December 2021 Newsletter – MASSCAP Training Center
Call for Southern New England Community Action Conference presentations – Examples of trainings and resources available from the MTC
November 10th Newsletter – MASSCAP
Overview of Community Action In Massachusetts – FY22 MASSCAP Board of Directors – MASSCAP’s FY21-FY23 Strategic Plan – and more!
November 2021 Newsletter – MASSCAP Training Center
Info on MASSCAP’s Communities of Practice – Upcoming MTC online events (open to participation by CAAs in other states): Supporting Job Readiness in the Time of Covid-19 (Nov. 9) & Managing a Multigenerational Workforce (Nov. 10)
Upcoming Online Trainings – MASSCAP Training Center
Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate Training and Q&A (Oct. 7) – Setting Professional Boundaries in a Changing Work Environment (Oct. 12) – In-Depth Training on OMB’s Uniform Guidance (2-parts, Oct. 18 & 20) – Employment Law and Personnel Policies Update Training (Oct. 21) – Supporting Job Readiness in the Time of Covid-19 (Nov. 9)
Upcoming Webinars in October – MASSCAP Training Center
Massachusetts Association for Community Action is offering the following two webinars: Setting Professional Boundaries in a Changing Work Environment (Oct. 12) and Supporting Job Readiness in the Time of Covid-19 (Oct. 27).
July 14th Newsletter – MASSCAP
Continuing importance of CAA programs helping to stabilize lives beyond the pandemic – MA FY22 Budget prioritizes needs of the most vulnerable – Making a Difference: VITA program helps woman pay for professional recertification fee – and more!
March 11th Newsletter – MASSCAP
Increased importance of CAA programs helping to stabilize lives during the pandemic – MASSCAP’s FY22 Public Policy Priorities – Making a Difference: MA CAA’s VITA program helps single mother open daycare business – and more!
Using Creativity and Self-Awareness for Effective Team Leadership – MASSCAP Training Center
Massachusetts Association for Community Action is holding an April 29th online training session on Using Creativity and Self-Awareness for Effective Team Leadership.
New Trainings from the MTC and Partners – MASSCAP Training Center
Supporting Job Readiness in the Time of COVID-19 (Feb. 11) – Using Creativity and Self-Awareness for Effective Team Leadership (March 24) – Other training & resources from MTC upon request – Upcoming virtual events from the Community Action Partnership plus others on Opioid Overdose Prevention, Workforce Development, and Food Insecurity.
September 2020 Newsletter – MASSCAP
Episode 3 of MASSCAP video series: Service and Recovery in the Time of COVID-19 – CAAs open and ready to serve in Massachusetts – MASSCAP’s FY21 Public Policy Priorities – Highlights of MA CAAs #CommunityActionResponds – and more!
Remote Learning Round-Up and Resources (Sept. 21-30) – MASSCAP Training Center
A number of webinars plus advocacy resources from the Black Futures Lab and the Leadership Conference on Human and Civil Rights – Fighting Food Insecurity video from FRAC & The Washington Post – and more!
Remote Learning Round-Up and Resources – MASSCAP Training Center (Sept. 7-18)
From the Massachusetts Association for Community Action, a number of webinars plus resources on Census & Elections and COVID-19 Impact, Response, Reopening
Remote Learning Round-Up and Resources – MASSCAP Training Center (Sept.)
From the Massachusetts Association for Community Action, a number of webinars plus resources on Census & Elections and COVID-19 Impact, Response, Reopening
Remote Learning Round-Up and Resources – MASSCAP Training Center (August 17-31)
From the Massachusetts Association for Community Action, a number of webinars plus resources on Equity and Anti-Racism, COVID-19 & Grants/Fund Management
Remote Learning Round-Up and Resources – MASSCAP Training Center (July 20-31)
From the Massachusetts Association for Community Action, a number of webinars plus resources on Equity and Anti-Racism, COVID-19 & 2020 Census
July 6th Remote Learning Update – MASSCAP Training Center
From the Massachusetts Association for Community Action, a number of webinars plus resources on Equity and Anti-Racism, COVID-19 & Data and 2020 Census
June 22nd Weekly Remote Learning Update – MASSCAP Training Center
From the Massachusetts Association for Community Action, a number of webinars and resources to support work addressing COVID-19 and racial equity are among items featured in this week’s update.
