community action agencies
Fiscal Resources
Cost Allocation/Indirect Cost Rates
- Cost Allocation & Indirect Cost - Presentation from WIPFLI on Cost Allocation and Indirect Cost
- FAQ Shared & Indirect Costs - CAPLAW FAQ on Recovering Shared and Indirect Costs
- Indirect Cost Guide - A Guide for Indirect Cost Determination from the US Department of Labor.
- Indirect Rate Building - Webinar Presentation: Building and Indirect Rate for Federal Gran Recipients from NGMA.
Federal Grant Management
- Budgeting & Dashboarding - Presentation on Agency-wide Budgeting and Dashboarding from WIPFLI.
- CAA Leaders' Legal Guide - CAPLAW and CAP's CAA Leaders' Legal Guide including information on Federal Grant Law, Management of Federal Grants, and more.
- Client Eligibility Q&A - CSBG questions and answers from CAPLAW.
- Common Mistakes in Financial Statements - WIPFLI Presentation: Common Mistakes in Financial Statements
- Cost Recovery Refresher - Presentation from NASCSP 2021 Winter Training Conference: Cost Recovery Refresher for CSBG And CAP Administrators.
- FASB Accounting Requirements - 2020 New FASB Accounting Requirements, Implication for CAA Managers from Kay Sohl Consulting.
- Federal Grant Law - Presentation from CAPLAW: Introduction to Legal Considerations for the WAP and CSBG Network.
- Financial Statements - CAPLAW FASB Tools, Section 4: Getting the Most Out of Your Financial Statements.
- Fiscal Risk Management - Presentation from WIPFLI: Fiscal Risk Management
- IM 37: Direct and Admin Costs - CSBG IM #37: Definition and Allowability of Direct and Administrative Cost Block Appropriation and Allocations (1997).
- Presenting Financials to the Board - WIPFLI Presentation: Presenting Financials to the Board.
- Program & Fiscal Together - Program and Fiscal Working Together, Presentation from WIPFLI
- Six Strategies for Efficient Audit Prep
Fundraising
- Fundraising Plan Example
- Board & Fundraising - Presentation
- Grassroots Fundraising - Presentation Grassroots Fundraising and Philanthropy in Diverse Communities.
- Major Gifts Presentation - Beyond the Annual Fund: Major Gifts for CAAs (2019)
- Reinvigorate Your Fundraising Program Presentation - From CAPLAW Virtual Training Conference 2021
- Reinvigorate Attachment 1 - Accompanying material for Reinvigorating Your Fundraising Program 1/2
- Reinvigorate Attachment 2 - Accompanying material for Reinvigorating your Fundraising Program 2/2
- Successful Fundraising Presentation - From CAPLAW Conference by Crooker Consulting: Successful Fundraising: Myths, Metrics and Magic!
Match-in-Kind
- Annual Operating Budget - CAPLAW Creating the Annual Operating Budget
Policies & Procedures
- Procurement Policy - From CAPLAW Webinar
- Procurement Problems
- RFP Decision Matrix
- Record Retention Policy
- Sample Procurement Policy - Sample Procurement Policy from CAPLAW
- Sample Procurement Procedures - From WIPFLI
TANF Funds
- Allowability of Costs - TANF Allowability of Costs Chart
- TANF Funding Guide - Helping Families Achieve Self-Sufficiency: A Guide on Funding Services for Children and Families through the TANF Program.
- TANF Manual 2019
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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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