Author: rtamblyn

Florida CAHSD Veterans Services Program is committed to helping veterans gain access to opportunities and assets

May 14, 2015

Edited by Rae Tamblyn, in conjunction by CAHSD staff  Picture this! You’re a Vietnam #Veteran who served in the United States Army from 1963-1975 and completed two tours in Vietnam. You return home and are diagnosed with Leukemia and Type II diabetes. You apply for disability benefits and the Army deems your condition secondary to your exposure to Agent Orange. Your benefits are approved,

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Week 2 Mini #BeCommunityAction Toolkit

May 11, 2015

Hello! It’s the second week of Community Action Month! In addition to the great resources available from the Partnership, NASCSP and NCAF, we’ve collaborated to build mini-toolkits to help you

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In Alaska, Community Action works to create affordable housing for residents

May 6, 2015

By Rae Tamblyn May is Community Action Month! Over 1,000 Community Action Agencies (CAAs) work to strategically target the root causes of poverty at the local level and to impact health and economic security on a national scale. Using the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) as a core funding component to leverage private, local, state and federal funding, the CSBG Network has the flexibility

Category : CSBG, Poverty
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Week 1 Mini #BeCommunityAction Toolkit

May 4, 2015

Hello! It’s the first week of Community Action Month! In addition to the great resources available from the Partnership, NASCSP and NCAF, we’ve collaborated to build mini-toolkits to help you get started with original content each week! We’ve provided sample Tweets and Facebook posts below, as well as some images for you to use. (You can print  a hard copy here!) Some of these are ready

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Check out the 2014 CSBG Annual Report, featuring data from over 1,000 CAAs nationwide

December 23, 2014

By Rae Tamblyn, Research and Communications Analyst at NASCSP The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) is unique among federal programs in that it is the only comprehensive investment exclusively focused on reducing poverty. Other federal programs address specific challenges or factors involved in poverty but they take a piecemeal approach. In contrast, CSBG effectively uses a powerful mix of

Category : CSBG, NASCSP Updates
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