2019-2020 CSBG Contract
All agencies should have received their 2019-2020 CSBG contract last week. These contracts along with Attachment C and Attachment D are to be signed and emailed back to your program consultant by the end of this week. Contracts will be processed and signed by our procurement office. Once contracts are signed they will be put on eVA for your agency to download and print. This should be by July 1st. We will notify you when the contract is available to download.
Whole Family/Two-Generation Pilot Project
The Virginia team attended the Garrett County 2Gen Act Site Visit on May 29-30th. Jim Schuyler, Matt Fitzgerald, and Angel Ampey participated in the 2-day event. Included were tours of various aspects of the Garrett County CAA approach, including Housing developments, Community and Economic Development initiatives, Workforce Development certification partnerships with Garrett College, Family Case Management/Coaching specialists, and Data Managers. The visit included an opportunity for Virginia to discuss our upcoming 2Gen/Whole Family Pilot Project, and receive feedback and insight on the pilot's further development. 
We will be including some of the things discussed there in our overview and conversation on the 2Gen/Whole Family Pilot in Virginia Beach next week. Currently, the RFP for a consultant to assist with the pilot has been extended, and will close on June 14th. Within about two weeks of that close, we will select a consultant and begin work on the RFA for the project in early July.
June VACAP Conference
The CSBG team is looking forward to seeing you at VACAP next week. Our office has been preparing for several sessions including the Fiscal Peer Group, The 2Gen Pilot Information Session and CSBG Roundtable. Violet has been working with the new leadership for the Fiscal Peer group and we are looking forward to the panel of Executive Directors, Fiscal Officers and Board members who will be sharing their expertise on processes and procedures they have in place. The new leadership team for the Fiscal Peer Group will also be introduced. Also, Matt will be hosting his roundtable where he will give updates from the CSBG Office including a recap of the Training and TA Survey the network recently completed. We hope you have safe travels and we will see you next week!
June and July At A Glance
  • June 10-13 - VACAP Conference, Virginia Beach
  • June 19-21 - CAPLAW Conference, Charlotte, NC
  • July 4-5 - State Offices Closed for 4th of July
Community Action VISTA Program
The CSBG office is excited to announce the agencies who will be receiving a VISTA for the 2019-2020 program year. The following agencies have been selected to receive a VISTA:
  • Eastern Shore Area Agency on Aging and Community Action Agency
  • Hampton Roads Community Action Program
  • Quin Rivers
  • SERCAP
  • STOP Inc.
  • VDSS - Office of Strategic Initiatives
  • VDSS - Community and Volunteer Services - Opioid Program

All of these agencies will be recruiting VISTA Members over the next several months. AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) members bring passion and perseverance where the need is greatest: to organizations that help eradicate poverty. AmeriCorps VISTA members serve as a catalyst for change, living and working alongside community members to meet our nation’s most pressing challenges and advance local solutions.

We are excited to have a new cohort of VISTA members joining us this fall. If you know someone interested in being a VISTA have them contact Abigail.hanks@dss.virginia.gov.
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