Year: 2013
Recap of the 2013 Mid-Winter Orientation Now Available
The NASCSP 2013 Mid-Winter Orientation came to a close on Tuesday, but NASCSPevents.org has a full recap of all the events and activities from the past two days. Monday, February 25, 2013: Orientation Kick-Off Monday kicked-off the 2013 Mid-Winter Orientation for State administrators for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) and Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). The Mid-Winter
State of the Union: The President's Top 5
-- By Timothy R. Warfield, Executive Director, NASCSP -- There was applause, laughter, and even some tears in Tuesday night’s State of the Union speech. The talking heads are divided over whether the most impactful moment of the night was the teary reactions of the families of the gun violence victims or the President’s quip about the abundance of ribbon cuttings. For me there were five key
Poverty Politics: Go Ahead – Change the Game
-- By Steve Payne, NASCSP Board President -- In last night’s State of the Union address, the President unveiled the big initiatives of his second term. The pundits say this could be his last big speech. Second terms have notoriously small windows of opportunity before all attention turns to the next presidential race. As the President seizes his last chance to effect change, we are also at a
CSBG Spotlight: Collaborative Access to Healthy Food Choices
-- Edited by Rae Tamblyn, Research Assistant, CSBG -- It’s the start of a new year and we are newly resolved to make lifestyle changes. For many of us, this is a resolution to eat healthy. We all know how hard resolutions are to keep. It’s even more difficult to eat healthy when there is limited access to healthy food choices. New Jersey’s Hoboken Organization Against Poverty and Economic
E&E News: Sequester Could Kill Weatherization Program - DOE Official
-- Originally published in E&E News - written by Nick Juliano, E&E reporter -- Looming across-the-board spending cuts could doom a Department of Energy program that provides grants to install new windows, upgrade insulation and perform other energy efficiency projects for low-income homeowners, a top official said yesterday. The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's
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