Only One in Seven Were Fed: How the Limited Reach of the Summer Nutrition Programs is Affecting Low-Income Children
– Gloria-Deo Agbasi, NASCSP – School’s Out, Should Lunch Be Too? School’s out and summer vacation is in full swing! Are Summer Nutrition Programs, the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and...
Read MoreLegislative Update – July 31, 2012
Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced a rare deal with House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and President Barack Obama on a six-month continuing resolution (CR) to fund the...
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2012 CSBG State Fact Sheets Are Now Available!
2012 CSBG State Fact Sheets provide state-by-state highlights of the CSBG Network. Data within each State fact sheet includes: How many families were served (including the percentage breakdown of...
Read MoreGuest Blog: 50 Years Since Publication of The Other America – A Book That Changed America
— Alice Gaston, Advocates for The Other America — On Tuesday, July 10th, I attended an event at the Newseum discussing how poverty has changed fifty years after the publication of...
Read MoreCSBG Legislative Update: July 17, 2012
— Mark Schmeissing, Senior Policy Analyst — This week, on Wednesday, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies will begin...
Read MoreEnergy Efficiency: A Bright Idea
— by Rebecca Stewart, Program Coordinator — These days, it seems like all anyone talks about is jobs and an ever gloomier economic outlook. It has even become a meme to respond to a...
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Just Released! 2012 CSBG Highlights
NASCSP just released the 2012 CSBG Highlights — a quick reference guide to featured data from the 2012 CSBG Annual Report. It showcases the the impacts of the CSBG Network’s latest...
Read MoreThe Benefits of Access: Eliminating Siloed Programs for Low-Income Americans
The Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, a nonpartisan forum for exchanging ideas, research, and data, recently published The Benefits of Access: Eliminating Siloed Programs for Low-Income...
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Guest Blog: Urban Institute – Evaluating CSBG ARRA
— By Carol DeVita and Margaret Simms, Urban Institute — Through the Recovery Act (ARRA), the Federal government distributed $1 billion to the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) to...
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Data Corner: CSBG is More Than Just a Number
— Tabitha Beck, Research Director — As someone who enjoys number crunching, I understand the power that data analysis can provide. There is a wealth of information and data in the...
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