CAPLAW Publications

Have questions about your organization’s bylaws? Confused by Head Start regulations or preparing for an agency audit? Did you miss the 2010 CAPLAW National Training Conference? CAPLAW has publications for all your organization’s needs – order now and keep up-to-date on the issues that affect all Community Action Agencies!

 
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1. Order your publication online, click the Buy Now button

2. Fill out an order form and mail it to 178 Tremont st. 10th fl, Boston, MA 02111

     

        

NEW! Tools for Top-Notch CAAs: A Practical Approach to Governance and Financial Excellence

This six-section toolkit is intended to assist boards and management in their collaborative efforts to build well-governed and effective Community Action Agencies (CAAs).

                                  

" [I] love the Tools for Top Notch CAAs!  Very comprehensive, well written and laid out."

The toolkit includes case scenarios and examples to help you understand and apply the principles discussed. And, many of the sections provide sample documents that CAAs can use as a starting point for developing their own policies.

The toolkit addresses how to:

• Conduct and maintain minutes for board meetings;
• Build financial capacity through hiring of skilled financial staff and effective audits;
• Prepare organization-wide budgets;
• Get the most out of financial statements;
• Address conflicts of interest; and
• Draft and implement effective whistleblower policies.
  
  
  

Members: free of charge

Non-members: free of charge

 

                               

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Right on the Money: An Annotated Guide to the Federal Cost Principles for Nonprofit Grantees

Figuring out which costs can be charged to a grant and which cannot is often a very tricky, and critical, decision.  Thus, the idea for CAPLAW’s latest publication, Right on the Money: An Annotated Guide to the Federal Cost Principles for Nonprofit Grantees.  CAPLAW has published this annotated guide, which focuses on Circular A-122, now codified at 2 C.F.R. Part 230, to assist nonprofit grantees, and other entities, such as states, that are responsible for ensuring grantees’ compliance, to interpret and apply the Circular’s provisions. This 76-page guide collects and summarizes administrative decisions, court decisions, and audits that have interpreted various provisions of the Circular in an attempt to provide a factual context for the cost principles.  The guide is available in hard-copy or in handy electronic form. Order now!  

      

"Our organization recently purchased a copy of your book 'Right on the Money.' It is excellent! The book provides great insight into interpretations of the circular. This is very important to my job as I am a fiscal monitor for Community Action Programs in Iowa that have LIHEAP, DOE, and CSBG sub-grants."
    
 
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Publication Format	Members	Non Members
Electronic Copy	$35.00	$50.00
Electronic/Hard Combo	$45.00	$60.00

 

 

                              

                                    

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CAPLAW’s recently updated Bylaws Toolkit is just what you need to make your organization’s bylaws clear, effective, and up-to-date.  The toolkit outlines key concepts for your agency’s bylaws, such as the authority of the Board of Directors, petitions for board representation, replacement of directors due to vacancies, quorum and voting policies, officers, conflicts of interest, and more.  Updated information includes new sample language reflecting: the requirements of the 2007 Head Start Reauthorization, evolving governance best practices, and CAPLAW’s experience reviewing CAA bylaws over the last several years.  The toolkit is available in hard-copy or in handy electronic form. Order now!

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Publication Format	Members	Non Members
Electronic Copy	$35.00	$50.00
Electronic/Hard Combo	$45.00	$60.00

 

           
                                          

Conference materials binders are available for $100.  Please email us at caplawinfo@caplaw.org for more information.  

 

To enable CAAs across the country to access high-quality training while minimizing travel costs, CAPLAW has conducted a number of web and audio conferences on topics. View our library of archived web and audio conferences, many of which are free or available of purchase and include all associated presentation materials.

 
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Updated for 2005, this extensive outline, which describes and categorizes by subject hundreds of decisions relating to Head Start, is an essential tool for every Head Start program and attorneys dealing with Head Start issues. 

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Members - free of charge

Non-members - $50.00


  

We have designed an audit guide specifically for CAAs to reduce their legal risk and liability, thereby enhancing their ability to carry out their anti-poverty mission. Recently updated, the Audit tool, a notebook containing short summaries of the law and compliance checklists, covers five topics: Non-profit corporate requirements; employment law and personnel issues; Head Start; the Community Services Block Grant; and employee benefits.

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Members: free of charge

Non-members: $50.00