2004 Kentucky Community Action Association Report: Fitting the Pieces Together
The Kentucky Association for Community Action consists of 23 local Community Action Agencies. The overwhelming majority of Kentucky’s Community Action Agencies are private non-profit organizations. The Kentucky Association for Community Action, Inc. is a 501(C) 3, not-for-profit corporation domiciled in and registered with the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

An Overview of the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) in Texas 2001-2003 
"During the past decade (1993-2003), 3,750,809 persons received CSBG supported services through the Texas Community Action Network. Millions more were assisted with non-CSBG supported services provided by the Texas Community Action Network."

Best Practices in Ohio Community Action
This site identifies outstanding programs and services that have been recognized through a Best Practice Awards program.

Connecticut Community Action: Getting Results
The 2004 CT CAA Profile of Services and Outcomes documents the positive impact that CAAs have in our state and local communities, including ROI data and a profile of each CT CAA.

Connecticut's CT FACS
Connecticut's outcome measurement and reporting system.

Connecticut's Statewide CAA Customer Assessment System
The webpage includes the following: Connecticut CAA Universal Intake for All Programs; Connecticut CAA Pre-Assessment; Connecticut CAA Full Assessment and Outcome Scale Matrix

Connecting Program Outcome Measurement to Community Impact
More than 450 United Ways have implemented program outcome measurement because of the important benefits it provides to them and the agencies they fund. They have encouraged agencies to use the learning from program outcome measurement to increase program effectiveness and communicate value to stakeholders.

Financial Education and Asset Building Programs for Welfare Recipients and Low Income Workers: The Illinois Experience
"...participants learned money management skills, accessed important work supports, and built savings through regular bank accounts and through restricted, matched savings accounts called Individual Development Accounts, or IDAs. IDA graduates saved enough to buy or repair a home or car, start a business, or pursue postsecondary education or training." 

Florida Community Loan Fund
The Loan Fund believes in making a "social impact" difference in every low-income community in which it lends. To ensure that we do, every loan application is evaluated not only for its financial soundness, but also for the social impact of the potential investment. This means that the Loan Fund aims to work with nonprofit organizations to finance projects that make a measurable difference in improving housing, creating economic opportunity and serving the human needs of low-income families and their communities. 

Help Minnesota Save Financial Literacy Website
This site, sponsored by the Minnesota Community Action Association (MCAA), is a clearinghouse for financial literacy information and resources to support front-line case managers and coaches working with low-income people on economic empowerment.

Iowa's Community Action Association Best Practices
This site contains information on several best practices in Iowa.

Mid-Iowa Community Action, Inc.
Mid-Iowa Community Action, Inc. (MICA) is a private, non-profit organization serving children and families in central Iowa. Its roots stretching from the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, the MICA of today is the product of over thirty years of innovation and creative response to the ever-evolving needs of families. 

Mississippi Results Oriented Management and Accountability
Welcome to the official MS ROMA (Results Oriented Management and Accountability) web site for the State of Mississippi. The family of Mississippi Community Action Agencies (CAA) is pleased to announce that they have integrated the latest web technology to help serve families in our state. Under the direction of Mississippi Department of Human Services / Division of Community Services Director Sollie Norwood, a task force of CAA staff, has developed a complete ROMA based system. This system includes an array of case management tools that are compliant with new Federal ROMA guidelines.

Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies' Best Practices
This page puts the spotlight on previous Best Practice Award winners and tells you what's going on in Ohio's Best Practices program.

The Texas CSBG Office's Outline for Creating a CSBG Community Action Plan
This document is a detailed outline of how CAAs should go about creating a CSBG Community Action Plan.

Urban Institute's Low-Income Working Families: Facts and Figures 
The vast majority of low-income parents today are working but still struggling to make ends meet: struggling to find and keep a toehold in a changing labor market, to keep up with their bills, to pay the spiraling costs of essentials like health care and housing, and to raise children with a chance of future success. These families have much in common with other American families as they seek to balance work and family life, yet parents and children in low-income families are more financially vulnerable than those in higher-income families.

Using the online AmeriCorps Recruitment and Placement System (AC*RPS) to market to new members and access applications 
The AmeriCorps Recruitment and Placement System (AC*RPS) is a handy marketing tool for busy program directors -- a place to highlight the essence of a program and to search for applicants. This effective practice shares tips for writing the two-line listing and for using the online system. Jason Scott, Associate Training Officer for the Corporation for National and Community Service, submitted this effective practice in January 2005. 

White Paper on Poverty in Northern Kentucky
Because we live in an era of unprecedented change, the need to anticipate and prepare for what lies ahead has become central to the work and mission of the Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission, Inc. Increasingly, knowledge and information are the tools that enable policymakers in every arena to glimpse the shape of things to come, seize opportunities as they arise and avoid costly mistakes. To bring a future-oriented perspective to decision making NKCAC convened the “Poverty Project” with the charge to develop a Poverty Blueprint White Paper on the Impact of Public Policies that impact the social cost of poverty in the Northern Kentucky. 

Why Social Security Matters to Children and Families: What Every Policymaker Should Know 
Over 5 million children benefit from Social Security—as dependents of workers who have died or become disabled, or as family members in households where an adult relies on Social Security. The program provides more benefits to children than any other social program.

Workforce Investment Act gateway
The U.S. Department of Labor's "gateway to information on the Workforce Investment Act".

Working Hard, Falling Short: America’s Working Families and the Pursuit of Economic Security
"However, more than one out of four American working families now earn wages so low that they have difficulty surviving financially. These are families with responsible, hard-working breadwinners who want to get ahead but hold down low paying jobs with inadequate benefits and little hope for advancement. Many lack the skills and education they need to move into jobs that pay better, even while the economy demands more highly trained employees. And while our economy relies on the service jobs these low-paid workers fill – such as cashiers, janitors, security guards and home health aides – our society has not taken adequate steps to ensure that these workers can make ends meet and build a future for their families, no matter how determined they are to be self-sufficient."