September 2019 NCCAA Newsletter
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Hurricane Helper
to the Rescue
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"I wanted to be generous and live to give."
- 6-year-old Jermaine Bell
Those could very well be the words of a
future community action practitioner.
Hurricane Dorian created lots of panic and havoc as it made its way through the Carolina's - and rightly so, considering the damage left behind. However, invariably, in the mist of devastation and calamity, emerge stories that inspire us and bring out the very best in people - case in point, 6 year-old Jermaine Bell. Just in case you missed this heart- warming story, Jermaine stood on the side of the road holding two handcrafted signs to get the attention of people driving out of the city.
According to
CNN
, this little boy from South Carolina could have held out for a trip to the "happiest place on Earth" but instead decided to help Hurricane Dorian evacuees. Jermaine Bell used the money saved for a birthday trip to Disney World’s Animal Kingdom to buy hundreds of hot dogs, chips and water for people who were leaving their homes in anticipation of the storm, ABC affiliate
WJBF
reported. This little hurricane-helper served more than 100 evacuees in just one day.
Click on the picture to see the video about this amazing young man.
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HEALTHCARE
Community Action –
Stay Connected with NCCARE360
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Let’s get straight to the point. All NC Community Action agencies should be registered and active users of NCCARE360. Why?
- Because the it is the first and only statewide coordinated resource network.
- It is endorsed by the NC DHHS and is a major component of North Carolina’s current healthcare transformation efforts.
- Soon, health care and human service providers will use NCCARE360 to communicate client needs, make referrals, and track client outcomes.
- It includes a statewide resource directory to seamlessly make client referrals and track outcomes.
- It creates a streamlined process for connecting clients with services and resources. For example, pilot data indicates the platform’s success in meeting client needs more quickly by reducing the amount of time between intake and service provision.
NCCARE360 is currently fully launched in 15 counties, being introduced in 30 counties, and will be fully statewide by December, 2020.
Learn more about NCCARE360
here
and
here
. Stay engaged. Stay connected!
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JLHCA Head Start Staff Try to Survive
1 Month In Poverty
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NCCAA recently traveled to Dunn, NC to provide two back-to-back poverty simulations for the Head Start staff at Johnston-Lee-Harnett Community Action, Inc. The all-day experience proved to be a powerful one for all participants.
Staff from Johnston-Lee-Harnett Community Action also volunteered as service providers. The day proved to be insightful for all by highlighting many of the struggles faced by the families they serve. Both poverty simulations ended with insightful debriefing sessions. Head start staff serving children and families across all counties walked away with a charge to remember the poverty simulation experience as they work to build even more compassion and empathy, not only with their clients but also with each other.
Interested in bringing this incredible experience to your agency, contact
NCCAA
today!
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Health is more than a number on the scale, and in order to have good health it is imperative to live in a healthy environment that allows you to make healthy choices. For many people in this country this is a struggle, however, there are some organizations creating needed change.
These efforts of change have come in the form of an app, community development, wellness programs, disease prevention, environmental justice, policy changes, and created coalitions. Because of their success in these programs, some have been replicated in other communities.
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SEACAA
Preconference
Social Determinants
of Health
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Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Bridging the Gap Between Social Determinants of Health & Innovative Solutions
precedes the annual conference.
Keynote speake
r and award winning industry thought leader, Ellen Fink-
Samnick, will share her expertise on the social determinants of health. Roger McCann, Executive Director of Community Action Kentucky, will moderate a panel discussion highlighting the important role of community action when dealing with the social determinants of health.
This event is free for conference registrants, but a separate registration is required.
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Helping People, Changing Lives
"I am legally blind. If you have COPD and you have carpet, it's the worst thing for you because the carpet has so many allergens. They came out and did an assessment and as you can see, they pulled up the carpet and put me down this new floor. I can get around so much better in my wheel chair."
Story reported by Steve Herring, Goldsboro News-Argus, Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Chronic obstructive pulminary disease (COPD) is aggravated by the dust and allergens found in carpet. The Blue Cross/Blue Shield Healthy Homes Program is making a huge difference for people like Belinda and Sylvester White of Fremont. The Whites are quick to recommend the program, administered in their county by Patricia Beier, Executive Director for
WAGES
. Click
here
for more information about the Program and other locations across the state.
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
New Grounds
on the Shelf
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NEW Grounds coffee
has hit area store shelves and is now being
sold at Harmony Farms in Raleigh and the Chatham Marketplace in Pittsboro.
