
2025 IACAA Annual Conference Materials
Conference Materials & Resources Welcome to the 2025 IACAA Annual Conference Materials page! Here you’ll find all the resources from this year’s conference, including presentation slides, handouts, worksheets, and other helpful materials shared by our speakers and panelists. If you have any questions or need assistance accessing a file, please

Commentary: Hidden Helpers and Five Hard Truths
Disclaimer: This article was originally published on February 26, 2025, by Tri-States Public Radio. It was written by Jamie Roth, Community Services & Public Relations Director for WIRC-Community Action Agency. Original article can be viewed here. There is a famous quote by Fred Rogers who said his mother encouraged him

NCAP Recap 2024
The 2024 NCAP Convention recently wrapped up, and IACAA was proud to be well-represented at the national level. Four of our member agencies had the honor of serving as session speakers, sharing their expertise and insights with peers from across the country. We also celebrated the achievements of six new

WADI Annual Training Day is Back
On April 20, 2023 WADI hosted an Agency Training Day for all employees for the first time since 2019. We spent the day together, all in one place, being able to have a day to relax and socialize with other staff members. On this day we present group trainings including

That’s A Wrap: Community Action Month Recap from CAPOLC
Community Action Partnership of Lake County hosted four (4) awesome events in May! We kicked off the month with 14th Annual Anti-Poverty 5K Walk on May 6th. We had over 150 walkers join us, including a great turn out by AMO Athletics! Our CEO, Mary Lockhart White, Congressman Brad Schneider,

WCCC’s Annual “Healthy Families, Health Homes” Community Event Success
Will County Center for Community Concerns held its Annual Healthy Families Healthy Homes Community Event on April 29. Despite the rain, over 550 members of the community came to receive community resources, groceries, hearing tests, haircuts, and lunch from Joey’s hot dog truck. The attendees received information from over 40