The ACF Office of Community Services is offering the CSBG Training and Technical Assistance Grant for an Organizational Standards Center of Excellence.

To facilitate input from CSBG-eligible entities, State CSBG Lead Agencies, the RPIC grantees, State Associations of eligible entities, and?national CSBG technical assistance organizations regarding existing organizational standards being utilized to assess organizational capacity and performance in the CSBG Network;
To create a set of core national standards for organizational performance that will ensure that CSBG-eligible entities have the organizational capacity to effectively address the needs of low-income people and communities;
To utilize core organizational standards to develop curricula, training materials, tools for organizational self-assessment, and tools for State assessment that will? ensure that all CSBG-eligible entities can be assessed according to consistent performance standards;
To develop a strategy to partner and collaborate with CSBG T/TA RPIs, the Results Oriented Management and Accountability (ROMA) Next Generation Center of Excellence (COE), and other relevant CSBG stakeholder organizations, and to support performance standards they administer throughout the CSBG Network;
To participate in the web-based CSBG T/TA Resource Center in which State CSBG Lead Agencies, State Associations, and CSBG-eligible entities have access to a web-based shared calendar, T/TA Request System, Consultant Bank, Discussion Forums, and several additional features.

It is expected that the CSBG T/TA Organizational Standards COE will participate in a CSBG Network-wide approach in partnership with OCS; the?established national CSBG TA centers focused on performance management, risk mitigation and quality improvement, and legal compliance; the Fiscal Year (FY)?2012?CSBG T/TA RPIs?(Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2012-ACF-OCS-EQ-0293);?and the new FY 2012 ROMA Next Generation COE (FON: HHS-2012-ACF-OCS-ET-0301), funded under a separate announcement.? The Organizational Standards COE will collaborate with RPIs and the ROMA Next Generation COE?to gain input from CSBG-eligible entities and to disseminate the training materials developed under this announcement.