TO:
Media Outlets
FROM:
Susan Wheatley, Executive Director
RE:
CCAP Designation
DATE:
September
20, 2009
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
A member of the Community
Action team recently became a Certified Community Action Professional.
Administrative Services
Director Thea Warren was recognized as a CCAP at the Community Action
Partnership annual meeting, held Sep. 1 – 4 in Philadelphia, PA. CCAP is a
peer recognition program developed after two years of extensive research and
field testing. The CCAP program draws on the knowledge and insight of over 100
local community action professionals who have contributed to a body of knowledge
related to Community Action Agency management.
CCAP honorees have to
complete three activities to be certified:
1.
Completion of a Candidate Data Form providing an accurate record of
Community Action experience.
2. Development
of an Executive Skills Portfolio as a sample of work, structured according to
certain guidelines.
3. Passing
a written exam based on the Community Action Body of Knowledge document.
Potential funders and
community leaders who see that an agency has a CCAPs on board will know that
person has achieved a high standard of excellence on issues pertinent to
Community Action Agencies, which can be beneficial in competing for public and
private grant funds.
Community Action Head Start
Director Phyllis Marmon became a CCAP last year.
Community Action’s mission is to alleviate the causes and conditions of poverty through the promotion of public policy that helps those in poverty move to greater self-reliance and by providing services and resources that meet basic needs, promote self-reliance and enhance the quality of life for individuals and families. END
Phyllis Marmon