Year: 2012
Paying for What Works: NASC and the Center for American Progress Talk SIBs
-- Jovita Tolbert, Development Director of the National Alliance for Sustainable Communities (NASC) -- Implemented in the UK, the first Social Impact Bond (SIB) was launched by Social Finance in September 2010. Today, Massachusetts, New York, and Minnesota are experimenting with SIBs, or a variation of them. What’s more, the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is working with the
READ MOREOnly One in Seven Were Fed: How the Limited Reach of the Summer Nutrition Programs is Affecting Low-Income Children
– Gloria-Deo Agbasi, NASCSP – School’s Out, Should Lunch Be Too? School’s out and summer vacation is in full swing! Are Summer Nutrition Programs, the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), in full swing as well? Feeding low-income students should not end when school does. The need for good nutrition is never-ending. Children, who rely on NSLP
Legislative Update - July 31, 2012
Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced a rare deal with House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and President Barack Obama on a six-month continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government for the first half of FY 13. The agreement will correspond to the FY 13 funding levels agreed to in last year’s debt limit deal of $1.047 trillion. The deal will likely not be passed until
2012 CSBG State Fact Sheets Are Now Available!
2012 CSBG State Fact Sheets provide state-by-state highlights of the CSBG Network. Data within each State fact sheet includes: How many families were served (including the percentage breakdown of
Guest Blog: 50 Years Since Publication of The Other America - A Book That Changed America
-- Alice Gaston, Advocates for The Other America -- On Tuesday, July 10th, I attended an event at the Newseum discussing how poverty has changed fifty years after the publication of Michael Harrington’s groundbreaking book, The Other America. This seminal work on poverty exposed the depth and breadth of poverty in the United States at a time when it was rarely seen or discussed in public