June 10th Newsletter – MASSCAP
Episode 1 of MASSCAP video series: Service and Recovery in the Time of COVID-19 – CAAs open and ready to serve in Massachusetts – MASSCAP’s FY21 Public Policy Priorities – Highlights of MA CAA addressing food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic – and more!
June 15th Weekly Remote Learning Update – MASSCAP Training Center
From the Massachusetts Association for Community Action, a number of webinars and resources to support work addressing racial injustice are among items featured in this week’s update.
June 8th Weekly Remote Learning Update – MASSCAP Training Center
From the Massachusetts Association for Community Action, these updates include online opportunities through MASSCAP and upcoming opportunities from organizations outside of Massachusetts and more!
May 18th Weekly Remote Learning Update – MASSCAP Training Center
From the Massachusetts Association for Community Action, these updates include online opportunities through MASSCAP and upcoming opportunities from organizations outside of Massachusetts.
May 4th Weekly Remote Learning Update – MASSCAP Training Center
From the Massachusetts Association for Community Action, these updates include online opportunities through MASSCAP and upcoming opportunities from organizations outside of Massachusetts.
April 7th Newsletter – MASSCAP
MASSCAP video: #CommunityActionWorks – CAAs open and ready to serve in Massachusetts – Highlights of CAA efforts in MA during the COVID-19 pandemic – and more!
March 25th Newsletter – MASSCAP
MASSCAP’s message on CAAs responding to the COVID-19 pandemic – MASSCAP’s State Budget Priorities – WCAC fuel assistance success story
February 11th Newsletter – MASSCAP
Honoring our Champions – MASSCAP’s READYGO Initiative: Readying Educators And Developing Young Children for Great Outcomes – Public Programs Reduce Poverty (MASSCAP data) – MASSCAP’s State Funding Priorities
December 23rd Newsletter – MASSCAP
Updated MASSCAP report: Obstacles on the Road to Opportunity: Finding a Way Forward for the Children and Families of Massachusetts – Statewide kickoff of the VITA program and Earned Income Tax Assistance Awareness Day (Jan. 31) – Public Policy Briefing at the Massachusetts State House (Feb. 5)
December 3rd Newsletter – MASSCAP
Massachusetts Community Action Facts – MASSCAP’s four broad public policy goals – Summary of MASSCAP’s latest forum on poverty and opportunity held in conjunction with two CAAs – MASSCAP’s Comprehensive Job Readiness Curriculum Guide
Everyone is a Leader: A New Model for Identifying Your Leadership Skills
Massachusetts Association for Community Action is holding an October 30th training session on Everyone is a Leader: A New Model for Identifying Your Leadership Skills.
No Wrong Door: Service Integration 101 – MASSCAP Training Center
Massachusetts Association for Community Action is holding an October 24th training session on No Wrong Door: Service Integration 101.
Community Assessment and Strategic Planning Videos – MASSCAP Training Center
Help your agency prepare for your Community Assessment and Strategic Plan with these videos: (1) Community Action IMPACT: An Overview of ROMA, Community Assessment, and Strategic Planning and (2) Strategic Planning for Boards of Directors. In-person training is available for MA and other states.
Supporting Programs and Communities Through Effective Advocacy and Persuasion – MASSCAP Training Center
Massachusetts Association for Community Action is holding a September 19th training session on Supporting Programs and Communities Through Effective Advocacy and Persuasion.
2018 Annual Report – MASSCAP
The Massachusetts Association for Community Action has published its 2018 annual report: Finding the Way Forward Together.
