1. CSBG ROMA NEXT GENERATION
OVERVIEW WEBINAR
MARCH 3, 2016

2. PRESENTERS
NASCSP Jenae Bjelland, Executive Director Office of Community Services Jeannie Chaffin, Director Association of Nationally Certified ROMA Trainers Barbara Mooney, Director

3. ROMA NEXT GENERATION
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

4. WEBINAR OBJECTIVES Understand what ROMA Next Generation is about
Learn what is needed from you during the initial feedback period

5. WEBINAR AGENDA
What Is ROMA Next Generation? Building on the ROMA Foundation ROMA NG: Why Now? Efforts to Date Next Phase: Feedback & Clearance Process Documents to Review and Comment On Webinar Series Schedule

6. ROMA NEXT GENERATION
WHAT IT IS

7. ROMA Next Generation
ROMA Next Generation focuses on integrating information on the people served, services and strategies provided, and outcomes achieved by eligible entities.

8. Outcomes, Strategies, Community
At the community level, ROMA Next Generation connects outcomes and strategies and facilitates analysis of these elements to improve impact in the communities in which CAAs are working.
Outcome Examples: Increased living wage jobs, new or expanded education resources, changed policies (See Proposed Community Level Performance Indicators).
Strategy Examples: Living Wage Campaigns, Child Care Quality Rating Initiatives, Infrastructure Planning Coalition (See Proposed Community Level Strategies).
Community Data: Housing Units, College Attendance Rate, Education Levels, etc. (See Proposed Community Level Performance Indicators).

9. Outcomes, Services, People
At the individual and family level, ROMA Next Generation connects outcomes, services and participants to facilitate robust analysis.
Outcomes Examples: Obtained jobs, increased education, increased income, improved parenting, secured housing (See Proposed Individual and Family Level Performance Indicators).
Services Examples: Job Training, Work Experience, Scholarships, Financial Education, Support Groups, Housing Counseling, Food Assistance (See Proposed Individual and Family Level Services).
People: All characteristics (income, job status, education, etc.) and unduplicated count of people served. (See Proposed Characteristics of Individuals and Households)

10. ROMA Next Generation
ROMA Next Generation is a system for continuous quality improvement of CSBG services, strategies, and outcomes.

11. Analysis, Learning, and Decision-Making
What do our participants look like when they come to us – before they receive service from a CAA? What is the level of need?
Who does a CAA serve in a program year? How many unduplicated individuals and families’ lives were impacted by CAAs?
Who received services during the reporting year?

12. Analysis, Learning, and Decision-Making
Who achieved outcomes and how did their lives change?
Who are our services working for and who aren’t they working for?
What changes do we need to make in the services we provide or the strategies we are pursuing to increase our impact?

13. ROMA Next Generation
ROMA Next Generation is focused on creating learning organizations at all levels of the CSBG network.

14. ROMA Next Generation Change in Focus Change in Reporting
ROMA NG is about reporting AND analysis.
What works for whom as a result of what services?
Emphasis Unduplicated Count of Individuals and Households
Change in Reporting
Better tell the CSBG story
Revised NPIs
New Services and Strategies Lists
Changes in report formats
Upgrade in Data Collection Systems
Local Level
State/National Level

15. ROMA Next Generation
ROMA Next Generation will build upon Organizational Standards and State and Federal Accountability Measures to help achieve the full potential of CSBG.

16. Performance Management Framework

17. Building on the ROMA Foundation
ROMA NEXT GENERATION
Building on the ROMA Foundation

19. ROMA NEXT GENERATION THE GOAL
Just as ROMA has served Community Action well for over twenty years, ROMA Next Generation represents a new level that will move CSBG forward and strengthen Community Action over the next 5-10 years.

20. ROMA Next Generation
ROMA Next Generation tools and practices are a substantial overhaul and refinement of existing ROMA tools and practices.

21. ROMA NEXT GENERATION
WHY NOW?

22. Why ROMA Next Generation
Internal Challenges
An uneven implementation of management and accountability systems across the country prevents us from combining information so that we see clearly what works for whom as a result of what services.

23. Why ROMA Next Generation
Internal Challenges
Current community measures do not show the depth of work or help CAAs track the often lengthy process required to expand community level impacts.

24. Why ROMA Next Generation
Internal Challenges
We understand that the NPIs represent movement of families “up the ladder” toward economic security, and often multiple indicators are connected to one family, but this is not understood by people outside the CSBG Network because these connections are not made explicit in our reporting processes.

25. Why ROMA Next Generation
External Challenges
There is greater understanding that focus on individual services without community strategies will not promote opportunities for families to move out of a continued state of poverty. This demands a different level of results.

26. Why ROMA Next Generation
External Challenges
Political climate expects the Network to articulate meaningful results, not just to report on delivery of services without saying what happened as a result of the services.

