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Board Newsletter Archive
- January 2026 (Private CAAs)
- January 2026 (Public CAAs)
- September 2025 (Private CAAs)
- September 2025 (Public CAAs)
- June 2025 (Private CAAs)
- June 2025 (Public CAAs)
- January 2025 (Private CAAs)
- January 2025 (Public CAAs)
- October 2024 (Private CAAs)
- October 2024 (Public CAAs)
Board Recruitment
- CAPLAW Board Composition - A chart to help track diversity of Board composition by CAPLAW.
- Recruitment Dos and Don'ts - Chief Executive Dos and Don'ts on Recruiting Nonprofit Board members.
- Member Agreements - The importance of and how to create a board member agreement, including some examples.
- Raising Low-Income Voice - CAPLAW's series of case studies addressing various ways CAAs are meeting the CSBG Act’s requirement that the low-income sector of the tripartite board be selected in accordance with “democratic selection procedures."
- Recruitment Infographic - BoardSource Infographic on Board Member Recruitment challenges and focuses.
- Recruitment Matrix - A chart to assist in planning the composition of your board to ensure diversity.
- Role of Race - Where is Race on your Board's Recruitment Agenda? From BoardSource.
- What Makes a Good Board Member - Key things to look for when recruiting board members.
Board Training
- CAA Board Training Slides
- Handout 1 - Who should serve on committees
- Handout 2 - Sample Board Committee Descriptions
- Handout 3 - Sample Program and Evaluation Committee Description
- Handout 4 - Sample Board Planning Calendar
- Handout 5 - Evaluating Board Candidates
- Handout 6 - Sample Board member commitment form
- Handout 7 - Board Assessment Tool
- Handout 8 - Board Self-Assessment
- Handout 9 - Organizational Standards
- Trusted 10 Worksheet
Development & Assessment
- All A-Aboard CAPLAW Board Training
- Bylaws Weatherproofing (from CAPLAW)
- CAPLAW Public Board Training
- Cultivating Inquiry - CAPLAW 2019 Presentation by Vernetta Walker, Governance: Cultivating a Culture of Inquiry in the Boardroom
- McKinsey & Company Nonprofit Board Self Assessment Tool
- Community Action Agency Board Self-Assessment
Requirements/Responsibilities
- ABCs of CAAs Bylaws - Presentation from 2021 CAPLAW Virtual Training Conference
- Board Governance Gold Standard - CAPLAW 2021 Virtual Training Conference presentation: Knowledge Nuggets to Make your Board the Gold Standard.
- Board Structure - NEO Law Group Presentation, from 2021 CAPLAW Virtual Training Conference: Structuring a High-Performance Board: Strategies for Board Committees.
- Burning Board Questions - CAPLAW 2019 Presentation, Asked & Answered: Your Burning Board Questions.
- Calendar of Board Actions - CAP's COE Developed CSBG Organizational Standards, Calendar of Board Actions.
- Equity in Board Leadership - CAPLAW 2021 Virtual Training Conference: CAP Presentation Centering Board Leadership and Engagement in Equity.
Who we are
The Virginia Community Action Partnership and the Virginia Office of Economic Opportunity works together to provide all Virginia Community Action Agencies with the training and technical assistance needed to be successful. We aim to provide training for all levels of staff at an agency and board members.
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Former STOP, Inc. Project Discovery alumnae Annette Booker was recognized by the Greater Austin Black Chamber of Commerce as one of Austin's "Hidden Figures!" Annette is a Process Integration Engineer at Samsung Austin Semiconductor. She is graduate of Oscar F. Smith High School in Chesapeake and received her undergraduate degree at Norfolk State University, and her graduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech.
Luna Powell, a recent graduate of Warwick High School, joined Project Discovery during her freshman year. Ms. Powell states “Project Discovery has changed me as a person and expanded my horizons. I am genuinely grateful to Project Discovery because, without it, I would have likely lack the essential knowledge about higher education and not be able to meet all the delightful people in the program. Project Discovery helped to become more extroverted and exposed me to new experiences that have led to who I am now”.