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Going Beyond Hunger - Food Insecurity in America
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April 12, 2012
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This issue brief seeks to understand the role that food insecurity plays in low-income communities and examines how the State administered Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) network implements strategies to address the issue. The food security research is based on Healthy Food, Healthy Communities, a study by PolicyLink. Information on Community Action Agency projects comes from statistical data gathered by NASCSP.
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100% CSBG IS Submissions Received!
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April 02, 2012
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NASCSP is happy to announce that every single State submitted their FY 2011 CSBG IS Survey data by the March 31 deadline! We know how much time and effort went into gathering and submitting your data, and we appreciate all of your hard work this year! With your help, we can continue to show how vital the CSBG Network is to our communities.
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FY2012 CSBG IS Forms available
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February 16, 2012
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The FY 2012 CSBG IS Survey Forms have been updated and posted on the NASCSP website. Most updates involved small changes to formatting and labeling in Section F and the NPIs.
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Press Release: President's Budget Shreds Hope for Low-Income Americans
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February 13, 2012
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President Obama's proposed cut, of nearly 50 percent, to the Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) would be a devastating blow to more than 1,000 community action agencies (CAAs) that help low-income Americans find employment, housing, education and emergency services. With America's poverty rate at 15.1 percent, its highest level since 1993, these cuts threaten the economic security of families living in or near poverty and the rebuilding of America's middle class...
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Draft Accreditation Proposal
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December 28, 2011
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NASCSP and the Community Action Partnership (CAP), together with the committee chairs from the CSBG Working Group developed an Accreditation Proposal for CSBG. The draft proposal was sent to the Administration for Children and Families on December 23, 2011.
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UPDATE: CSBG FY12 CR Allocations
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December 09, 2011
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Office of Community Services (OCS) released the Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) allocations for the first Continuing Resolution (CR) of FY 2012, covering the timeframe of October 1 – November 18, 2011.
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Save the Date: CSBG IS 2011 Database Webinar
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November 03, 2011
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NASCSP is holding a webinar to review the new features of the 2011 CSBG IS Survey Access database as well as to answer any questions or concerns regarding functionality or the submission process...
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Jeannie Chaffin Appointed Director of the Office of Community Services (OCS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
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September 28, 2011
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George Sheldon, Assistant Secretary, ACF DHHS, announced at the 2011 NASCSP Annual Conference in Seattle, WA that Jeannie Chaffin, CSBG Senior Program and Policy Specialist, has been appointed the new Director of OCS. Her new position is effective October 11, 2011.
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Senate Appropriations Funds CSBG at Same Level as FY 2011
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September 20, 2011
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The Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies released the CSBG FY'12 appropriations
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Poverty Rate Increases: NASCSP Calls for Bold Action to End Poverty
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September 14, 2011
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On September 13, 2011, the Census Bureau released its annual Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage report, confirming a continued poverty rate increase over the majority of the last decade. In 2010, the poverty rate increased to 15.1 percent from 14.3 percent in 2009. “The poverty report is a wake-up call for urgent investments in proven economic and energy initiatives like CSBG and WAP so that people can get back to work and America can fulfill its promise of prosperity for all,” said Steve Payne, Managing Director, Housing Improvements and Preservation within the State of Washington’s Department of Commerce and the President of the National Association for State Community Services Programs (NASCSP).
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