CSBG State Office & State CAA Association Roundtable West Virginia

CSBG Services Area Map 16 Community Action Agencies Central WV Community Action Association, Inc. Coalfield Community Action Partnership, Inc. Community Action of Southeastern West Virginia Community Resources, Inc. CHANGE, Inc. Council of the Southern Mountains, Inc. Eastern WV Community Action Agency, Inc. Mountain CAP of West Virginia, Inc. MountainHeart Community Services, Inc. Nicholas Community Action Partnership, Inc. North Central WV Community Action Association, Inc. Raleigh County Community Action Association, Inc. EnAct, Inc. PRIDE Community Services, Inc. Southwestern Community Action Council, Inc. HANCOCK BROOK OHIO MARSHALL WETZEL MONONGALIA TYLERMARION PRESTON PLEASANTS TAYLOR WOOD RITCHIE DODDRIDGE HARRISON LEWIS BARBOUR TUCKER WIRT ROANE CALHOUN GILMER JACKSON MASON RANDOLPH BRAXTON UPSHUR WEBSTER POCAHONTAS NICHOLAS GREENBIRER CLAY KANAWHA PUTNAM CABELL BOONEFAYETTE LINCOLN WAYNE RALEIGH MINGO LOGAN WYOMING MCDOWELL SUMMERS MONROE MERCER PENDLETON GRANT HARDY MINERAL HAMPSHIRE MORGAN BERKELEY JEFFERSON Telamon Corporation

Financial Support General Support Training Opportunities Pathways to Excellence Annual Conference ROMA Efforts Maintaining the level of support as funds are cut. Strengths Challenges

Memorandum of Understanding MOU was established collaboratively Sets goals for our continued collaboration Helps establish a proper working relationship Updating the MOU and keeping it current Staying focused on the goals that have been set Strengths Challenges

Communication – Monthly Association Meetings – State Program Policy & Guidance – Maintaining communication when work gets busy Strengths Challenges

Statewide Data System – WV mandates and uses a statewide data system – Universal intake for all agencies – All CA programs are reported, not just CSBG – Consistent reporting – Ability to unduplicate results and clients statewide – Assists in monitoring – No cost to CAAs – Implementing reporting changes such as new NPIs for IS Report – Teaching the importance of data quality Strengths Challenges

Statewide Community Assessment – State office and Association developed a core survey for agencies to use – More guidance needs to be developed – Survey needs updated – Helping agencies that don’t see the importance of the assessments and helping them improve their methods Strengths Challenges

Organizational Standards – 13/16 CAAs completed the Pathways to Excellence evaluation of the Standards of Excellence. – Most organizational standards have been expectations of the state office for several years. – To us, the challenge will be determining the consequences for not meeting a standard rather than how to evaluate. Strengths Challenges