Transcript West Virginia

CSBG State Office &
State CAA Association
Roundtable
West Virginia
HANCOCK
CSBG
BROOK
Services Area Map
16 Community Action Agencies
OHIO
MARSHALL
WETZEL
TYLER
PENNSYLVANIA
MONONGALIA
MARYLAND
MORGAN
MARION
BERKELEY
PRESTON
MINERAL
PLEASANTS
TAYLOR
HARRISON
RITCHIE DODDRIDGE
BARBOUR
WOOD
WIRT
MASON
UPSHUR
ROANE
HARDY
Central WV Community Action Association, Inc.
WEBSTER
KANAWHA
CLAY
CHANGE, Inc.
Coalfield Community Action Partnership, Inc.
NICHOLAS
POCAHONTAS
Community Action of Southeastern West Virginia
Community Resources, Inc.
LINCOLN
Council of the Southern Mountains, Inc.
BOONE
Eastern WV Community Action Agency, Inc.
FAYETTE
GREENBIRER
MINGO
JEFFERSON
PENDLETON
PUTNAM
WAYNE
HAMPSHIRE
RANDOLPH
BRAXTON
CABELL
TUCKER
LEWIS
GILMER
CALHOUN
JACKSON
GRANT
EnAct, Inc.
Mountain CAP of West Virginia, Inc.
LOGAN
MountainHeart Community Services, Inc.
RALEIGH
Nicholas Community Action Partnership, Inc.
WYOMING
North Central WV Community Action Association, Inc.
SUMMERS
MONROE
PRIDE Community Services, Inc.
Raleigh County Community Action Association, Inc.
MCDOWELL
MERCER
Southwestern Community Action Council, Inc.
Telamon Corporation
Financial Support
Strengths
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General Support
Training Opportunities
Pathways to Excellence
Annual Conference
ROMA Efforts
Challenges
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Maintaining the level of
support as funds are cut.
Memorandum of Understanding
Strengths
• MOU was established
collaboratively
• Sets goals for our
continued collaboration
• Helps establish a proper
working relationship
Challenges
• Updating the MOU and
keeping it current
• Staying focused on the
goals that have been set
Communication
Strengths
– Monthly Association
Meetings
– State Program Policy
& Guidance
Challenges
– Maintaining
communication when
work gets busy
Statewide Data System
Strengths
– 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
Challenges
– Implementing reporting
changes such as new NPIs
for IS Report
– Teaching the importance
of data quality
Statewide Community Assessment
Strengths
– State office and Association
developed a core survey for
agencies to use
Challenges
– 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
Organizational Standards
Strengths
– 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.
Challenges
– To us, the challenge will be
determining the consequences
for not meeting a standard
rather than how to evaluate.