initiatives Task Force
From the Dead to the Living
As I mentioned last week, I am going to offer some fodder for the believers; those readers of this post who accept the broad tenets of the New Reality and are looking for some clues on navigating the troubled waters ahead. As luck would have it, the Magic Hat of the Internet produced just such a resource on Monday in the form of a letter from the grave of an early New Reality thinker and novelist, Ernest Callenbach.
Mr. Callenbach wrote a very popular and truly visionary novel, Ecotopia , in 1975 during the first big energy crunch and the early flowering of an understanding of ecology and resource limits. After he died last month at age 82, this letter, entitled Epistle to the Ecotopians, was found on his computer and released. It is addressed, in his words, “To all brothers and sisters who hold the dream in their hearts of a future world in which humans and all other beings live in harmony and mutual support -- a world of sustainability, stability, and confidence.”
Please send your responses to Peter Kilde for posting.
The Community Action Partnership is pleased to present this special report, Facing the New Reality: Preparing Poor America for Harder Times Ahead. The report deals with the combined effects of resource depletion, climate change, and economic turmoil as they are expected to impact low income families and communities, and the Community Action Agencies and other organizations working with this population, in the months and years to come.
Facing the New Reality: Preparing Poor America for Harder Times Ahead * This report was produced by the Board of Directors and national staff of the Community Action Partnership. The views put forward in this report are not assumed to be endorsed by each and every one of the Partnership’s member agencies. 
Don Mathis Interviewed on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal To view the 47 minute interview, go to http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/DonM |
Quicklinks
- Looking Ahead: Draft Proposal for a Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Accreditation Process
- Certified Community Action Professional (CCAP)
- New Reality Initiative — A Discussion Paper
- Partnership Membership Form
- Community Economic Development Website
- Managing My Money Financial Literacy Website
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National Training Center
Click on the above button to log on to the new OCS-sponsored National Risk Mitigation and Quality Improvement Training and Technical Assistance Center.
Important News for Your Agency’s Program Participants
All federal benefits will switch to direct deposit
All federal benefits will switch to direct deposit
On December 21, 2010, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued its final rule that all Americans receiving federal benefits will be made electronically directly to the recipient’s account.
“I encourage all Community Action staff and affiliates to visit Treasury’s Go Direct campaign website and learn how this new system will help Military veterans, Social Security recipients, SSI and others receive their funds in the safest, most reliable ways,” said Partnership CEO Don Mathis. “Go Direct saves valuable natural resources, time and money for all involved.”
Visit www.GoDirect.org today and read how this new payment process will work
“I encourage all Community Action staff and affiliates to visit Treasury’s Go Direct campaign website and learn how this new system will help Military veterans, Social Security recipients, SSI and others receive their funds in the safest, most reliable ways,” said Partnership CEO Don Mathis. “Go Direct saves valuable natural resources, time and money for all involved.”
Visit www.GoDirect.org today and read how this new payment process will work
Click here to learn about the Irwin Siegel Agency alliance with the Partnership or visit their website.
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