Tara Perry, Chief Executive Officer Tara Perry, Chief Executive Officer
Continuing Resolution: FY 2016 appropriations completed by Dec. 11 Budget Deal passed with permanent $1.5B cut to Crime Victims Fund CJS appropriators given new allocations, deciding how to manage smaller CVF/offsets Negotiations on CJS line items for FY 2016 omnibus spending package (this week!) Multi-focused advocacy of House and Senate by National CASA, staff, network, Board, pro bono resources, allies and supporters Spending details released - ? Vote on FY 2016 spending by Dec. 11 (or later with new CR)
Cindy Bizzell, State Steering Committee Co-Chair John Wyble, Director of State Development
State Steering Committee - Fall Meeting, Atlanta o Highly Effective States o Public Policy – Priorities & Strategies to Engage the Network o Collaborative Fundraising o State Steering Committee for 2016
Paige Beard, Director of Program Development
Urban Leadership Council - Fall Meeting, Atlanta Identifying Urban Programs Redesign the Urban Initiative Bring the Urban Voice to NCASA’s Work on Developing a Network-wide Growth Process and Strategy
Sally Wilson Erny, Chief Program Officer
December 1-3 National CASA/States Meeting December 1 and until noon on December 2 Alliance Meeting – December 2, 1 p.m. through noon December 3 Las Vegas Embassy Suites Convention Center – room block rate good until November 12 Requests for partial scholarships due by end of day Tuesday, November 10
Open online at Four committees in the first phase of rollout: Annual Conference Legal/Advocacy Marketing/Communications Performance Measurement Deadline for applications – November 27
New members for the State Steering Committee for 2016 New affinity groups: Rural Leadership Council Suburban Leadership Council Tribal Leadership Council Process and timeline
Curriculum Development Committee meeting this week in Seattle Pilot of the new curriculum – first quarter, 2016 Roll-out of the new curriculum – second quarter, 2016
State Growth and Development Grants are underway State Resource and Local Program Grants in the review process – awards announced this week Mentoring Grant – Grants process will be announced by year’s end Send us your questions and inquiries at