September 2016 Newsletter – Arkansas Community Action Agencies Association

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• ACAAA Quarterly and Annual Calendars
• Free instruction webinars about Microsoft Office Suite started May 11 – see newsletter for monthly webinar dates from October through December, plus more info and registration
• Board of Directors training and meeting, September 20-21.  The training topic will be Aiming for Awesome Audits.
• ACAAA Professional Affiliate Groups: Early Childhood Development, Family Development/Case Management, Fiscal, HR, LIHEAP, NCRT/NCRI, Weatherization
• CAA Annual Reports, VirtualCAP

• 2016 NASCSP Annual Training Conference –  September 27-30 in Omaha, NE
• 2016 Region VI Annual Conference – October 12-14 in Albuquerque, NM
• Weatherization Day is October 30

• Revision of the Head Start Program Performance Standards, ACF Office of Head Start.  Also, see CAPLAW’s News Flash for a summary of the Standards and Additional Resources
• Notice of Funding Opportunity and Application Instructions for 2017-18 AmeriCorps Arkansas applicants
• CSBG IM #149: Strengthening Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Outcomes by Developing Two-Generation Approaches to Building Family Economic Security and Well-Being, OCS
• CSBG IM #150: Use of the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) to Improve Network Effectiveness, OCS
• From CAPLAW
  • FAQ: Complying with the New Overtime Rule under the FLSA
  • Taking Care of Business ... and Working Overtime – webinar recording and presentation
  • Election Year Refresher for Nonprofit CAAs
  • Election Year Refresher for Public CAAs
  • Do’s and Don’ts of Voter Registration
  • Applying the ACA to Short-Term Employees
  • CAA Leader’s Legal Guide
• Employer-Provided Leave and the Americans with Disabilities Act, EEOC and EEOC: When Is Leave a Reasonable ADA Accommodation? from the Society for Human Resource Management
• Paving the Way to a Successful Giving Tuesday, Firespring (Sept. 8 webinar)
• Decreasing Family Homelessness, Community Action Partnership (Sept. 14 webinar)
• Introduction to Fundraising Planning, GrantSpace (Sept. 14 webinar)
• Asking Styles: A Revolutionary Concept in Funding, CharityHowTo (Sept. 15 webinar)
• Five Steps to Tell Better Non-Profit Stories, 4Good.org (Sept. 21 webinar)
• Raise More on Give Days, Arkansas Nonprofit Alliance (Sept. 22 event)

ARVAC career opportunity – Chief Clinical Supervisor – position description

CRD news coverage – Wooldridge talks about Crowley’s Ridge Development Council, Poinsett County Democrat Tribune

Employees of the Month

• Rachael Reed, Administrative Assistant, ARVAC
• Joann Pinkney, Accounts Payables and Receivables, ARVAC
• Cora Goodson, CRDC
• Steve Bowles, North East Arkansas Transit Driver, CRDC

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See newsletter for links to Facebook pages of each CAAs in Arkansas.