One Million Homes Weatherized!
By: Alice Gaston, Program Assistant, Weatherization Services NASCSP and the Community Action Partnership (CAP) are pleased to announce that September 27, 2012 marks the one millionth home weatherized...
Read MoreCSBG Data Corner: Connecting the Dots – Census Data to CSBG Data
By Tabitha Beck, Director of Research, CSBG Services, NASCSP On Thursday September 20, the American Community Survey (ACS) will be released by the US Census Bureau. This important information...
Read MoreLegislative Update – September 18, 2012
By: Brad Penney, Advocates for The Other America The White House has released a report detailing the impact of the $109 billion in cuts that will be imposed by the sequester in January if Congress...
Read MoreCSBG Data Corner: CSBG IS Data Awards
By Tabitha Beck, Director of Research, NASCSP We at NASCSP understand and appreciate the dedication, time and effort that States, state associations, and local eligible entities put into providing...
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Keeping an Eye on U.S. Environmental Sustainability: An Energy and Climate Policy Update
— Edited by Jovita A. Tolbert, Development Director, National Alliance for Sustainable Communities — Romney Releases Energy Plan. Romney says his newly released energy plan will help...
Read MorePaying for What Works: NASC and the Center for American Progress Talk SIBs
— Jovita Tolbert, Development Director of the National Alliance for Sustainable Communities (NASC) — Implemented in the UK, the first Social Impact Bond (SIB) was launched by Social...
Read MoreOnly 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...
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