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CSBG Data Corner: CSBG IS Data Awards
By Tabitha Beck, Director of Research, NASCSP We at NASCSP understand and appreciate the dedication, time and effort that States, state associations, and local eligible entities put into providing data via the CSBG IS Survey every year. Thanks to your timely submissions and quick responses to follow-up questions, we were able to produce the 2012 CSBG Annual Report earlier than ever this year!
Keeping an Eye on U.S. Environmental Sustainability: An Energy and Climate Policy Update
-- Edited by Jovita A. Tolbert, Development Director, National Alliance for Sustainable Communities -- Romney Releases Energy Plan. Romney says his newly released energy plan will help North America
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
