State of Poverty Blog

We Want YOU! Help Shape the Next Generation of ROMA

Posted on August 7, 2013 Posted By

The ROMA COE wants your knowledge and your voice to shape the Next Generation of ROMA! The COE is offering webinars to dive deeply into the various aspects of the White Paper, now that several...

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Breaking: WAP Reauthorization Bill Filed in the Senate

Posted on August 1, 2013 Posted By

Alice Gaston –Program Assistant, Energy Services– NASCSP learned that the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) reauthorization was filed today as an amendment to the Shaheen-Portman...

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Who Are You?

Posted on July 31, 2013 Posted By

— by Tabitha Beck and Jovita Tolbert — Community Action was created in 1964 to address the conditions of poverty. And yet, here we are in 2013 heading toward poverty rates upwards of...

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ROMA COE SEEKS VOLUNTEERS

Posted on July 22, 2013 Posted By

The ROMA COE is looking for volunteers to serve on committees that will give in depth consideration to the following: Proposed changes to family level definitions outcomes and measures, Proposed...

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ROMA Next Generation COE – July Update

Posted on July 15, 2013 Posted By

The second iteration of the “White Paper on Performance Management in Community Action” has been released. This iteration features several significant updates which are highlighted in the...

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CSBG Spotlight: It’s Never Too Early to Learn about Financial Literacy – Especially When Your First Teacher is a “Dime A Saur”

Posted on July 1, 2013 Posted By

— by Rae Tamblyn, Research Assistant — Western Carolina Community Action (WCCA) believes it’s never too early to teach financial literacy classes. Just ask any of the 276 first graders...

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Weatherization: Full Speed Ahead

Posted on June 28, 2013 Posted By

Brad Penney –General Counsel, NASCSP– Events come at us so quickly these days that it’s often hard to see the “big picture.” When I got home last night, I got to thinking about what...

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The Fuel of the Future

Posted on June 26, 2013 Posted By

The Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) is the fuel of the future. You know that. We know it. But not everyone in Congress has seen the light yet. Last Thursday, NASCSP staff once again headed...

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Weatherization Funding Released for 2013

Posted on June 24, 2013 Posted By

Rebecca Stewart — Project Coordinator, Energy Services– Funding for the Program Year 2013 for the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) is finally out! On Friday, June 21 the...

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Betting Your Life: Always a Bad Gamble

Posted on June 19, 2013 Posted By

Raymond Thomas — Project Manager, Healthy Homes, NASCSP — “Take a bite out of crime.” “Click it or ticket!” “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” You have undoubtedly heard...

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