Year: 2012
Words from our President: How Solving Poverty Will Help America Come Back
In the State of the Union Address, President Obama said, “Anyone who tells you that America is in decline or that our influence has waned doesn't know what they're talking about.” The President, it turns out, had been talking about an essay released earlier that day by Robert Kagan, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a columnist for the Washington Post. According to a Foreign
2012 NASCSP AWARDS
- By Terry Joyner - NASCSP’s membership proudly recognizes extraordinary contributions made to NASCSP and to the programs that NASCSP represents. The Marjorie J. Witherspoon NASCSP Award is presented to a current or former NASCSP member for significant service or support of NASCSP and/or length of service to NASCSP. The recipient for 2012 is Jim Nolan, Chief, Intergovernmental Human
NASCSP Cries Foul on Committees’ Claims against Weatherization
NASCSP came out swinging yesterday when a report released by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, chaired by Darrell Issa (R-CA), made outlandishly false
READ MOREJob Skills Training in Georgia Leads to Employment
Edited by Payten Carroll Recent studies find that America is beginning to come out of the recession as unemployment numbers steadily decline. In Georgia the unemployment rate has been declining since the height of the recession in September 2009. The Coastal Plain Area Economic Opportunity Authority, Inc. (Coastal Plain) contributed to improving the employment outlook in their community by
CSBG Data Corner: Data at your Fingertips
by Tabitha Beck Thank you to everyone for your efforts in submitting the FY2011 CSBG IS Survey this year! We hope you found the additional reports and comparison information in this year’s database useful in reviewing the data from your agencies. NASCSP is working on reviewing all the submissions and will be contacting you soon with follow-up data questions (if we haven’t already). The
