Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Program: Leadership Development Center of Excellence

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The Office of Community Services (OCS) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announces that competing applications will be accepted for a new grant to support a national CSBG Leadership Development Center of Excellence (LDCE). The LDCE will serve as a central gateway to high-quality and relevant leadership development T/TA activities, information, and resources, and develop a recommended approach for talent management within Community Action Agencies (CAAs) and other CSBG-eligible entities. The T/TA is intended to help these agencies prepare for transition into the next decade with the strongest talent available. This effort will focus on helping to ensure CAAs and other CSBG-eligible entities develop leadership with the broad range of skills (e.g., public administration, strategic planning, succession planning, financial management, human resource development, community relations, performance evaluation, and cultural competence) necessary for management of complex non-profit and public entities according to the high standards necessary for oversight of public funds. The core functions of the LDCE will be training and continuing education development and coordination, information collection and resource managment, and information dissemination. Other key responsibilities of the LDCE will be to develop a strategy to partner with and support leadership development programs conducted through State CAA Associations and regional consortia.

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