August 21st Newsletter – MASSCAP
Massachusetts Community Action Facts – 2018 MASSCAP Annual Report – MASSCAP’s top priorities were included the FY20 state budget – Sampling of MA CAA community initiatives – MASSCAP’s Comprehensive Job Readiness Curriculum Guide
No Wrong Door: Service Integration 101 – MASSCAP Training Center
Massachusetts Association for Community Action is holding an August 15th workshop on No Wrong Door: Service Integration 101.
Setting Professional Boundaries and Practicing Self Care – MASSCAP Training Center
Massachusetts Association for Community Action is holding a July 23rd workshop on Setting Professional Boundaries and Practicing Self Care with Customers and Colleagues in the Social Services Workplace.
June 28th Newsletter – MASSCAP
Income Inequality in MA – MA state legislative items on Bridging the Wage Gap…Strengthening Families through Affordable & Accessible Early Education and Care…Creating a Foundation for Economic Opportunity – MASSCAP FY20 Public Policy Priorities – EHS success story – MASSCAP’s Comprehensive Job Readiness Curriculum Guide
June 3rd Newsletter – MASSCAP
MA Facts – MA state legislative items on Bridging the Wage Gap…Strengthening Families through Affordable & Accessible Early Education and Care…Creating a Foundation for Economic Opportunity – MASSCAP FY20 Public Policy Priorities – EHS success story
Coaching Tools and Practices for Case Managers and Counselors – MASSCAP
MASSCAP’s Coaching Tools and Practices for Case Managers and Counselors: PART 2 is being offered on June 14. This session will spend additional time on practicing vital coaching techniques by engaging in practical hands-on coaching activities.
May 14th Newsletter – MASSCAP
Special Edition: Fight Poverty by Supporting VITA sites
May 2nd Newsletter – MASSCAP
MA Poverty Facts – The EITC and CTC have kept 150,000 people out of poverty in MA by helping them to bridge the wage gap – MASSCAP advocating for an increase in state funding for VITA by $800,000 = $10,000 for each of the 80 VITA sites
April 18th Newsletter – MASSCAP
Massachusetts poverty facts and webinar recording – MASSCAP FY20 public policy priorities on Bridging the Wage Gap, Strengthening Families through Affordable & Accessible Early Education and Care and Creating a Foundation for Economic Opportunity – VITA & EITC success story – MA Supplemental Fuel Assistance allocation
Customer Service with Conversational Intake – MASSCAP Training Center
MASSCAP training event being held on April 29. This session will help direct service staff develop skills and practice techniques to provide excellent, compassionate customer service.
February 26th Newsletter – MASSCAP
Heating Help Programs Reduce Poverty: MASSCAP seeking $30M state resources for fuel assistance Warmth is a Necessity: Story of elderly couple living on fixed income.
February 13th Newsletter – MASSCAP
Data on how public programs reduce poverty – MASSCAP promoting state funding in five priority areas – Collaboration Matters: MASSCAP’s 2019 VITA Kickoff – Continuing the Conversation
Massachusetts Community Action Trust Fund
Establishing a Community Action Trust Fund is part of Massachusetts HD.783 (proposed): An Act to address inequality, promote opportunity, and end poverty. Plus MA State House News Service coverage and MASSCAP’s 2018 Poverty Report reflecting the long-lasting impact of anti-poverty policies.
2019 Leadership Development Institute – MASSCAP Training Center
The MASSCAP Training Center’s Leadership Development Institute was created to establish an internal structure for the development and retention of leaders within the Community Action network and across the human services field.
Art of Coaching Training Event – Massachusetts Association for Community Action
MASSCAP’s 2019 Art of Coaching training series builds upon the Coaching Tools and Practices course provided in 2018. Asking Empowering Questions – A Powerful Coaching Tool is the topic on January 17th.
