The Missouri Association for Community Action is pleased to offer Poverty Simulation Facilitator Training. This training is highly recommended for organizations using the Community Action Poverty Simulation (CAPS) kit.

The facilitator training will allow participants to become familiar with the components of the CAPS kit, the facilitation process, and tips for conducting an efficient and effective simulation. Participants will also experience the poverty simulation on the first day of training. This will help your organization effectively utilize the simulation to educate your community about poverty.

Dates and Times:

March 21, 2016  1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

March 22, 2016  8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Location: Hilton Kansas City Airport,  8801 NW 112 St, Kansas City, MO 64153 

Agenda:  Click here for the event agenda

Additional Info:  Limited to 80 participants.  Lunch provided on the second day.

Event Registration:  Registration includes training and all materials, and lunch on the second day.  Breakfast is complimentary with hotel reservations. 

Click the button at the top of this page to register and pay online.  You may choose the pay-by-check option during the checkout process.  Registration should open approximately 90 days prior to the event.  Registration deadline is March 11, 2016.

Registration fee:  $395.00.  Early-bird $50 discount! Register by February 29th and pay only $345.00

We are also pleased to offer a multi-attendee discount.  If you register two participants for the training, you will receive the third participant for HALF OFF!

There is no cost for this training if you are employed with a Missouri Community Action Agency and you register by the early bird deadline of Feb 29, 2016.

MO CAA staff that register after that date will incur a $50 registration fee.

Hotel Registration:  A block of rooms has been reserved for the nights of March 20, 21, and 22. To make sleeping room reservations, please call 1-800-Hiltons and let them know that you are attending the Missouri Association for Community Action training, OR to book a room online please visit http://tinyurl.com/h58fkdn. The hotel offers complimentary shuttle service to and from Kansas City Internaitional Airport, a complimentary breakfast for all registered guests, and complimentary parking. The cost of the sleeping room is $112.00 plus tax. The deadline for reservations at the hotel is Feb 29, 2016.  

For more information on the Community Action Poverty Simulation, please visit http://www.povertysimulation.org/. 

Who to Contact:  Contact Heidi Lucas at the MACA office at 573-634-2969 (click here to email) with inquiries or to request details on future CAPS facilitator training sessions.

Cancellation policy:  All cancellations must be in writing, and there will be a $50 cancellation fee for ALL registrations cancelled after March 4, 2016.  The cancellation fee is waived if there is a substitution.