Rapid Health Impact Assessment: Weatherization Plus Health in Connecticut
By Lynne Snyder, Ph.D., MPH, Consultant, Healthy Homes How can Connecticut achieve its energy goal and create positive health outcomes, while reducing potentially negative impacts on health? This...
Read MoreCSBG Resource Bank: Community Land Trusts Help Homeowners Keep Their Homes
— Ken Ackerman, Virtual CAP Project Manager, Virginia Community Action Partnership — Bringing down the cost of housing is one of the best ways to help low-to-moderate income families...
Read MoreLegislative Update: March Ends In a Roar for Weatherization Assistance Program
– Brad Penney, General Counsel, NASCSP and Bob Scott, Director, Energy Services, NASCSP – This year, as the saying goes, March went out like a lion — at least on Capitol Hill. The last...
Read MoreLegislative Update: Heaving the Weatherization Assistance Boulder over the Hill
– Bob Scott, Director, Energy Services, NASCSP and Brad Penney, General Counsel, NASCSP – Sometimes getting anything done in Washington feels like trying to push a giant boulder over a hill. In...
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2013 NASCSP Mid-Winter Conference Award Winners
— Payten Carroll, Communications Assistant, NASCSP — Every year at the Mid-Winter Conference, NASCSP takes time to recognize select members that go above and beyond the call of duty to...
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In Focus: American Winter
This documentary is a must see for those in the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) and Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) Network. American Winter tells the interwoven stories of eight...
Read MoreLegislative Update: CSBG and WAP Continuing Resolution Funding Update
— NASCSP Staff — The Senate is in the process of completing its work on the continuing resolution (CR) for the balance of fiscal year (FY) 2013, ending on September 30, 2013. The Senate...
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Guest Blog: Demystifying Democracy
— Denver G. Olmstead, Community Action Partnership of Utah — Democracy doesn’t end once the ballot is printed: candidates chosen. It’s an active process, taking place in every city,...
Read MorePoverty Politics: Sequestration Scenarios
— Mark Schmeissing, Senior Policy Analyst, NASCSP, and Brad Penney, General Counsel, NASCSP — Last week at the NASCSP Annual Conference, much of the conversation was about the future of...
Read MoreThe Federal Office of Community Services’ Training and Technical Assistance Plan: Connecting States and the Regional Performance Innovation Consortia
— Rae Tamblyn, Research Assistant, NASCSP — During the 2013 NASCSP Mid-Winter Training Conference, participants had the opportunity to hear from the Office of Community Services (OCS)...
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