CT Association For Community Action (CAFCA)

Connecticut Community Action: Partnerships that work. Results that matter.
*What's New*	*Legislative Alerts*
CT CAA Conference: "Ending Child Poverty: Investing in our Future" a great success! Sept. 24 and 25, 2007 at Marriott, Rocky Hill, CT The Conference was reported about on the Nation magazine's Editors Blog. "At 37 years of age, Deborah Glover says she had lived a middle-class life and never knew poverty. That all changed when she had a car accident, and as a single mother with three kids she could no longer afford to make ends meet..." Child poverty in Connecticut appeared on WNPR's "Where We Live" on 9/27/2007 Edith Karsky, Executive Director of CAFCA and Shelley Geballe from CT Voices for Children spoke with John Dankowsky of WNPR about child poverty in CT. Connecticut is among the nation's most affluent states, so numbers like this are shocking. The conference held by the Connecticut Community Action Agency put forward a goal of reducing state poverty 50 percent by 2014. But how realistic is that number and is it an aggressive enough of a goal? Some advocates say the poverty numbers go hand in hand with the rate of uninsured, a hot topic as President Bush vetoed the SCHIP program to fund children's health. The child poverty part of the program starts at about 12 minutes and 30 seconds in. CT Community Action Adopts Strategies to Reduce Child Poverty The CAFCA Board of Directors has adopted a new 3 year Strategic Plan which focuses on supporting CT in its effort to reduce child poverty by 50 percent. New Report: Partnerships that Work. Results that Matter! The 2006 CT CAA Annual Report documents the positive impact that CAAs have in our state and local communities, including ROI data and a profile of each CT CAA. CT Community Action Report The CT CSBG Statewide Report for 2006 is a four page summary of the network's use of CSBG funding and outcomes for the 2005 year. DSS Releases the 2007-2008 CSBG Plan Public Hearing occurred on September 22nd and the CSBG Plan was adopted.	Expecting Congress to increase funding for CSBG Visit NCAF for the latest information Fact Sheets on CSBG and other federal programs: Statewide Impact of CSBG Elimination CSBG Fact Sheet Head Start Fact Sheet LIHEAP Fact Sheet CAFCA 2007 Legislative Agenda Announced! 2007 Legislative Agenda Testimony before the Select Committee on Children Testimony provided to the Energy & Technology Committee HSI Fact Sheet RBA Fact Sheet ECE Fact Sheet State EITC Fact Sheet Energy Assistance Fact Sheet Legislative Information How a Bill Becomes a Law Enactment of Bills Guide to Testifying at Public Hearings FAQs on the CT General Assembly CT Human Services Infrastructure Initiative Summary information and related documents about CT's integrated service delivery model, the Human Services Infrastructure. Key Facts about CT CAAs Child Poverty Council Reports -- Jan. 2005 Final Plan and the Jan. 2006 Report to the Legislature.

Connecticut Community Action: Partnerships that work. Results that matter.

What's New

Legislative Alerts

CT CAA Conference: "Ending Child Poverty: Investing in our Future" a great success!

Sept. 24 and 25, 2007 at Marriott, Rocky Hill, CT

The Conference was reported about on the Nation magazine's Editors Blog. "At 37 years of age, Deborah Glover says she had lived a middle-class life and never knew poverty. That all changed when she had a car accident, and as a single mother with three kids she could no longer afford to make ends meet..."

Child poverty in Connecticut appeared on 
WNPR's "Where We Live" on 9/27/2007
Edith Karsky, Executive Director of CAFCA and Shelley Geballe from 
CT Voices for Children spoke with John Dankowsky of WNPR about child poverty in CT.

Connecticut is among the nation's most affluent states, so numbers like this are shocking. 
The conference held by the Connecticut Community Action Agency put forward a goal of 
reducing state poverty 50 percent by 2014. But how realistic is that number and is it an
aggressive enough of a goal? Some advocates say the poverty numbers go hand in hand with 
the rate of uninsured, a hot topic as President Bush  vetoed the SCHIP 
program to fund children's health. The child poverty part of the program starts at 
about 12 minutes and 30 seconds in.

CT Community Action Adopts Strategies to Reduce Child Poverty

The CAFCA Board of Directors has adopted a new 3 year Strategic Plan which focuses on supporting CT in its effort to reduce child poverty by 50 percent.

New Report: Partnerships that Work. Results that Matter!

The 2006 CT CAA Annual Report documents the positive impact that CAAs have in our state and local communities, including ROI data and a profile of each CT CAA.

CT Community Action Report

The CT CSBG Statewide Report for 2006 is a four page summary of the network's use of CSBG funding and outcomes for the 2005 year.

DSS Releases the 2007-2008 CSBG Plan

Public Hearing occurred on September 22nd and the CSBG Plan was adopted.

Expecting Congress to increase funding for CSBG
Visit NCAF for the latest information

Fact Sheets on CSBG and other federal programs:

Statewide Impact of CSBG Elimination

CSBG Fact Sheet

Head Start Fact Sheet

LIHEAP Fact Sheet

CAFCA 2007 Legislative Agenda Announced!

2007 Legislative Agenda

Testimony before the Select Committee on Children

Testimony provided to the Energy & Technology Committee

HSI Fact Sheet

RBA Fact Sheet

ECE Fact Sheet

State EITC Fact Sheet

Energy Assistance Fact Sheet

Legislative Information

How a Bill Becomes a Law

Enactment of Bills

Guide to Testifying at Public Hearings

FAQs on the CT General Assembly

CT Human Services Infrastructure Initiative

Summary information and related documents about CT's integrated service delivery model, the Human Services Infrastructure.

Key Facts about CT CAAs

Child Poverty Council Reports -- Jan. 2005 Final Plan and the Jan. 2006 Report to the Legislature.

CAFCA Resource Center

Important Links

CT Anti-Poverty Resource Center

CAFCA has created the Connecticut Poverty Resource Center to provide demographic data, policy analysis, and program information for any interested people or groups. [Click here for reports, data, publications, & helpful websites]

Measuring the Results!

The CT FACS Intake System, Outcomes, Reports

The CT Results-Oriented Management and Accountability System, related information and report formats.

Technical Resources for CAA Staff regarding CT FACS, client tracking software and related issues are available.

CT CAPs, CAFCA Newsletter

The latest issue of CT CAPs Newsletter is available on-line. [Click here to view our most recent issue (Adobe Acrobat format). Click here for previous issues.]

Community Action Partnership (the National association of Community Action Agencies) www.communityactionpartnership.com

National Community Action Foundation plays a valuable role regarding federal legislation affecting Community Action. www.ncaf.org They also host a Community Action blog

"The intent of the Community Action Blog is for it to become a place for discussion of legislative 
proposals, political issues and other current events affecting Community Action programs and poverty 
in America.”  Bradley said NCAF also plans to invite special guests, legislators and scholars to 
contribute to the online discussions.

Center for Community Futures helps you expand your capacity to accomplish what 
you could not accomplish before. http://www.cencomfut.com/ Jim Master's web site has very interesting
research and links to resources for Head Start agencies and CAAs.

Community Action Partnership (the National Association for State Community Services 
Programs) http://www.nascsp.org/

National Head Start Association www.nhsa.org

Virtual CAP contains valuable information on best practices and innovative poverty-reduction programs operated by CAAs nationwide. www.VirtualCAP.org

For additional helpful links to online resources, please visit the CT Anti-Poverty Resource Center.

CAFCA & Community Action: "Partnerships that work. Results that matter."