Year: 2012
Legislative Update: The Post-Election Outlook
Despite nearly two years of campaigning and billions of dollars spent, last week’s election maintained the status quo - a Republican House, Democratic Senate, and another four years of President Barack Obama. This bodes well for the reauthorization of both the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) and the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). Sources inside the Obama Administration have
READ MOREPoverty Politics: Take a Staffer to a CAA (Part 2)
–Mark Schmeissing, NASCSP– [caption id="attachment_1249" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Tunde Eboda speaks to the “Workforce Readiness Training” class at the UPO Petey Greene Community Center in Washington, DC. The program emphasizes those essential soft skills (such as, resume writing, interviewing techniques, time management, etc.) that employment customers need to obtain and retain
Poverty Politics: Take a Staffer to a CAA Day
--Gretchen Knowlton and Mark Schmeissing, NASCSP-- Following right on the heels of the election, NASCSP hits the streets for the Community Services Block Grant's (CSBG) reauthorization. Literally! Without pausing to catch our breath after an intense election season, we’re heading out on a fieldtrip to our local CAA – the United Planning Organization (UPO) in DC with a couple of friends from
WxPlusHealth.org is LIVE!
The Weatherization Plus Health website, WxPlusHealth.org, boasts a user-friendly, bright design and valuable resources and tools about health, safety, and energy-efficiency issues. This is the first
Weatherization Plus Health: Bringing WAP and Lead Poisoning Prevention Under the Same Tent
-- Ryan Ward, Research Analyst, Health Homes Initiative, NASCSP -- With National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week upon us, it is important to note that Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) providers can play a critical role in decreasing the number of childhood lead poisonings year over year. There has been great success in reducing childhood lead poisoning since the ban on the sale of lead
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