State of Poverty Blog

CSBG Annual Report Webinar Series

Posted on June 19, 2017 Posted By

NASCSP, CAP, and OCS are excited to announce a national webinar series for the Community Action Network on ROMA Next Generation with a focus on the CSBG Annual Report, particularly Modules 3 and 4....

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Response to Budget Justification: CSBG

Posted on June 1, 2017 Posted By

Last week the Trump Administration released its full budget for Fiscal Year 2018. Regrettably, this proposal cuts funding at the Department Health and Human Services (HHS) by 16.2 percent. As part of...

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Response to Budget Justification: WAP

Posted on June 1, 2017 Posted By

Last week the Trump Administration released its full budget for Fiscal Year 2018. Regrettably, this proposal sharply cuts funding by 18 percent at the Department of Energy (DOE) and calls for the...

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CSBG Annual Report: Timeline and Tools

Posted on May 24, 2017 Posted By

CSBG Annual Report to replace the CSBG IS Survey The new CSBG Annual Report received clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on January 12, 2017. This approval marks the largest...

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Community Action Month- Data Toolkit #2

Posted on May 16, 2017 Posted By

Below you will find more sample social media posts, where you can incorporate data from the Annual Report and your State Fact Sheet. We’ve also included resources specifically for...

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Second Chances in Texas: CSBG and Re-Entry Services

Posted on May 12, 2017 Posted By

I walked out of a Texas prison on December 15, 2015. My actions that took me to prison cost me everything; my family and my livelihood. Upon release, I had nowhere to go except to a transitional...

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Community Action Month- Mini Toolkit #1

Posted on May 5, 2017 Posted By

It’s Community Action Month! NASCSP has a lot of data resources available as part of our Annual Report and State Fact Sheets. We want to help you easily use data to tell the story of Community...

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Weatherization Advocates Testify in Congressional Hearing

Posted on May 3, 2017 Posted By

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Eric Behna (ebehna@nascsp.org, 202-624-5996)   May 3, 2017- Washington D.C. – Several advocates testified before the House Energy and Water Appropriations...

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CSBG: Empowering States and Local Communities to Lead on Poverty

Posted on March 28, 2017 Posted By

By: Eric Behna, Program & Policy Analyst Critics of the U.S. social safety net have often painted federal antipoverty programs as being overly proscriptive and out of touch with actual Americans...

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CSBG Annual Report Module 1: State Administration Frequently Asked Questions and Highlights

Posted on March 6, 2017 Posted By

OCS released a Dear Colleague Letter announcing that Module 1 of the CSBG Annual Report is available in OLDC as of March 2, 2017. NASCSP and OCS are committed to providing support and resources to...

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