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Poverty Politics: CSBG Picks Up Where Welfare Failed
Jason DeParle of the New York Times wrote last week, that despite all the rhetoric, the welfare reform of the late 1990s did nothing to “end poverty as we know it.” Despite the difficult economic times of recent years, the program has demonstrated little success beyond lower enrollment numbers. As the President continues to propose cuts to the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), the same
Going Beyond Hunger; Food Insecurity in America
NASCSP is excited to announce the release of our latest issue brief, Going Beyond Hunger; Food Insecurity in America. This issue brief seeks to understand the role that food insecurity plays in low-income communities and examines how the State administered Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) network implements strategies to address the issue. The food security research is based on Healthy
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
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