27. ROMA NEXT GENERATION
EFFORTS TO DATE

28. ROMA NG History
NASCSP has worked since 2012 to build a solid foundation for ROMA Next Generation
Over 30 Listening Sessions held since 2012 across the country
Numerous documents, presentations, webinars held to advise states and local entities on process
NASCSP convened a ROMA NG Work Group in August 2015 to inform, advise and assist in developing the final elements of ROMA Next Generation.
Office of Community Services
National Partners
NASCSP, NCAF, CAPLAW, ANCRT, Partnership
State CSBG Offices
California, Iowa, North Carolina, and Utah
CAAs
California, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Washington, DC, and Washington
State Associations
Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Missouri
Consultants and Facilitators

29. Next phase: Feedback and Clearance Process
ROMA NEXT GENERATION
Next phase: Feedback and Clearance Process

30. FEEDBACK & CLEARANCE PROCESS OVERVIEW
Three Step Process
Initial Feedback Period: March 3-April 1
Formal 60-day OMB Comment Period: June-July
Formal 30-day OMB Comment Period: September-October

31. FEEDBACK & CLEARANCE PROCESS
The network’s input and suggestions are critical during the Initial Feedback Period.
We intend to use the comments we receive to refine the documents/forms, and prepare for the formal OMB clearance process.

32. DOCUMENTS FOR COMMENT Webinar Series
ROMA NEXT GENERATION
DOCUMENTS FOR COMMENT Webinar Series

33. ROMA NG REVIEW OF DOCUMENTS
Each piece of the ROMA NG packet has been posted on the NASCSP website.
A ROMA Next Generation Component Guide has also been posted to support your review.
A survey will be available for each component and will serve as the primary method for submitting feedback.
A series of webinars will be held to inform, answer questions, get feedback.

34. COLLECTING FEEDBACK SURVEY METHODS
SURVEY LOGISTICS
Surveys for the Initial Feedback Period will be posted on the NASCSP website
Surveys are broken into 5 parts
High-Level Survey
Survey 1: National Theory of Change and National Goals
Mid-Level Surveys
Survey 2: Community Level Work
Survey 3: Individual and Family Level Work
Survey 4: CSBG Expenditures and Resources Administered by the CSBG Network
Survey 5: Tying It All Together

35. COLLECTING FEEDBACK SURVEY METHODS
High Level Survey
Survey 1: National Theory of Change and National Goals
Proposed Theory of Change
Mid-Level Surveys
Survey 2: Community Level Work
NEW Proposed Community Level Strategies
Proposed Community National Performance Indicators
NEW Proposed Community Level Efforts in Progress

36. COLLECTING FEEDBACK SURVEY METHODS
Mid-Level Surveys
Survey 3: Individual and Family Level Work
NEW Proposed Characteristics of Individuals and Households
NEW Proposed Individual and Family Services
Proposed Individual and Family National Performance Indicators
Survey 4: CSBG Expenditures and Resources Administered by the CSBG Network
Proposed CSBG Expenditures and Agency Capacity Reports
Proposed Resources Administered and Generated by CSBG Network Report

37. COLLECTING FEEDBACK SURVEY METHODS
High Level Survey
Survey 5: Tying It All Together
All ROMA NG Components

38. ROMA NG COMPONENTS FOR COMMENT
Proposed Theory of Change
Proposed CSBG Expenditures and Agency Capacity Reports
Proposed Resources Administered and Generated by CSBG Network Report
NEW Proposed Characteristics of Individuals and Households

39. ROMA NG COMPONENTS FOR COMMENT
NEW Proposed Individual and Family Services
Proposed Individual and Family National Performance Indicators
NEW Proposed Community Level Strategies
Proposed Community National Performance Indicators
NEW Proposed Community Level Efforts in Progress

40. UPCOMING WEBINARS WEBINAR SERIES SCHEDULE
Webinar Series to run during the initial feedback period beginning on March 3, 2016.
The full schedule is posted to the NASCSP website.
All webinars will be recorded and posted to the NASCSP website.

41. WEBINAR SERIES TOPICS
The webinar series will begin with presentations to help facilitate the network’s submission of feedback.
Kick-Off to ROMA NG Initial Feedback Period
State CSBG Lead Agencies, State Associations, and RPICs, March 8
NCRTs & CCAPs, March 9

42. WEBINAR SERIES TOPICS
The following webinars are for the entire Network:
Recorded ROMA Next Generation Overview, Posted to NASCSP website on March 3
National Theory of Change and Goals March 14
Community Level Work March 15
Individual and Family Level Work March 17
Tying It All Together March 22

43. Wrap-Up
Your review of these components of ROMA Next Generation is essential as we move forward.
NASCSP will make changes to documents, tools and reports based on the Network's feedback and to prepare for submission to OCS for the OMB Clearance Process. 
We look forward to hearing your feedback throughout this process!