Thirteen Community Action Leaders 'Certify' Their Promise to Help Low-Income Families
Community Action Partnership:
WASHINGTON, DC - Thirteen individuals who are helping low-income families change their lives have become Certified Community Action Professionals (CCAPs).
The CCAP program, sponsored by the Washington, DC-based Community Action Partnership, is a national certification program for current and emerging leaders who fight poverty on the local level.
With poverty rates continuing to grow and the demand for services such as housing, Head Start, and emergency assistance increasing daily, Community Action leaders are faced with many challenges.
They must be able to respond appropriately to these challenges and help position their Community Action Agencies (CAAs) as preeminent community-builders.
The CCAP program assists with this process by significantly enhancing participants' capabilities to serve their low-income clients and create innovative programs specifically tailored to meet ever-changing community needs.
It draws on the knowledge and insight of more than one hundred local Community Action executive directors and senior-level staff who have contributed to a body of knowledge relevant to Community Action.
"Our CCAPs represented the very talented and dedicated individuals in our network who are drawn to Community Action because they want to make America a better place to live," said Karen K. Lueck, CCAP, Chair of the CCAP Commission at the Community Action Partnership.
"They have the skills and motivation necessary to successfully complete this rigorous process and are able to merge those skills with the new techniques they learn while making the journey toward becoming a CCAP."
