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Here are some NYSCAA News and Updates that you may find of interest.
NYSCAA Events and Updates
Poverty Symposium. The Poverty Symposium is quickly approaching and we send a thank you to the many of you who have already registered. You may register on line at http://hq.nyscaaonline.org/priweb/events.aspx. The keynoter will be NYC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, Linda I. Gibbs who oversaw the City’s Commission on Economic Opportunity. DYCD Commissioner Jeanne Mulgrav, Evelyn Harris, and many other folks will be joining us as presenters and panelists. We hope you can, too. The formal brochure should arrive on your desks this coming week.
June Annual Conference and Awards Celebration. Save the dates of June 11-13 to gather in
Executive Director e-List. There is a new easy way to communicate with your CAA Executive Director colleagues in
Upcoming Committee Meeting/Conference Calls
Audit and Finance Committee Conference Call-Monday 2/12 at 9:30
Public Policy Committee Conference Call-Tuesday, 2/13 at 9:00
Membership Development Committee Meeting-NYSWDA Training Facility in
Economic Development-Monday 2/12 at 11:00
Child Care (beyond Head Start/Early Head Start)-Monday 2/12 at 2:00
Other Community Action Events
NCAF conference. March 7-9 is the Annual NCAF Conference in
NASCSP 2007 Mid-Winter Training Conference |
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CSBG and WAP Orientation Training February 12-13, 2007 2007 NASCSP Mid-Winter Training Conference - February 14-16, 2007 |
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Colleague Organization Advocacy Days
NYS Rural Advocates. NYS Rural Advocates is having their legislative conference on March 5 and 6. There will be a new DHCR Commissioner Deb VanAmerongen by then and HFA Director Priscilla Almodovar, and Paul Heroux from the Federal Home Loan bank will be talking about the directions in housing on the state and federal level. Please contact Nancy Berkowitz at nbek@frontiernet.net for info or registration.
Winning Beginnings. The Winning Beginning NY (WBNY) Coalition has set Wednesday, February 14, 2007 as this year’s Advocacy Day for Early Care and Education to be held at the
Reports of Interest
Budget Briefings. Fiscal Policy Institute held their annual budget briefings around the state this week. To review their presentation that contains several key slides that may be of specific interest around the regressive tax burden on low and moderate income families, poverty rates, and employment go to http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/publications2007/2007BriefingBookFeb7Corrected2.pdf. To see their write-up on the federal budget's impact on
GAO Report. The GAO recently released a report on the interconnectedness of health and poverty. Please find a copy of this report attached.
Auditing Standards. The January 2007 revision of the Government Auditing Standards (aka Yellow Book) was released February 1, 2007 by GAO (US Government Accountability Office). An advisory about the revisions and the Yellow Book are on-line at http://www.gao.gov/govaud/ybk01.htm
USDA Announces Priorities of 2007 Farm Bill Proposal. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns unveiled priorities of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) 2007 Farm Bill proposal. The government has proposed to spend around $10 billion less than the last Farm Bill adopted in 2002. In the nutrition area, the Food Stamp Program is set to be “modernized” and “simplified” in order to improve access to food assistance for the elderly and low-income people. USDA may change the program’s name to the Food and Nutrition Program but the basic benefits would be substantially unchanged. The proposal also would provide funding for grants targeting low-income areas to develop and test solutions for the problem of obesity.http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/news/ng.asp?n=73840&m=1FNU201&c=xqdjukrrlerzutg Also see http://tinyurl.com/2q4kn5 (USDA Transcript: “Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns Unveils Provisions of the 2007 Farm Bill”)
Poverty Growing in the Suburbs. As city dwellers move to the suburbs in search of a better life and improved access to food and other services, poverty follows them. In 2005, the number of poor people in the suburbs – over 12 million – surpassed the number of urban poor for the first time. To learn more, view the Brooking Institution’s report at: http://www.brook.edu/metro/pubs/20061205_citysuburban.htm.
Other Information
Prison Families of
Mileage Reimbursement Rate. Effective February 1, 2007, GSA (Government Services Administration) increased the privately owned automobile reimbursement rate to 48.5 cents per mile. I believe the IRS rate went up as of 1/1/07.
Thanks and have a great weekend!
Denise
Denise Harlow
Chief Executive Officer
(518) 690-0491, ext. 24
Fax: (518) 690-0498
www.nyscaaonline.org
A Member of the Community Action Partnership-Helping People. Changing Lives
Check out http://hq.nyscaaonline.org/priweb/events.aspx for infomation on upcoming NYSCAA events such as our Online Tech Day on January 31, 2007 and the