Contact: Jordan Coxe
Email: jcoxe@calcapa.org
Phone: 916-443-1721 Ext. 110
California Community Action Partnership Association Granted $400k RPIC Funding
For Immediate Release
SACRAMENTO – On October 18, 2023, the California Community Action Partnership Association (CalCAPA) was granted $400,000 through the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Training and Technical Assistance Program, Regional Performance and Innovation Consortia (RPIC) Capacity Building and Quality Improvement, by the Office of Community Services (OCS)– a division of the Administration of Children and Families (ACF).
Issued as a 3-year cooperative agreement, the purpose of Regional Performance and Innovation Consortia (RPIC) is to support ongoing state, regional, and national training and technical assistance (T/TA) strategies for collaboration, capacity-building, and exemplary practice in the CSBG program and among state Community Action Agency associations. Funding will be divided equitably amongst Region IX member state associations: Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada.
CalCAPA Executive Director, David Knight states, “RPIC funding is vital to both building state capacity as well as helping form a stronger, more efficient regional approach to training and technical assistance. We are thankful for the support of OCS in ensuring that we continue the great work of improving the lives of families and building communities.”
The Region IX Community Action Associations are seeing firsthand the urgent need to bring timely Training and Technical Assistance resources to their local Community Action Agencies that will inform further research and development of vital safety net programs, maximize and increase the scope of their impact in communities, and use data-informed practices to advocate for changes at local, state, and national levels.
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CalCAPA supports over 60 Community Action Agencies and CSBG Eligible Entities throughout California with the primary goal of strengthening communities by creating opportunities to overcome the causes and conditions of poverty. We strive to help low-income families reach self-sustainability by administering locally developed programs to meet the needs of each community. We also assist in ensuring federal and state funds are reaching citizens in the communities where they are intended. We have over 20,000 combined employees across California. Our 501 (C)3 non-profit organization was created nearly 60 years ago and administers over $1 billion in resources annually through programs including energy assistance, emergency services, food distribution, early childhood and adult education, financial literacy, job training, housing and homeless initiatives and more. For more information, go to www.CalCAPA.org.
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