The NC Office of Economic Recovery and Investment (OERI) has established a Housing and Homelessness Prevention Work Group. One purpose of this Work Group is to facilitate the new American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Homelessness Prevention Program (HPRP). A Question and Answer conference call related to this will be held at 10:00 A.M., Monday, June 22. View the preliminary application package for more information.
The 2009 Spring Conference was held May 20 - 22, 2009 in Wilmington, NC at the Wilmington Hilton. Some presentations are available for download.
Handouts from the 2008 NCCDA Fall Conference held in Raleigh, NC are available for download.
For conference registration and membership information:
Debora Steenson, Blue Star Services Management Consultant
NCCDA
C/O Blue Star Services
1829 East Franklin Street, Suite 600
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
The North Carolina Community Development Association was formed in 1979 to provide a unified voice for community development officials across the state.
The goal of the Association is to provide:
- Recommendations to federal and state agencies regarding policy and/or program guidelines; and
- A forum for the exchange of information and experience among agencies concerned in all areas of Community Development.
We encourage all community development professionals from across the state to join us as we collectively revitalize and develop safe, decent, and affordable neighborhoods in our local communities.
President's Message
March 2009Staying Focused on Organization Goals while Managing Transition
Since April of 2008, your Board of Directors has continued to stay focused on moving forward with each of the New Directions strategy and goals as identified at the 2008 Board Retreat, while managing the transition from a North Carolina League Affiliate to a Self-Supporting Organization.
Over the past year we have achieved many goals and managed the following challenges:
During these economically challenging times, the President, Vice President and Secretary/Treasurer continue to oversee the organization's finances and manage the organization's revenues and expenses. The 2007-08 annual audit has been completed with no financial concerns.
Under the leadership of Tara Fikes, the Transition Committee has been working to identify an organization management firm to support NCCDA with the services that have been provided by North Carolina League of Municipalities. These include:
- Membership role management
- Event planning
- Finance management
As another element of the transition, the President and Vice President have visited NCLM offices to inventory the NCCDA files, supplies and equipment.
The Membership/Nominating Committee continues to develop a foundation to build the organization's membership.
- The team has researched past years membership lists to identify lapsed memberships which may have been due to any variety of changes in address, staffing, reorganization, etc. The committee will be sending these local governments and agencies information on the benefits of NCCDA membership.
- Additionally, the team is identifying opportunities to expand membership.
The Communications and Marketing Committee
- Sandra Anderson continues to keep the web site current on Board activities and newsworthy updates.
- NCCDA's 30th Anniversary information will be jointly unveiled on the web site and at the Spring Conference.
The Training and Conference Committee
- The Spring Conference is scheduled for May 20 - 22 in Wilmington and the team is developing another strong Conference which will provide attendees with timely stimulus funding opportunities, grant management updates related to compliance items such as relocation and Davis-Bacon, labor standards plus many more relevant sessions.
As always, your Board continues to be excited and motivated to provide the membership with training, networking, and advocacy support.
Karen Kiehna
President, NCCDA
We also would like to thank our Spring 2009 conference sponsors:
