DOE Free Webinar

Register fo the DOE free webinar Everything you need to know about the modified Residential Weatherization Worker Wage Determinations on Thursday, February 18, 2010 from 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST or 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EST.

The webinar will provide you with information you need to understand the new Residential Weatherization Wage Determinations issued in December 2009. At the end of the presentation, there will be a period of question and answer. During the webinar, please email your questions to Greg Reamy at greg.reamy@ee.doe.gov.

Robert M. Coard Conference Scholarship

CAPLAW is pleased to offer the Robert M. Coard Conference Scholarship to two individuals in community action for the 2010 National Training Conference. The scholarship was created by the CAPLAW Board of Directors in honor of the late Robert Coard, founding president and board member of CAPLAW. For over 40 years, Mr. Coard was a leader in community action and advocate for low-income individuals everywhere.

Who is eligible for the scholarship?

An individual must meet the following requirements to be eligible for the scholarship:

• Nominated by the executive director of his/her organization
• Attending the CAPLAW National Training Conference for the first time
• Participated 3 or more years in community action or is current CAA board member
• Possesses professional responsibilities in compliance, governance human resources or finance, or other areas requiring legal or financial knowledge
• Represents and emerging leader in community action

What does the scholarship cover? Each scholarship covers the 2010 conference registration fee and $500 for travel and lodging expenses associated with the conference.

How do I apply for the scholarship? To apply for the Robert Coard Scholarship, please complete the scholarship application form accompanied by the additional required materials.Remember that scholarship applicants must be nominated by his or her organization. Submissions must be postmarked or submitted via e-mail by April 30, 2010.

Mail application and materials to:
CAPLAW
178 Tremont Street, 10th Floor
Boston MA 02111
Or, Email to:
Bernadette Hood at hood@caplaw.org

Become a CAPLAW conference Sponsor!

CAPLAW would like to invite your organization to become a sponsor of this year's National Training Conference!

Last year, over 500 conference attendees were exposed to our sponsors’ advertisements in the 2009 conference program and countless more to their logos on the CAPLAW website.

Learn more about the benefits of becoming a CAPLAW conference sponsor!

What does Citizens United Mean for Tax-Exempt Organizations?

Read a summary of the January 25, 2010 Citizens United call hosted by the Alliance for Justice. The call aimed to clarify the impact the Citizens United decision will have on your organization's planned electoral activities.

NEW! CAA Financial Management Conference Call

Join CAPLAW for a new series of facilitated 45-minute monthly conference calls focusing on current fiscal issues faced by CAAs. In each monthly call, CAPLAW financial consultant Kay Sohl will facilitate a discussion of a preannounced topic and participants will have an opportunity to ask questions, share insights, and suggest future conference call and training topics.


CAPLAW is launching the monthly conference calls in response to the fiscal management survey CAA managers completed last fall and to the fiscal roundtable discussion at our June 2009 conference Seattle. Learn more about Survey findings and discussion themes for fiscal officers.
The calls will supplement CAPLAW’s CAA Financial Network e-Forum as a resource for CAA fiscal staff and other CAA managers to share information, provide informal peer-to-peer assistance on financial issues and benefit from financial experts’ input.

View Upcoming Conference Call Topics!

About Kay Sohl
Kay Sohl is a nonprofit financial management consultant with Kay Sohl Consulting in Portland, OR. Ms. Sohl has provided training and consultation on financial management issues for over 4,000 nonprofit organizations. She co-founded and served as Executive Director of Technical Assistance for Community Services, the Northwest’s largest resource for nonprofit capacity building assistance. Ms. Sohl is co-author of the Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Handbook, adjunct faculty for the Institute of Nonprofit Management at Portland State University, and a frequent presenter for the American Institute of CPAs not-for-profit annual conferences in Washington D.C.

2010 National Training Conference Speakers and Topics

A current list of CAPLAW National Training Conference Speakers and Topics is now available on the CAPLAW website.  Check back often for additions and updates!

Topics Include:

• Risk Management
• Auditing Update
• Negotiation
• Entrepreneurial Ventures
• Human Resources
• Fiscal Sponsorship
• ARRA
• Contracts 101
• Head Start Update
• Governance Case Studies
• IT & Social Networking
• National Partner Resources
• Internal Controls
• Bylaws
• Managing Multiple Funding Streams
• OMB Circular A-122
• 501(c)(3) Update
• Grant Reporting after ARRA
• Employment Law Update
• Wage & Hour Law
• Davis-Bacon Act Compliance
• Public CAAs

Keynote Speaker:

Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director of Equal Justice Initiative has won national acclaim for his work challenging bias against the poor and people of color in the criminal justice system. Since graduating from Harvard Law School and the Harvard School of Government, he has assisted in securing relief for dozens of condemned prisoners, advocated for poor people and developed community-based reform litigation aimed at improving the administration of criminal justice. He also is on the law faculty at New York University School of Law.   View the current list of Conference Speakers!


*Conference topics and speakers are subject to change

2010 CAPLAW National Training Conference

2010 CAPLAW National Training Conference
information now available on the CAPLAW website!