1. Organizational Standards

2. What are the Organizational Standards
A set of standards to be used as a performance management and accountability system for CSBG.
There are 58 Standards for Private CSBG Eligible Entities and 50 for public Eligible Entities
They are separated into 9 different categories
Established by IM 138
Consumer input and involvement
Community engagement
Community assessment
Orgaizational leadership
Board Governance
Strategic planning
Human resources management
Financial operations and oversight
Data and analysis

3. Why CSNOW
We will provide training and technical assistance around the organizational standards, to help agencies improve.
Our sole focus is on helping agencies meet more of the organizational standards, we are not monitoring you.

4. State Involvement
The state will have access to view the information submitted on our site
This is done prevent submitting paperwork multiple times, most information submitted for the organizational standards was previously submitted during the application process or at other times periodically through the year

5. How to access the assessment
Step 1: if you are a CSNOW Member logon to csnowyo.org
If you are not a CSNOW Member contact Joey at (307) to receive site access

6. How to access the assessment

7. How to access the assessment
Step 2: Go to Organizational Standards Assessment

8. How to access the assessment

9. How to access the assessment
Step 3: Select your agency

10. How to access the assessment

11. How to access the assessment
Step 4: Work on your assessment, upload documents, review feedback from CSNOW

12. How to access the assessment

13. Working on the Assessment
Frequency Tab: This is meant to be a tool for you to utilize and help you keep track of what standards you have update and what ones you still need to update in the future
When you are done making changes and updates go to the “submit” tab and submit it, if you do not do this none of your changes will be saved.

14. Working on the Assessment

15. Working on the Assessment
For each standard you will see 8 different areas:
On top is the standard and how often that standard needs to be updated
On the left hand side is the self-assessment portion you will find:
An area to mark whether you think you are meeting the standard or not
An area to leave comments and questions
A way to select the type of document you are submitting to meet that particular standard
A place to upload the document that shows you have met the standard
If a document has been uploaded a link to view the uploaded document
On the right hand side you will find:
CSNOWs Opinion on whether you have met the standard or not
CSNOWs comments and recommendations for improvement

16. Working on the Assessment
Standard and Update Frequency
CSNOW Assessment
Self-Assessment
Comments Questions etc.
CSNOW Comments and recommendations for improvement
What Type of document are you submitting?
Link to document previously submitted

17. Working on the Assessment
If you see documents already uploaded in your assessment, these are the documents you submitted last year
Make sure to review the documents you previously submitted and update as necessary

18. Working on the Assessment
When you are done making changes and updates go to the “submit” tab and submit it, if you do not do this none of your changes will be saved.

19. Working on the Assessment

20. Working on the Assessment
CSNOW has not left comments on all standards yet, just standards 1.1 – 1.3, check back regularly to see additional comments, recommendations and training for other standards

21. The End
Questions?
If you have problems accessing the information for feel the information you are seeing is wrong please contact Joey Samudio at (307) or by at