Women of Weatherization – Amanda Porter
The Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) has been around for nearly 45 years and has served more than 8 million households, saving families money and making their homes healthier and safer. From...
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Juneteenth: A Holiday and Call to Action for Racial Justice
The Emancipation Proclamation was signed on January 1, 1863, and the Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, but it is June 19, 1865, and every anniversary since, that have come to commemorate the...
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Women of Weatherization – Kelia Bravo
The Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) has been around for nearly 45 years and has served more than 8 million households, saving families money and making their homes healthier and safer. From...
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Guest Blog: Virginia Community Action Network Creates Incarceration Diversion Working Group
By: Matt Fitzgerald, Community Service Program Manager VA Dept of Social Services For the Virginia Community Action Network 2020 began as a time of advancement. The network had been moving forward on...
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Guest Blog: Wisconsin Leveraging Community Action Network for Vaccine Confidence Education
By: Anna Sainsbury, CSBG Contract Manager, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families 2-1-1 Wisconsin is a free, easy-to-remember phone number connecting callers with health and human...
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Celebrating Weatherization on the 52nd Annual Earth Day
Recognized annually on April 22, Earth Day is the world’s largest event celebrating nature and supporting environmental protections. The first Earth day was held in 1970 and more than 20 million...
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Radical Roots: The Civil Rights Movement and Community Action
Black History Month is more than a yearly celebration of the achievements of individual Black Americans, it is an acknowledgement of the critical social, political, and cultural contributions of...
Read MoreA Year in Review – NASCSP 2020
As 2020 comes to a close, we have the opportunity to take the lessons from a truly unprecedented year and apply them as we look towards the future. We would like to take some time this holiday season...
Read MorePresidential Transitions: Both for NASCSP and the Nation
Board President Beverly Buchanan & Outgoing Board President Willie Fobbs Willie – Two months before the United States’ 2020 General Election, the NASCSP board held our own elections. Now that...
Read MoreHappy Virtual Weatherization Day from NASCSP!
During a year that has contained so much unpredictability, two things are certain: October 30th is still Weatherization Day, and Weatherization program managers, directors, state and local agency...
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