Year: 2012
WAP Legislative Update: April 24, 2012
The Senate Appropriations Energy & Water (E&W) Subcommittee marked up the FY 2013 bill today to determine funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). While we are expecting an improvement over the House number released today of $54.5 million, the final Senate number will fall far short of our requested "ask" to the Committee of $210 million for FY 2013. This is indeed a busy
READ MOREMyth: There's No Lobbyist for Low-Income Americans
Guest Contributor: Advocates for The Other America --- Advocates for The Other America (AFTOA) was pleased to see Cornel West and Tavis Smiley on The Colbert Report last night speaking out about
Data Corner: 100% 2012 CSBG IS Submissions Received!
NASCSP is happy to announce that every single State submitted their FY 2011 Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) Information System (IS) Survey data by the March 31, 2012 deadline! We know how much time and effort went into gathering and submitting the data, and we appreciate all the hard work this year from the CSBG Network. With their help, NASCSP can continue to show how vital the Community
Poverty Politics: CSBG Picks Up Where Welfare Failed
Jason DeParle of the New York Times wrote last week, that despite all the rhetoric, the welfare reform of the late 1990s did nothing to “end poverty as we know it.” Despite the difficult economic times of recent years, the program has demonstrated little success beyond lower enrollment numbers. As the President continues to propose cuts to the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), the same
Going Beyond Hunger; Food Insecurity in America
NASCSP is excited to announce the release of our latest issue brief, Going Beyond Hunger; Food Insecurity in America. 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
