Results Oriented Management & Accountability
The need to implement a performance-based management system among CAAs and other eligible entities receiving Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) funds has long been recognized by OCS and the CSBG Network. Efforts to expedite adoption of such a system were given impetus by the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. In 1998 the CSBG Act was amended, mandating the implementation of a comprehensive performance-based management system which they identified as “Results-Oriented Management and Accountability,” or ROMA, across the entire Community Services Network.
The Community Action Association of Pennsylvania (CAAP), with HHS OCS and Pennsylvania CSBG discretionary funding support, developed the Peer to Peer (PtP) ROMA “Train the Trainer” Project in 1998, for the Community Action Agencies (CAAs) in Pennsylvania. CAAP demonstrated its ability to move this training model to a national application in 2000-2001. CAAP’s successful, National Peer to Peer (NPtP) Project established a corps of certified trainers who conducted more than 200 training sessions for more than 4,000 CAA Network leaders and agency personnel. The result of the trainings is an increased awareness across the county about the principles and basic implementation tools associated with ROMA. These trainers, bringing experience and skills from a broad range of backgrounds and CAA network involvement, have helped state CSBG offices, Community Action Associations, local CAAs and related entities with their transition to performance-based management.
ROMA Implementation – Information Memorandum 49
February 21, 2001 – “Why are we here, who are we helping, what are we helping them to become and how will we know and describe success, both theirs and ours.”
Government Performance and Results Act
January 5, 1993 – “waste and inefficiency in Federal programs undermine the confidence of the American people in the Government and reduces the Federal Government’s ability to address adequately vital public needs…”
The Mission of the Community Action Agency – OEO 6320-1
November 16, 1970 – “Title II of the Economic Opportunity Act provides for the establishment and funding of community action agencies and programs.”
ROMA Trainers
Please contact a certified trainer if you are interested in scheduling a ROMA course in your Community Action Agency or Local Region.
Mary Chipps
Executive Director, WVCAP
2 Hale Street, Suite 100
Charleston, WV 25301
304-347-2277
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Mary is the Executive Director of the West Virginia Community Action Partnership. She is a strong supporter of ROMA and is currently engaged in supporting a group of individuals to become Trainers and to create a team to work on improving ROMA implementation in WV.
Caron Burgess
Admin. Assist/CSBG Coordinator
PRIDE Community Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 1346
Logan, WV 256041
304-752-8033
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J. Tennille Limer
Housing Director, Raleigh County Community Action
P.O. Box 3066 EBS
Beckley, WV 25801
304-252-6396 ext. 113
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Teresa Longfellow
WX Systems Specialist, Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity
700 Washington Street East, 4th Floor
Charleston, WV 25301
304-558-8860
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Jessica Massey
Case Manager Supervisor, Raleigh County Community Action Association
P.O. Box 3066 EBS
Beckley , WV 25801
304-860-1921
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Rachel Remines
Office Manager, Community Action of South Eastern WV
307 Federal St, Suite 323
Bluefield, WV 24701
304-809-3050
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David Weiss
Information Technology Director, Community Action of South Eastern West Virginia
307 Federal Street
Bluefield, WV 24701
304-324-0450
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Shelly Woda
Information Specialist, Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity
950 Kanawha Blvd East, 3rd Fl
Charleston, WV 25301
304-558-8860
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Passed Internship, August 2009
Jerry Yeager
IT Coordinator\CSBG Service Coordinator, Southwestern Community Action Council, Inc.
540 5th Avenue
Huntington, WV 25701
304-525-5151
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