How Does Membership Work? | Application & Dues I Current Members
Every day, CAAs face situations that call for legal solutions and need access to legal knowledge and tools that will enable them to protect their agencies and maximize available resources for the poor. Community Action Program Legal Services, Inc. (CAPLAW) provides the legal solutions and knowledge CAAs and their state associations need. Through its in-house legal staff and nationwide network of attorneys, CAPLAW offers you and your members high quality legal advice and education specifically tailored to the needs of the Community Action network. CAPLAW complements, but does not replace, local CAA and CAA association attorneys; we advise and educate CAAs, CAA associations and their local attorneys on legal issues of national scope affecting CAAs and the Community Action network.
Quick and expert resolution of legal issues. Get immediate access
to consultations with CAPLAW staff attorneys on a wide variety of
legal issues, generally at no additional charge. Here’s a quick sample of
issues we have addressed recently:
• Rights, responsibilities, and composition of CAA Boards
• Lobbying and political activity rules, including the Hatch Act
• Treatment of employees and clients with disabilities
• Legal use of grant funds
Access to nationwide CAA Attorney Network. Get referrals to
attorneys from across the country with expertise in key issues affecting
CAAs, such as Head Start, employment law, and tax-exempt organizations,
generally with no additional charge for initial consultation. Here are some
issues attorneys in our network have addressed:
• Setting up a community foundation at the statewide level for CAAs
• Successfully addressing Head Start deficiency notices and implementing
corrective action plans.
• Using TANF funds to fund a local transportation system
Practical training at national conferences. Your agency will enjoy
reduced registration fees for CAPLAW’s annual conference and audio/web
conferences.
Current information on CAA legal issues. Your agency will stay
up-to-date by receiving CAPLAW’s Legal Update newsletter and periodic e-
bulletins, a series of brief e-mail reports from CAPLAW on current legal
developments affecting CAAs. We have recently written about issues such
as:
• Charitable deductions for vehicle donations
• Board governance and Sarbanes-Oxley issues
• Religious accommodation decisions
• Email communication in the workplace and the law
• Political activity rules
• Administrative agency decisions
• Head Start legal updates
• Tax-exempt organization updates
Members-only publications. You agency will get access to the
Members Only section of CAPLAW’s website, www.caplaw.org, which
contains the following publications:
• Outline of Head Start Decisions
• Access to past years’ conference handouts
• Archived Legal Update and e-Bulletin articles
Here’s why your association should consider joining CAPLAW:
Quick and expert resolution of legal issues. Get immediate access to consultations with CAPLAW staff attorneys on a wide variety of
legal issues, generally at no additional charge. Here’s a quick sample of
issues we have addressed recently:
• Rights, responsibilities, and composition of CAA Boards
• Lobbying and political activity rules, including the Hatch Act
• Treatment of employees and clients with disabilities
• Legal use of grant funds
Access to nationwide CAA Attorney Network. Get referrals to
attorneys from across the country with expertise in key issues affecting
CAAs, such as Head Start, employment law, and tax-exempt organizations,
generally with no additional charge for initial consultation. Here are some
issues attorneys in our network have addressed:
• Setting up a community foundation at the statewide level for CAAs
• Successfully addressing Head Start deficiency notices and implementing
corrective action plans.
• Using TANF funds to fund a local transportation system
Presentations at your state association conferences. CAPLAW will
present workshops at your state association conference tailored to your
members’ legal needs, with no additional training fee; charges only for travel
and lodging. Here’s a sample of trainings we have conducted:
• Lobbying Do’s and Don’t's
• Effective CAA Governance
• The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Community Action Agencies
• Employee Performance Appraisals
• CAPLAW Legal Liability Audit
• Head Start Facility Rules
Practical training at national conferences. Your association and its
members will enjoy reduced registration fees for CAPLAW’s annual
conference and audio/web conferences.
Current information on CAA legal issues. You and your members will
stay up-to-date by receiving CAPLAW’s Legal Update newsletter and
periodic e-bulletins, a series of brief e-mail reports from CAPLAW on current
legal developments affecting CAAs. We have recently written about issues
such as:
• Charitable deductions for vehicle donations
• Board governance and Sarbanes-Oxley issues
• Religious accommodation decisions
• Email communication in the workplace and the law
• Political activity rules
• Administrative agency decisions
• Head Start legal updates
• Tax-exempt organization updates
Reduced CAA legal liability. Help your CAA members reduce their legal
liability. We’ll distribute CAPLAW’s Legal Liability Audit Tool, with a supplement
created just for your state’s laws, to your members. The Audit tool addresses:
• Nonprofit corporate requirements
• Employment and personnel law
• Retirement and health plan requirements
• Head Start Act and regulations
• Community Services Block Grant Act
Members-only publications. You and your members will get access to the
Members Only section of CAPLAW’s website, www.caplaw.org, which
contains the following publications:
• Outline of Head Start Decisions
• Access to past years’ conference handouts
• Archived Legal Update and e-Bulletin articles