Click the button below
to learn more about how to gain unrestricted funding for your agency.
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Need a Boost?
Building Partnerships with Philanthropies:
Emerging Strategies for Rural Communities
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This brief from the Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis details their project to identify emerging strategies that can help rural communities build successful partnerships with philanthropies.
With a focus on identifying strategies for preparing to build partnerships with philanthropies, conducting outreach to philanthropies, and establishing and sustaining partnerships with philanthropies, this project culminated in the Rural Philanthropy Toolkit - a web-based toolkit that compiles emerging strategies and resources to support rural communities seeking to build relationships with philanthropies across the United States.
Click
here
to access the brief. Click
here
to access the toolkit.
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IMBALANCED
What Is
Racial Equity?
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“Racial equity is about applying justice and a little bit of common sense to a system that’s been out of balance. When a system is out of balance, people of color feel the impacts most acutely, but, to be clear, an imbalanced system makes all of us pay.”
~ CSI President Glenn Harris
Since 2011, the Center for Social Inclusion(CSI) has worked with social scientists to figure out the best strategies to talk about race in order to move a broad base of people to support racially equitable policy solutions. They train grassroots leaders, community-based organizations, advocacy and philanthropic organizations, and government to talk about race effectively in order to move a policy agenda that can create shared prosperity in our neighborhoods, states, and nation. Their aim is to unite community organizing and advocacy with cutting-edge social science research to create effective communications strategies for those working to make racial equity a reality.
CSI, employs four interlocking strategies to advance racial equity. Strategies are applied in different regions across the country, so that all people, particularly people of color, can achieve their greatest potential and fully participate in the creation and sustenance of thriving, inclusive, interconnected, and economically self-determined communities.
The interaction of these four strategies forms the heart of their theory of change.
Explore the four
strategies
using the links below.
Policy & Research
Working with community groups, government, and national organizations to develop policies that advance racial equity.
Talking About Race
Developing and sharing tools to talk about race and shift the dominant narrative.
Capacity Building
Building leadership capacity through multi-racial coalition building, convenings, leadership development, and trainings.
Institutional Change
Developing and implementing institutional change strategies to operationalize structural racial equity.
OPPORTUNITY
Maya Wiley Fellowship Program
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The excitement of watching soccer is special.... but now, thanks to new research led by the University of Leeds, it gets even better.
The recent study, due to be released soon, suggests watching your beloved soccer team romp home to victory has a positive impact on your health, with spectators experiencing physical stresses equivalent to going for a brisk 90-minute walk.
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FREEDOM FIGHTER
Toni Morrison
xxx- 2019
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ROMA
Check out
Know News!
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Click the links to check out the Summer Edition of the Association of Nationally Certified ROMA Trainers & Implementers (ANCRT) Know News Newsletter. Get the latest information for ROMA trainers and implementers and stay up to date with happenings around the network. Check out the June, July, August Summer Edition
here
.
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V
OCABULARY
WORD
OF THE DAY
Omnium-gatherum - plus, Is It 'Doctor's Appointment' or 'Doctor Appointment?
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noun
| ahm-nee-um-GA-thuh-rum
Definition
:
a miscellaneous collection (as of things or persons)
The doctor is in, but whose appointment is it?
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WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE
Fri 8/9/2019 5:10 AM
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WEBINAR SERIES
Upcoming CAP Webinar Wednesday Events
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Implementing Innovative Practices
Whole Family Approaches | Social Enterprise | Health Intersections
Integrated Services | Financial Empowerment l Racial Equity Community Level Work
- September 11th - Demystifying Data Analysis (Register) 2:00 pm EST
- September 18th - Building Credit for Your Renters: How to Report Rent Payments to National Credit Bureaus (Register) 2:00 pm EST
- October 16th - The Belly Button Rule of Good Process Management (Register) 2:00 pm EST
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YUMMY
Recipe of the Week:
Green Beans with Mushrooms
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Franklin County Farmer's Market newsletter
From growing your own produce to composting your kitchen scraps, we’ll take you through the finer points of putting your green thumb to good use. Go ahead, get your hands dirty.
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GOOD WORKS
https://mswonlineprograms.org/poverty-hunger/#anti
This is not a ranked list, but an acknowledgment of organizations that are doing good work, and a resource for social workers, or social work students, who want to make alleviating poverty and hunger a central mission in their career.
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Join NCCAA's poverty-fighting network now - or renew your membership!
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