Performance Management Peer Group Launch Meeting - (1pm, March 23) This virtual session will highlight the group’s new leadership, evolving focus, and its role as a space for peer support, best-practice sharing, and collaborative learning. Come hear what’s ahead and how the peer group can support your agency’s performance management efforts. Register

Introduction to ROMA (8:30am-12pm, March 31-April 2) - The Virginia network will host a virtual Introduction to ROMA facilitated by OEO’s Sr. Program Consultant, Angel Ampey. This training will cover essential ROMA concepts, including mission alignment, community needs assessments, outcome measurement, program evaluation, and ROMA logic models. Registration closes February 27. Space is limited so register today! Register

VACAP Regional Meetings (May 13 and May 19) - Join your fellow community action peers from across the state! Attend the date and location that works best for you and your agency. Agencies with weatherization programs are encouraged to attend the May 18th half-day Weatherization Leadership Pre-Conference Opportunity in Wytheville. Save the date(s)!

• Williamsburg (May 13)
• Wytheville (May 19)

Onboarding Webinars for Staff and Board Members (On Demand) - The Office of Economic Opportunity has created a new onboarding tool for our Community Action Agencies. This course contains several modules covering everything from the history of community action to an overview of how agencies serve communities today. Each module features a knowledge check and there is a certificate once completed.

Staff Onboarding

Private Board Onboarding

Public Board Onboarding

Annual Report 3.0 Transition Network Webinar (On Demand) - The first session in this series is focused on supporting agencies through the transition to the new CSBG requirements. This session offers an overview of Annual Report 3.0 and provides info on key changes from the current reporting framework and what to expect during the transition process. Available Now

Manage Risk with Intention This Year - Did external forces nudge your mission off course or push it onto a new path in 2025? Did risks you embraced or shunned propel you into unforeseen challenges? Were forecasts for the year slightly or substantially off course? This blogpost explores Randy Park's book The Prediction Trap. The author reminds us that “there are many twists and turns on the way from A to B and explores the reasons why and how to avoid the “trap of extrapolation.”

For a complete list of upcoming community action training and events, visit https://vacsbg.learnworlds.com/calendar.



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