February-2015 Newsletter – Region I RPIC

Region I Regional Performance and Innovation Consortia

NEW! OCS Releases Draft IM on State and Federal Accountability Measures and Model State Plan

The Office of Community Services (OCS) has released its Dear Colleague Draft IM for comment on the State and Federal Accountability Measures.  OCS is accepting comments on the measures until the end of March.

OCS also released its Dear Colleague Model State Plan Revision.  OCS is asking for feedback on the plan through the end of March.

NEW! OCS and NASCSP Model State Plan Webinar Series

Recently, OCS and NASCSP hosted a three-part webinar series on the Draft Model State Plan.

NEW! Region I Webinar on IM 138 Organizational Standards

Denise Harlow, CEO of the Community Action Partnership, is hosting a regional webinar for all New England states on Friday, March 6, 11:00 a.m. EST

NEW! Partnership's Comprehensive Community Needs Assessment Tool

The Community Action Partnership is in the process of migrating the popular online comprehensive community needs assessment tool to the Community Commons platform to allow for expanded data collection and mapping capacity.  Visit the Partnership's Comprehensive Community Needs Assessment (CCNA) Tool and Mapping Hub.  The hub acts as an agency's entry to an online tool with multiple features that allow for the efficient use of data and mapping as part of a larger Community Needs Assessment process.

Listen to the webinar that explains it all!  During the webinar, the Community Commons team provides training in accessing and registering for the Community Action Partnership "hub," the capabilities of this new platform and the beginning of how to create and customize a community needs assessment report.  The webinar is the first in a two part series introduction to the new tool.

In case you missed it: OCS Releases IM 138 on Organizational Standards; webinar recording

On January 30th, the Community Action Partnership held a national webinar update with detailed information on the standards – Information Memorandum IM 138 on the CSBG Organizational Standards.  Stay updated on information regarding the standards and see changes to the original standards reflecting in IM 138, as well as other items of interest.

CSBG Partner T/TA Opportunities

CAPLAW Webinars

What is the Best Option for Calculating our CAA's Indirect Cost Rate?
February 25 – View recording – View PowerPoint

Does our CAA Effectively Estimate and Reconcile Indirect Costs?
March 4 from 1:00 – 2:00 PM EST

National/Regional Events Calendar

NASCSP
2015 Mid-Winter Training and Orientation
February 23-27 in Arlington, VA
More info

NCAF
2015 Legislative Conference
March 24-27 in Washington, D.C.
More info

NASCSP
Peer to Peer ROMA Training and Certification Project
April 8-9 in Atlanta, GA
*Note: Applications will be accepted from Nationally Certified ROMA Trainers and Candidates until March 13th, but early registration will ensure a slot.

NASCSP
Peer to Peer ROMA Training and Certification Project
April 8-9 in Atlanta, GA
*Note: Applications will be accepted from Nationally Certified ROMA Trainers and Candidates until March 13th, but early registration will ensure a slot.

Northern New England 2015 CAA Conference
May 20-22 in Manchester, VT

CAPLAW
2015 National Training Conference
June 10-12 in Portland, OR

Community Action Partnership
2015 Annual Convention
August 25-28 in San Francisco, CA

NASCSP
2015 Annual Training Conference
September 15-18 in Sacramento, CA

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