September 2020 Newsletter – Missouri CAN

Letter from Missouri CAN’s executive director with reflections on coping with the stress of the pandemic.  Recommended article: How Mindfulness Can Help During COVID-19.

Featured Items (see newsletter for details)

• Introduction to CSBG, Missouri CAN training
• Equity, Inclusion, and Collective Impact, Video of talk by Vu Le, creator of the Nonprofit AF blog
• Applying the Equity Lens to COVID-19 Response and Recovery, Brief from the Community Action Partnership
• Taking Action on Financial Well-Being, Sept. 23 webinar, Community Action Partnership
• More than 500 responses received to Missouri CAN's FY2021 T&TA Survey
• Poverty Simulation Facilitator Training, October 18-19

U.S. Census Count Cut Short
The U.S. Census Bureau is ending all counting efforts for the 2020 census on September 30, a month sooner than previously announced…NPR reports that approximately four of 10 households nationwide have still not participated in the constitutionally mandated count of every person living in the U.S., and self-response rates are even lower in many communities.   Check out Missouri’s census response rate here – see newsletter for list of list of things agencies can do to promote increased participation in the 2020 Census.

Additional Items (see newsletter for details)

• Weatherization Day Kickoff, Sept. 9 webinar from CAP, NASCSP, NCAF
• Missouri CSBG State Plan Amendment - Comments submitted by Missouri CAN and several MO CAA's

Featured Items (see newsletter for details)

• Missouri CAN's Region VII Report
• Upcoming Missouri CAN Events
• Missouri Community Action Network Operations and COVID-19 Resources