Arkansas Community Action Agencies Association
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ACAAA Actions • Agency News & Announcements
- 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
Upcoming Actions • Mark Your Calendars!
- 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
Educational Action • Webinars & Materials of Interest
- 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)
Agency Actions • News & Notes from around the State
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
Publications
See newsletter for agency newsletters
Social Action – Community Action Facebook Family
See newsletter for links to Facebook pages of each CAAs in Arkansas.
