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As in past years, the Friends of Michigan Community Action Political Action Committee will be holding both live and silent auctions. Silent auction items will be displayed throughout the conference and winners will be announced at Wednesday dinner. The live auction will be held after the graduation of this year's Leadership Development Institute cohort. If you would like more information or have items to donate for the auction email friendsofmcapac@gmail.com

Friends of Michigan Community Action PAC will also be holding a '52 Club' fundraising reception on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, from 5:00-6:00. See the included flyer for additional details.

The Office of Community Services (OCS) is committed to strengthening the T/TA that they provide and support to ensure it is timely, relevant, anticipatory of the CSBG network needs, and driven by the CSBG network. OCS seeks your input to help inform the future of CSBG training and technical assistance and invites the Community Action Network to complete an online Comprehensive Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Needs Assessment.

OCS will use this information to inform its T/TA Learning Agenda. It is critical that OCS hear from the entire Community Action Network including CSBG states, territories, Tribes and Tribal Organizations, state associations, and CSBG-eligible entities within the CSBG Network. All CSBG staff within the agency are encouraged to complete the survey to account for all T/TA needs — administrative, programmatic, and fiscal. The survey is open through 11:59 pm ET on Friday, July 8, 2022. Only fully completed surveys can be submitted.

If you have any questions, please contact CSBGStates@acf.hhs.gov.

This free session is being offered by Nonprofit Network and will be held virtually on July 12, 2022, from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EST).

This 3-hour overview aims to help you think critically about your role to comprehensively address poverty. Its emphasis will be on the lens of the Individual and will introduce the following content:

·        Key Points and Constructs of Bridges

·        Mental Models of Economic Class

·        Hidden Rules

·        Resources

Bridges Out of Poverty is a large framework, rich with resources and an amazing depth of content. It takes a great deal of time to fully cover all of that material through the Triple Lens approach. This is a condensed session that provides an overview of the Bridges most critical elements.

Register here

This webinar provided by NCAP, will be held on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 2:00 PM (EST).

Events like the COVID-19 pandemic provide sobering wake-up calls to Community Action leaders, who must inspire and lead their teams through periods of unnerving uncertainty. To better prepare for surviving unpredictable, unthinkable events or futures far from today’s reality, attend this workshop to learn about the art of scenario planning. Leave the workshop with a basic understanding of 4 different scenario planning techniques and inspiration to adapt one to use in your agency. Presented by Melanie Herman, Executive Director, Nonprofit Risk Management Center.

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Join this presentation about the 2022 Poverty Task Force report with Kim Trent, Deputy Director of Prosperity with the Dept. of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO). Trent, who leads the task force, will talk about how these next set of recommendations propose solutions designed to make struggling Michiganders wealthier and healthier. The presentation will be held virtually, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at 2:00 (EST).

Register here.