Resident earns national CCAP certification

HARTFORD– The national office of the Community Action Partnership has announced that Julie Ackerman, director of planning, research and communications at the Community Renewal Team, was one of 59 first-rate human services professionals to receive the organization's Certified Community Action Professional (CCAP) credential this year. The new CCAPs will be honored Tuesday, August 21 at the Awards Gala during the Partnership's Annual Convention in New York.                                                                                  

"Becoming a CCAP has provided me with a solid foundation and understanding of the complex hardships faced by people living in poverty and middle class people who are experiencing it for the first time due to the troubled economy," said Ackerman. "This knowledge has further enhanced my ability to help individuals and families facing difficult personal and financial obstacles navigate their way towards self-sufficiency despite the immense challenges they face."

Community Action managers and leaders from across the country that work with low-income individuals and communities earn the CCAP designation after demonstrating their Community Action expertise by completing a detailed assessment of their knowledge of poverty theories, causes, and remedies; ability to help low-income people achieve economic stability; and comprehension of the mission, vision and values of Community Action. To date, there are 442 CCAPs across the country representing rural, urban, and suburban Community Action Agencies.

 Ackerman has anchored the CRT planning department since 2006 and is a member of the agency's Executive Cabinet. Her leadership is directly responsible for securing funding resources for CRT's 50+ programs that operate in more than 60 Connecticut towns. Her 25 years' experience in nonprofits and community action agencies started in the 80s when she was a program assistant in the Elder Nutrition Program for TEAM, Inc. based in Derby. Throughout her career she has acquired and mastered skills in community-based needs assessments, program development, budgeting, grant writing, reporting and nonprofit management.

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