June 2025

Virginia CSBG Matching Funds Guide New!

Community Action Agencies require the additional resource of matching funds to operate. These funds help your grant money go farther and show you are committed to your project. This guide will explain the different types of matching funds and how to show your proof of match. Information featured in this resource includes:

Amount of Matching Funds to Show
Match Examples
Breakdown of Cash and In-Kind Criteria and Resources

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Upcoming Training and Events

Deep Dive into Foundations of Self-Care (1-2pm, June 18) - This webinar is designed to provide community action staff with practical self-care techniques to enhance well-being, resilience, and effectiveness in their roles. In this deep dive, there will be an interactive space to discuss role-specific self-care challenges and opportunities, explore real-life application strategies tailored to your work, collaborate with peers, and engage in a Q&A session. Register

4th Quarter Reporting Refresher (11-11:45am, June 24) - This webinar will review the components of the CSBG 4th Quarter Report. We will touch on common mistakes that are made and how to fix those issues prior to submitting the report. Register

Building Strong Futures: Parent and Child Outcomes for Economic Success in the Whole Family Approach (2-3pm, June 25) - This webinar explores how intentional, well-designed services for both parents and children can drive lasting economic success and break the cycle of poverty. Grounded in the Whole Family Approach, this session highlights how Community Action Agencies are implementing innovative strategies that meet families where they are—and move them forward. Register

Innovative Solutions for Community Action Agencies (10-11am, June 27) - Region 3 and Wipfli present this engaging session designed to help you discover practical strategies and expert insights for your organization to stay resilient, adapt to change, and create lasting impact in your community. This webinar will spotlight Wipfli's Prime Growth System, a proven framework designed to help organizations align strategy, operations, and talent for sustainable impact. Register

Making the Value Case for Health-Related Social Supports (2-3pm, June 26, July 10, August 7) - The Community Care Innovation Collaborative presents this webinar series to help you find and form strong partnerships by learning tailored strategies for making the value case for health-related social supports. Register

NCAP Data Hub: Deep Dive into the NCAP Data Hub Community Assessment Tool (2-3pm, July 22) - In this webinar, attendees will learn to build secondary data reports for custom locations in the NCAP Data Hub’s Needs Assessment tool. Perfect for both beginners and those familiar with the tool, this webinar will teach attendees to create custom report locations, identify data release dates and update schedules, and customize report results. Register

Previously-Recorded Training

Weatherization 101 - This webinar presented by VACAP details how the weatherization program works, how to refer clients and more. Also included is an update from Virginia Energy on the rollout of their One Stop Shop (OSS) initiative. Watch Now Passcode: Br%1g9!?

A Guide to Empathy at Work - In this session, we’ll take an in-depth look at how we define empathy. We’ll unpack how empathy differs from sympathy, the characteristics of empathy, and the three types of empathy you can experience. Watch Now

The Everything ROMA Podcast - Season 1 of our podcast series has wrapped and all episodes are available on demand now! These short, bite-sized episodes reveal ways to enhance processes, apply ROMA principles, and cultivate a culture of performance management essential to your mission of serving communities. Listen Now

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

Additional Agency Resources

For more resources, visit https://vacsbg.learnworlds.com. Select the Resources Tab and choose from a wide range of subjects including Program Resources, Executive Director Resources, Board Resources, Fiscal Resources, and more! Do you have a great resource you'd like to share? Send an email to gail.doyle@dss.virginia.gov and we'll get the word out!

NCAP's New Whole Family Approach Digest Newsletter is launching in July. The new quarterly resource will highlight tools and resources curated by NCAP's Whole Family Approach team and will feature a selection of resources, toolkits, case studies, webinars, funding opportunities, and other resources. Subscribe

NCAP's Whole Family Approach Design Brief is a new series of resources which will spotlight several agencies from the Regional Advanced Community of Practice. These briefs will serve as a valuable resource for organizations looking to design and implement a Whole Family Approach.

Community Economic Development Grants are administered annually by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Community Services (OCS) to create jobs, spark business growth, and drive economic transformation in communities facing persistent poverty and high unemployment. Jobs created with CED funds provide living wages, paid leave, fringe benefits, and opportunities for career growth. In addition, employees are also connected to critical support services to remove barriers to long-term employment and economic mobility.

Virginia Rural Opportunity Dashboard is a new resource which features statistics from several data reports, all in one place. The dashboard is a convenient way to pull data from many different sources when working on grant submissions and developing CAP plans. A key element of the dashboard is the Rural Resource Index, a searchable tool for identifying funding opportunities at the local, state, and federal levels.

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