Regional Performance and Innovative Consortia(RPIC)

Georgia Community Action Association Annual ConferenceAuthor: Lorraine Daniels, Executive Director

The Georgia Community Action Association was awarded of $400,000 for the first 12 months of a 24 month project period that begins October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2014. The award is renewable on a non-competitive basis for an additional 12 months for a total request of 800,000. Project funding is contingent on available funding from the Office of Community Services(OCS).

Regional Performance and Innovative Consortium (RPIC) Region IV-A Award

RPIC Region IV-A: Lead State Functions

On September 30, 2012, the Georgia Community Action Association (GCAA) was awarded a grant from the Federal Office of Community Services (OCS) to establish the Region IV-A Regional Performance and Innovation Consortium (RPIC). GCAA in partnership with OCS under the terms of a Cooperative Agreement, will engage the Community Action networks in a well-defined region consisting of Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi through a signed Memorandum of Agreement with each these Associations. The project takes a regional approach to coordinating training, technical assistance, information dissemination; partnership development and capacity building among CAA partners and CSBG Eligible Entities.

Other Core Functions

Other core functions integrated into the project:• Risk Mitigation and Governance• Strategic Planning• Expanding the use of Organizational

Performance and Excellence standards• Promoting Exemplary Practices• Collaboration with OCS Centers of Excellence

Region IV-A RPIC Quality Performance

Advisory Team

State Associations

National Centers of Excellence

Local CSBG Eligible Entities

State CSBG Offices

A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY

Region IV-A RPIC Quality Performance

Advisory Team

National and Regional Partners:

OCS Regional LiaisonHHS/ACF/ Regional Head Start

SEACAARegion IV-B RPIC

State Association Executive Directors/

PresidentsGeorgiaAlabamaFlorida

Mississippi

State CSBG DirectorGeorgiaAlabamaFlorida

Mississippi

T&TA Partners:CAPLAW, NASCSP,CAP

State Colleges and Universities

National Centers of Excellence

PURPOSE

The Region IV-A Quality Performance Advisory Team consists of CAA network peers, experts and professionals who will be invited to interface with the RPIC Region 4-A to provide input to the planning and implementation of the 4 Project Objectives. The Team offers a variety of trainers, specialists consultants, academic advisors that can inform the work of the Consortium and help build an infrastructure for sustainability of ROMA 2.0; Evidence Informed Practice; Regional T&TA and Performance Standards among CSBG-Eligible Entities.

ASSURE REGIONAL PARTICIPATION ROMA NEXT GENERATION IMPLEMENTATION

ASSURE THAT CSBG-ELIGIBLE ENTITIES IN REGION IV-A ARE ABLE TO MEET HIGH-QUALITY PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL OPERATION

ASSURE THAT ALL CSBG-ELIGIBLE ENTITIES HAVE ACCESS TO UPDATED NATIONAL INFORMATION ON EVIDENCE INFORMED/BASED SERVICE APPROACHES

ASSURE THAT T&TA EFFORTS ARE COORDINATED IN AN EFFICIENT AND RESPONSIVE MANNER UTILIZING FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL CSBG ELIGIBLE-ENTITY RESOURCES

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

•Measurable: Pre/Post Readiness Assessment, Attendance Records, Planning Tools, Scales and Evaluations

•Achievable:Through Assoc/State Partnership; Nationnal COE

•Relevant: For producing evidence and scaling progress; verifying that CAA services actually improve conditions in low-income families and communities.

•Timely: For transitioning into the next phase of ROMA; utlizing historical knowledge; emerging leaders and Peer trainers that are field ready.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE #1

Assure Regional Participation ROMA Next

Generation Implementation

•Measurable: Organizational Monitoring and Assessment Tools, Scales; and Pathways to Excellence Self-study

•Achievable: By engaging State CSBG Offices, local entity Board and Executive Leadership; Issuing OCS Memorandum

•Relevant: Because of Investors demand for standards that validate local achievements, performance and results.

•Timely: The CAA Network now has sufficient knowledge and agiity to implement standards and to mitigate risk.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE #2Assure that CSBG-Eligible

Entities in Region IV-A are able to meet high-quality performance

standards for organizational operation

•Measurable: When projects include evidence in program assessment, planning and implememntation, monitoring and evaluation

•Achievable: Sharing knowledge, disseminating best practices and providing local training

•Relevant: Evidence informed practice can help answer the ROMA "so what" question and better tell the CAA story.

•Timely: More Social Program practice models are emerging, offering opportunities to better evaluate case management and community development efforts by CSBG Entities.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE #3 Assure that all CSBG-

eligible entities have access to updated national

information on evidence informed/based service

approaches

•Measurable: T&TA requests to COE, State Associations, CSBG T&TA Center and State CSBG Offices

•Achievable: Quality Performance Advisory Team sharing knowledge, materials, training events, exempliary /best practices

•Relevant; Scarce resources requires partnering for more cost effective and efficient service delivery.

•Timely: Demands for greater accountability is heightened during tough economic times when optimal performance is expected.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE #4Assure that T&TA efforts are coordinated in an efficient

and responsive manner utilizing Federal, State and local CSBG Eligible-Entity

Resources

AssessmentCommunity Needs and Resources;

Agency Data(Evidenced Informed)

PlanningUse Agency Mission Statement to

Identify results and strategies(Evidence Informed)

ImplementationServices and strategies produce

results(Evidence Informed)

Achievement of ResultsObserve and report progress

(Evidence Based)

EvaluationAnalyze data – Compare with

benchmarks (Evidence Based)

EXAMPLE: THE ROMA CYCLE

FamilyAgency

Community

*LEAD STATE GEORGIA

ALABAMA ASSOCIATIONRon Gilbert, Executive Director

Projects Director

FLORIDA ASSOCIATION Wilma McKay, Executive

Director

Grants and Training Coordinator

GEORGIA ASSOCIATIONLorraine Daniels, Executive

Director

Administrative Support

Training/ProjectCoordinator

MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATIONMayo Wilson, Executive Director

RPIC PROJECT DIRECTOR

RPICAdministrative Support

RPIC Office Manager

RPIC Communicaiton Information Officer

OCS RPIC GRANT

REGION IV-A CONSORTIUM ORGANIZATION CHART

Contact Information

Region IV-A ConsortiumLorraine Daniels Project Director

Phone: 404-361-4442Fax: 404-361-5959

Web Site: Georgiacaa.org