Region II Regional Performance and Innovation Consortia
Region II RPIC Newsletter - March 2015
New York * New Jersey * Puerto Rico * U.S Virgin Islands
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Save the Date
RPIC Region II Finance, Human Resource & Leadership Conference will be held from September 17-18 in Binghamton, NY – registration opening soon!
National Partner News
Organizational Standards Center of Excellence Releases Updated Tools for Organizational Standards – Tools include: COE-developed Organizational Standards – Self-Assessment Tools – State Assessment Tools – Glossary of Terms.
OCS Dear Colleague Letter: CSBG Model State Plan (MSP) Revision: Open Comment Period- UPDATE – NASCSP MSP webinar recordings – draft MSP for CSBG State agencies to use for planning and development of their FY 2016 State Plan – information on how to comment on the MSP can be found in the CSBG Dear Colleague Letter Model State Plan Revision: Open Comment Period.
National Training Opportunities
NASCSP
Webinar: Theory of Change: The Washington State Experience
Thursday, March 19th from 1:00 – 2:30 PM EDT
NCAF
2015 Legislative Conference
March 24-27, 2015 in Washington, DC
Community Action Partnership
2015 Annual Convention
August 25-28, 2015 in San Francisco, CA
Useful Information
CSBG Dear Colleague Letter FY 2016 Budget – OCS Director Jeannie Chaffin published a blog recently outlining these proposals. Please share across your social media outlets. See FY 2016 ACF Budget Justification for more details.
VirtualCAP RoundUP – Complimentary copies of Issue #1 and Issue #2…to be offered on low-cost subscription basis
Self-Sufficiency Research Clearinghouse Webinar
The Impact of Incarceration on Families, Communities, and Offenders
Thursday, March 26th from 2:00 – 3:00 EDT
Urban Institute Report - Report: Early Implementation Findings from Responsible Fatherhood Reentry Projects – This report from the Urban Institute provides early implementation findings from a study of six grantees that provide soon-to-be and recently-released fathers and their families with an array of activities and services in responsible fatherhood/parenting, healthy marriage/relationships, and economic stability…
Action Alerts
National Rural Housing Coalition – Call Your Representative and Ask Them to Support Rural Housing Funding (see newsletter for info)
Coalition on Human Needs – Strengthening America's Values and Economy (SAVE) for All - Please sign by March 20, 2015.
Region II Webpage
Information on RPIC Region II can be found here: nyscommunityaction.org/rpic/
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