by Allie Fiske | Jan 2026 | resources, rf-featured
Low-income individuals in the community have an important voice in the administration of poverty alleviating programs. The federal Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Act recognizes this and requires each Community Action Agency (CAA) to have a tripartite board of...
by Allie Fiske | Jan 2026 | resources
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act increased the threshold for reporting certain payments made by a CAA to non-employees under the tax code. Starting January 1, 2026, CAAs are only required to issue a Form 1099-NEC or Form 1099-MISC to a single payee if the total payments...
by Allie Fiske | Jan 2026 | resources
Familiar changes are likely coming to worker classification rules under federal wage and hour laws. With these changes, CAAs may find that more workers may be treated under the Fair Labor Standards Act as independent contractors instead of employees. However, CAAs are...
by Allie Fiske | Dec 2025 | members-resources
On November 19, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to rescind nearly the entire public charge rule that previously went into effect on December 23, 2022 (the “2022 Rule”) without a formal...
by Allie Fiske | Nov 2025 | resources
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the federal agency responsible for interpreting and enforcing the tax code, including the provisions related to tax-exempt status. To assist the public with understanding complicated tax laws, the IRS releases various written...
by Allie Fiske | Nov 2025 | resources
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the largest grant-making agency in the federal government. HHS’s Departmental Appeals Board (DAB) is responsible for providing dispute resolution services for HHS grants and programs. Grantees can appeal...
