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Job Skills Training in Georgia Leads to Employment

March 2, 2012

Edited by Payten Carroll Recent studies find that America is beginning to come out of the recession as unemployment numbers steadily decline. In Georgia the unemployment rate has been declining since the height of the recession in September 2009. The Coastal Plain Area Economic Opportunity Authority, Inc. (Coastal Plain) contributed to improving the employment outlook in their community by

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CSBG Data Corner: Data at your Fingertips

March 2, 2012

by Tabitha Beck Thank you to everyone for your efforts in submitting the FY2011 CSBG IS Survey this year! We hope you found the additional reports and comparison information in this year’s database useful in reviewing the data from your agencies. NASCSP is working on reviewing all the submissions and will be contacting you soon with follow-up data questions (if we haven’t already). The

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NASCSP is on Pinterest!

February 23, 2012

Pinterest has been sweeping through the world wide web for the past few months now, and NASCSP is proud to be "pinning" about poverty and energy issues! Pinterest according to their website "lets

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Congressional Briefing on the Weatherization Assistance Program

February 2, 2012

By Brad Penney, Advocates for the Other America (AFTOA) On March 28, 2012, Advocates for The Other America (AFTOA), together with the Northeast-Midwest House and Senate Coalitions, conducted a briefing on the Weatherization Assistance Program for House and Senate staff. The briefing was co-sponsored by NASEO, and information was presented on both the WAP and SEP programs.  Arley Johnson, the

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2012 WAP Mid-Winter Orientation and Conference

February 2, 2012

By Alice Gaston The 2012 NASCSP Mid-Winter Conference kicked off Monday, February 27 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC with an introduction by NASCSP Board Chair Steve Payne and NASCSP Executive Director Tim Warfield. The first two days of the conference were comprised of an Orientation for New and Existing WAP State Managers and Staff. An impressive 47 attendees participated, ranging

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