Passage Home Facts
Community Action Facts & History
Regional & National Partners
Board Roles & Responsibilities
Organizational Standards for Boards
100
The Passage Home mission statement.
What is to "Empower individuals and families with opportunities for self-sufficiency."
100
There are approximately this many community action agencies across the US.
100
This partner represents the entire national network of community action agencies.
What is the national Community Action Partnership.
100
This is the number of staff the board is responsible for hiring.
What is one?
100
This document compiles local data and stakeholder surveys and must be completed at least once every 3 years.
What is the Community Needs Assessment?
200
This is what CSBG stands for.
What is the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG)?
200
President Lyndon B. Johnson created community action when he signed this into law.
What is the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964?
200
The co-founder and CEO of the National Community Action Foundation or NCAF.
Who is David Bradley? 
200
Community action agencies have a tripartite board structure. Name the 3 sectors represented.
What is public, private and low-income?
200
This board-approved document contains procedures for covering an emergency/unplanned, short-term absence as well as outlines the process for filling a permanent vacancy.
What is a succession plan?
300
This is the Passage Home vision statement.
What is to "Provide opportunities for a prosperous life for those experiencing poverty."
300
The Economic Opportunity Act was terminated and replaced with the Community Service Act of 1974. It was ultimately changed to this in 1981.
What is the Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) Act of 1981?
300
This organization represents the 8-state region (including NC) of community action agencies.
What is SEACAA? (Southeastern Association of Community Action Agencies)
300
This document governs your board and organizational operations and framework.
What are bylaws?
300
This is the frequency for the board to receive agency programmatic and financial reports.
What is at each regular board meeting?
400
This is the year Passage Home was established.
What is 1991?
400
In 2015, this was implemented across the national network, requiring all community actions agencies to be accountable and monitored on 58 measures.
What are Organizational Standards?
400
This organization strengthens legal and management capacity of community action agencies nationwide.
What is CAPLAW?
400
Name 3 of the primary responsibilities of a community action board.
What is fiscal oversight, what is fund development, what is hiring/evaluating the executive director, what is governance, what is advocacy, what is raising awareness, what is organizational oversight, strategic planning, partnership development.
400
Each year, this should be presented/approved by the board as an external assessment of the organization’s financial records and internal control systems.
What is the audit.
500
These are the names of Passage Home's multifamily housing sites.
What is Millbrook Villas, Franklin Woods, Hollenden, Jobs Journey and Coleman.
500
The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 created various anti-poverty initiatives not just community action. Name 3 of these initiatives or programs.
What are any 3 of the following:
Head Start, Job Corps, Vista, Neighborhood Youth Corps, and Adult Job Training, Foster Grandparents
500
NASCSP is a professional association whose members are state administrators of the Community Services Block Grant Program (CSBG) and the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). NASCSP stands for this.
What is the National Association for State Community Services Programs?
500
Name the 3 fiduciary responsibilities of nonprofit boards.
What the Duty of Care, Duty of Loyalty, Duty of Obedience?
500
These two policies should be reviewed and approved by the board at least every 5 years.
What are the personnel policy (also need attorney review); what is the procurement policy?