December 13th Newsletter – Massachusetts Association for Community Action
MASSCAP ACTION ALERT: Urgent Need for Fuel Assistance – MASSCAP asks Gov. Baker and the state of MA for $30M in supplemental budget – Heating Help Programs reduce poverty – Heating Help Programs are Health and Safety Programs – Videos featuring Heating Help assistance recipient and Statewide Heating Help Programs Kickoff
November 19th Newsletter – MASSCAP
Poverty Jeopardizes Health – Programs Remove Obstacles & Improve Health – Making a Difference: Focusing on the Social Determinants of Health – Continuing the Conversation
2017 Annual Report – MASSCAP
The Massachusetts Association for Community Action has published its 2017 annual report to highlight the work of Massachusett’s Community Action Agencies.
October 31st Newsletter – MASSCAP
Poverty is a story of low wage work – Ideas on addressing transportation challenges – Making Our Voices Heard: Ways to take action – Continuing the Conversation
September 18, 2018 Newsletter – MASSCAP
Nancy Wagman, author of MASSCAP’s report: Obstacles on the Road to Opportunity: Finding a Way Forward – Policy choices from the past still have an impact today – Two positive steps toward equal opportunity – Continuing the conversation
Obstacles on the Road to Opportunity: Finding a Way Forward – MASSCAP Poverty Report
The report – commissioned by MASSCAP and written by MassBudget – emphasizes that the future of Massachusetts depends on the success of our children.
Coaching Tools and Practices for Case Managers and Counselors – MASSCAP Training Center
The Massachusetts Association for Community Action’s Training Center is holding this training on March 22nd in Framingham, MA.
FY19 Public Policy Priorities – MASSCAP
The Massachusetts Association for Community Action has released a fact sheet outlining its FY19 public policy initiatives under four priority areas. A breakfast briefing is being held on February 6 at the Massachusetts State House.
Strategic Plan, FY18-FY20 – MASSCAP
The Massachusetts Association for Community Action’s FY18-FY20 Strategic Plan includes a summary of MASSCAP’s strategic planning process, three-year practical vision, and planned actions for each strategy.
Promising Practices to Encourage Savings at Tax Time – MASSCAP Training Center
Register now for this webinar being held on January 22.
2018 Leadership Development Institute – MASSCAP Training Center
The MASSCAP Training Center’s Leadership Development Institute was created to establish an internal structure for the development and retention of leaders within the Community Action network and across the human services field.
Appreciative Inquiry Process for Strategic Planning
Springfield Partners for Community Action uses the Appreciative Inquiry Process for strategic planning that builds upon an organization’s underlying strengths and values to create a vision for the future building on what worked best in the past.
Educational Opportunity Center
The Valley Opportunity Council’s Educational Opportunity Center provides families and individuals the educational tools necessary to succeed.
Establishing Effective Workforce Development Programs
The Massachusetts Association for Community Action has published a Resource Guide on Establishing Effective Workforce Development Programs to help Community Action Agencies and others in their efforts to assist individuals in moving toward self-sufficiency.
Home Furnishings Program
Springfield Partners for Community Action established the Home Furnishings Program to help homeless families make the transition into permanent housing.
Joint Coalition on Health
The Joint Coalition on Health is a group of committed individuals and organizations working collaboratively as catalysts for change and advocates for the underserved to improve the health and well-being of everyone in North Central Massachusetts.
KIDS DAY and Champions of Character
Springfield Partners for Community Action sponsors KIDS DAY as a day of entertainment, educational information and fun experiences for preschool and school-aged children and their families. Proceeds from the event support the Champions of Character and Springfield Partners’ Scholarship Programs.
Telephone Reassurance Program
Springfield Partners for Community Action developed the Telephone Reassurance Program to help seniors and homebound/isolated adults maintain independent living.
Worcester Community Connections Coalition
The Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. developed the Worcester Community Connections Coalition to build neighborhood-based networks that support leadership development and parent advocacy in community planning activities and efforts to coordinate services.