Resource Library
All of CAPLAW’s resources and publications are now available in CAPLAW’s new Resource Library. Use the search filters below to find the resource you need.
Featured Resources
Bridging Across Barriers: The Wonder State
At first glance, a state CSBG office and state association might seem like an odd couple. State CSBG offices administer CSBG funding and oversee and monitor CAAs in the state. State associations...
Building Blocks of Employee Compensation
Like many employers, CAAs are experiencing challenges retaining their existing staff and recruiting new employees in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. To help CAAs strategize for employee recruitment and retention in a post-pandemic world, CAPLAW has created this guide identifying some types of compensation they can offer, and the laws and regulations governing their salaries and benefits.
LIHWAP Primer for CAAs
The Low-Income Home Water Assistance Program, or LIHWAP, is a new emergency program administered by the Office of Community Services (OCS) that helps low-income households pay water and sewer bills to maintain access to drinking water and wastewater services. CAPLAW created this online guide to help the network navigate the program and better understand the role that CAAs may play in facilitating the funding.
CAPLAW Legal Updates
This archive of CAPLAW legal updates and e-News bulletins contains timely information on the legal and financial topics important to the Community Action network.
CAPLAW News Alerts
This archive of CAPLAW news alerts contains breaking news on the legal and financial topics important to the Community Action network.
CAPLAW Articles
This archive of CAPLAW articles features short resources and legal analysis on a variety of issues that impact the Community Action network. View CAPLAW’s articles organized by topic.
Uniform Guidance for New Leaders: Cost Principles
This webinar is Part 2 of the Uniform Guiding Light: Introducing New Leaders to the Uniform Administrative Requirements and Cost Principles for Federal Awards webinar series and addresses the Cost Principles of the Uniform Guidance. The two-part series covers the regulations governing the...
Head Start: Back to School
As the new program year begins and COVID-19 recovery efforts continue, Head Start and Early Head Start agencies face new challenges and opportunities. This webinar will help set you up for a successful program year, as we discuss recent Federal policy guidance and what it means for your agency. We...
Uniform Guidance for New Leaders: Administrative Rules
This webinar is Part 1 of the Uniform Guiding Light: Introducing New Leaders to the Uniform Administrative Requirements and Cost Principles for Federal Awards webinar series and addresses the Administrative Requirements of the Uniform Guidance. The two-part series covers the regulations governing...
Conversations on Democratic Selection in a Pandemic
This webinar features two of the CAAs recently profiled in Preserving the Low-Income Voice: Snapshots of Democratic Selection Procedures in a Pandemic, a look into creative and innovative democratic selection procedures adopted by CAAs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The democratically...
CARES Act Benefits for Nonprofit CAAs
The CARES Act which was signed into law on March 27, 2020, offers various forms of aid to nonprofit CAAs and state associations whose operations have been impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. This resource covers each of the benefits available to the Community Action network under the CARES Act, including a detailed analysis of what CAAs should consider with respect to these programs.
Reviewing and Negotiating Cloud Services Agreements
If your CAA wasn’t already using cloud-based services before the COVID-19 pandemic, chances are that has changed. But do you understand the terms governing your use of those services and the rights that the service provider has to the information your CAA stores in the cloud? Do your agreements...