The 2011 Statewide Community Needs Assessment Report looks at the Indiana Community Action Network comprehensively and evaluates how Community Action is meeting community needs statewide.  Individualized needs assessment brochures have also been created for each of the 23 CAAs in Indiana.

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The Center for Community Economic Development Assistance is a centralized national resource center for nonprofit organizations engaged in community economic development. Seven How To Manuals have been published in partnership with the Community Action Partnership National Office.

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Four keynote speakers have been announced for the 2012 Kansas Conference on Poverty.  Download an application today to be a Presenter, Sponsor, or Vendor.

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This project documented the tactics utilized by top performing Nevada agencies in the employment and green jobs sector. The purpose of documenting such tactics was so that the tactics may be implemented by other employment agencies and programs throughout the country.

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Minnesota’s Community Action Agencies are responding to budget cuts by developing new and innovative ways to assist the state’s burgeoning population of low-income people.  Eight agencies were recognized for those innovations at Minnesota Community Action Partnership’s eighth annual Best Practices Awards Event.  This Minnesota-based competition is a model for other states seeking to coordinate community-based anti-poverty efforts and university systems.

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