2. Tara Perry, Chief Executive Officer Tara Perry, Chief Executive Officer

4. 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)

6. Cindy Bizzell, State Steering Committee Co-Chair John Wyble, Director of State Development

7.  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

9. Paige Beard, Director of Program Development

10.  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

12. Sally Wilson Erny, Chief Program Officer

13. 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

14. Open online at www.casaforchildren.org Four committees in the first phase of rollout: Annual Conference Legal/Advocacy Marketing/Communications Performance Measurement Deadline for applications – November 27

15. New members for the State Steering Committee for 2016 New affinity groups: Rural Leadership Council Suburban Leadership Council Tribal Leadership Council Process and timeline

16. 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

17. 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 GrantsPolicy@casaforchildren.org