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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.
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Responding to Data Incidents
Responding to Data Incidents: A Step-By-Step Guide for CAAs You just learned that your Community Action Agency (CAA) experienced a data incident. What should you do next? With cybercrime...
Being Direct: Shared Cost Recovery through Direct Cost Allocation
When federally funded organizations incur shared costs that benefit multiple funding awards it can be difficult to determine how much to charge each award for those costs. Allowable methods of...
CAPLAW CSBG Training Module
This Introduction to CSBG training module is an interactive tool for Community Action Agencies to learn about the federal Community Services Block Grant Act. All Community Action Agencies receive Community Services Block Grant (or CSBG) funds…
Navigating Retirement Plan Fiduciary Rules and Plan Errors
In the second webinar of the Keeping Your Organization's Retirement Plan in Shape webinar series, a seasoned retirement plan attorney covers what your organization must do to fulfill the fiduciary responsibilities of a plan sponsor under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and the...
Ins and Outs of Retirement Plan Audits
In the first webinar of the Keeping Your Organization's Retirement Plan in Shape webinar series, learn from an experienced retirement plan auditor about which retirement plans are required to have audits, what auditors look at when conducting an audit, how to prepare for the efficient completion...
Case Study: Pace CAA’s Social Enterprises
How did a nonprofit Community Action Agency come to operate for-profit businesses? This case study examines how a nonprofit CAA leveraged its experience to establish social enterprises focused on helping individuals reach self-sufficiency, offering lessons in the common legal, governance, and...
The Power of a Public CAA Tripartite Board
This case study focuses on how the tripartite board of a public Community Action Agency (CAA) fulfills its responsibilities with respect to the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Organizational Standards (Standards) set forth in the federal Office of Community Services’ (OCS) Information...
Working with Attorneys
An attorney plays a key role in helping a CAA maintain accountability and avoid liability. By proactively working with an attorney to ensure that its organizational infrastructure is legally compliant and enforceable, a CAA may avoid costly litigation and the negative press and low employee morale...
Tips for Attorneys Reviewing CAA Bylaws
In this webinar, we examine the main issues for an attorney to consider when asked by a CAA to review and update its bylaws. We discuss laws specifically applicable to a CAA’s bylaws, such as the CSBG and Head Start board composition requirements, and what provisions the bylaws should contain to...
Taking Care of Business…and Working Overtime
The U.S. Department of Labor recently issued its long-anticipated “overtime rule,” which affects whether certain employees may be treated as exempt from the minimum wage and overtime pay requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The DOL estimates that the new overtime rule, which will...
Applying the ACA to Short-Term Employees
With summer approaching and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in full swing, CAAs may be faced with questions about how the ACA applies to summer or other temporary workers. This set of Frequently Asked Questions addresses the applicability of the ACA to employees who are not traditional year-round...
Working with CAA Personnel Policies
This webinar is intended to help attorneys better understand the legal issues unique to CAAs with respect to their personnel policies and practices. We discuss the human resources directives in the CSBG Organizational Standards and the new overtime rule recently released by the Department of...