At CAUSA,Inc. members benefit from a community bond that helps each one share and benefit from a pool of resources and information sharing.

When an organization joins CAUSA, Inc. the benefits are endless. CAUSA, Inc. provides members with access to dozens of other organizations that support each other, and provide a broad range of services. CAUSA, Inc. focuses on technical assistance, fundraising and acquiring grants for its members. CAUSA, Inc. works to help members experience community empowerment through project development.

As the HUB to the Community Communication Portal (CCP), CAUSA, Inc. offers members many benefits such as:

• Relevant and unique Information Sharing among members about programs, resources, events and community news.
• Technical Assistance in Marketing Community Awareness
• CBO to CBO Resources (Community Based Organization)
• Integration of all resources through one main HUB
• The power of numbers bringing CBO's together for Governmental and Corporate Support
  

CAUSA, Inc. is an organization that advocates for Hispanic rights through representatives in Hartford. For more information, please contact Carmen Sierra at carmen@causinc.org.

Technical Assistance
CAUSA, Inc. is a technical assistance provider for Latino non-profits. So just what does that mean? Technical Assistance has many definitions and wears many hats. At CAUSA, Inc. Technical Assistance is provided through training, individual consultation, workshops, scholarships and effective agency development.

Our main services within Technical Assistance include:

• Marketing for Community Education and Awareness
• Staff Training and Development
• Strategic Planning and Plan Orchestration
• Contract Negotiations
• Legal Assistance
• Financial Literacy
• Technology Education and Awareness
• Capital Renovation
• Technology Development
  

CAUSA, Inc. helps member agencies utilize community and member resources to promote the services they provide. At CAUSA,Inc. our family approach ensures that we not only share the essentials for survival, but that we work together to reach our goals and set greatness as our community standard.

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Grant Aquisitions
As part of its technical assistance program, CAUSA monitors grant opportunities that member agencies may be eligible to apply for. Periodically, CAUSA provides training in grant writing to help build the capacity of member agencies in their fund development activities.

In addition, CAUSA stays on top of funding trends, new grant programs at the federal and state level. In some cases, CAUSA serves as the lead agency to apply for a grant, then sub-contracts with member agencies to provide services through a grant. Examples of this approach are Project Nexo and Project DIAL.

Becoming familiar with funding sources is an important part of organizational capacity building.

All federal programs are listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. Although a specific grant program may not be currently available, you can find programs that are a fit with your organization’s programs and contact the federal agency to determine when the next grant announcement is expected.

To search for programs using this tool, go to www.cfda.gov

To search for actual grant announcements, go to www.grants.gov

For foundation sources, find out about funding through the Foundation Center, www.fdncenter.org

The following locations in Connecticut will allow you to have free access to Foundation Center materials and searching services:

GREENWICH PUBLIC LIBRARY
101 W. Putnam Ave.
Greenwich, CT 06830
(203) 622-7900

HARTFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY
500 Main St.
Hartford, CT 06103
(860) 695-6295

NEW HAVEN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
133 Elm St.
New Haven, CT 06510
(203) 946-7431

NEW MILFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY
24 Main St.
New Milford, CT 06776
(860) 355-1191

WESTPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY
Arnold Bernhard Plaza
20 Jesup Rd.
Westport, CT 06880
(203) 291-4840

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Become A Member
What do I have to do to become a member?

Member Organizations Must:

• Have a focus to serve Hispanics/Latinos
• Have an identifiable constituency (membership, clients served, interest group for which it advocates for)
• Have a Board that meets regularly and is representative of the Latino community and geographic area it serves
• Have mission and goals generally compatible with those of CAUSA, Inc.

• Believe in the mission and goals of CAUSA, Inc.
• Be committed to helping the organizations dedicated to serving the Latinos of Connecticut.

MEMBER APPLICATIONS
Complete a membership application

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