Membership Meeting

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Membership Meeting
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• Introduction of
• Board of Directors
• and
• Staff

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Membership Report

• CAAP
• Accomplishments Activities
• November 2006 October 2007

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CAAP Activities

• Completed CAAP Strategic Plan
• Provided training technical assistance
• -ROMA -EITC
• -Needs Assessments -FACS
• -Family Development Credentialing
• -Specific training needs of individual agencies

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CAAP Activities

• Supported Community Assets PA informational
  database for member community use
• Enabled member involvement in new initiatives
  Circles of Support Annie E. Casey Foundations
  Family Economic Success initiative
• 2006 Self Sufficiency Awards ceremony honoring 28
  awardees

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CAAP Activities

• Supported VITA site establishment or growth to
  increase use of EITC through technical assistance
  and VISTA volunteers
• Secured legislative initiative funds to provide
  computers to member agencies
• Sponsored receptions for new state legislators
  and the PA Congressional delegation

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CAAP Strategic Plan

• Guide Association Activities
• Focus Organizational Efforts for Maximum Results
• Provide Measurable, Time Specific Work Plan
• Four Strategies Adopted
• Mission Statement Revised

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CAAP Mission

• Provide services which enhance the capacity of
  the community action network.

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Strategy

• Increase visibility of CAAP and its membership
  and build expanded partnerships with like-minded
  organizations.

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Goals Activities

• Develop implement PR campaign
• Increase partnerships with like-minded
  organizations to support CAAP mission
• Activate CAAP Advisory Board to expand
  collaborations partnership effectiveness
• Provide tools for local agencies to lead
  collaborations around poverty issues

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Strategy

• Define and build support for a CAAP member
  supported public policy agenda that enables
  Pennsylvanians to achieve self-sufficiency.

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Goals Activities

• Identify maximize existing network
  participation in policy advocacy organizations
• Develop a white paper for discussion
  membership approval on public policies
  strategies required to move people out of poverty
  in PA

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White Paper Components

• Family sustaining wages
• Accessible, affordable quality health care
• Asset building opportunities
• Alternative financial products

• Safe affordable housing
• State EITC
• Financial literacy money management skill
  building
• Affordable, quality child care

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Goals Activities

• Legislative breakfast in late March to replace
  February legislative conference for presentation
  of policy agenda
• CAAP legislative administrative education are
  built around the policy agenda

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Strategy

• Generate new and expanded funds and resources
  for community action agencies to increase their
  capacity to achieve results.

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Goals Activities

• Acquire funds resources for self-sufficiency
  initiatives
• Feature meet the funders at regional meetings
• Promote self-sufficiency agenda to PA
  Departments other potential funders highlight
  opportunities for collaboration ideas for new
  initiatives

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Goals Activities

• Create capacity building linkages between members
  and policy leaders influencers
• Provide membership with best practice information
  and access at meetings conferences
• Secure legislative initiative, public and private
  resources for members in financial literacy,
  asset formation skill building

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Strategy

• Build a highly effective membership service
  organization that supports community action
  agencies in increasing their capacity to achieve
  results.

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Goals Activities

• Determine feasibility of creating related but
  separate corporation to manage training
• Provide TTA to members aligned with interest and
  need
• Determine best future use of Community Assets PA
  website
• Deliver a system of membership communication,
  education and issue analysis

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Goals Activities

• Annual Self Sufficiency Awards program
• Promote poverty simulations across PA
• Provide access to technical, legal
  informational resources
• Provide training for special interest areas such
  as Circles of Support, ROMA, etc.
• Facilitate regular regional meetings
• Promote CAAP services to membership

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CAAP Personnel Committee

• Members of the Personnel Committee
• Sandi Dill Rick Beaton
• Ron Errett Ann Foor
• Janine Kennedy Ken Straub

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2006/2007 Activities

• Established goals for the personnel committee
• Reviewed policies, salary and organizational
  structure, job descriptions, training and
  conference activities
• Scheduled meeting with DCED staff to discuss
  future member training needs
• Provided feedback on conference as requested by
  CAAP staff
• Reviewed and approved training survey of member
  agencies
• Established flow of communication to and from
  personnel committee members

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Communications Committee

• Allan Robinson (Blair)
• Ralph Blakney (Philadelphia)
• Harry Adrian (Union/Snyder)
• Linda Figueroa (Cumberland/Dauphin/Perry)
• Robert Cardamone (Clarion/Jefferson)
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• Joe Ostrander / David Graf / Bonnie Hunter (CAAP
  Staff)

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Conditions

• Ensure activities support strategic plan
• Ensure available resources for activities
• Provide quality not quantity
• Continual validate activities are what the
  membership values
• Learn how best to communicate with membership
  (email / fax / mail, etc.)

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Ongoing Activities

• CAAP Update (e-newsletter current topics
  published weekly or as needed)
• CAAP Members Journal (newsletter published
  bi-monthly profile members target external
  audiences)
• CAAP Email Discussion Forums (virtual meeting
  place to share issues)
• Updated listing of membership services

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Planned Activities

• State-wide public relations campaign
• Matrix of all CAA activities
• Relook Community Assets PA
• Support Regional meetings
• Spring dialogue with State Legislature
• Produce Association Annual Report
• Enhance Association Web Site

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