2011 Weatherization Funding Survey Now Available
— By Alice Gaston, Program Assistant — The NASCSP 2011 Program Year (PY 2011) Funding Survey is now available here. The NASCSP Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) Funding Survey is...
Read MoreUPDATE: NASCSP Urges the House of Representatives to Reject the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012
UPDATE – 5/11/2012 6:15 PM::: The House of Representatives today passed the Reconciliation Replacement bill on a 218-199 vote. Not a single Democrat supported the bill, which tries to...
Read MoreKeeping an Eye on U.S. Environmental Sustainability: An Energy and Climate Policy Update
– Jovita A. Tolbert, National Alliance for Sustainable Communities (NASC) – Look Out, Austerity Ahead In light of last year’s debt limit deal (PL 112-25), which included 10-year...
Read MoreCSBG Spotlight: California CAA Helps People Go From Unemployment to Entrepreneurship
– By Eric Stam – In the current economy, many unemployed workers are choosing self-employment when jobs are not coming their way. But many would be entrepreneurs are intimidated by the...
Read MoreWAP Legislative Update: April 24, 2012
The Senate Appropriations Energy & Water (E&W) Subcommittee marked up the FY 2013 bill today to determine funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). While we are expecting an...
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Myth: There’s No Lobbyist for Low-Income Americans
Guest Contributor: Advocates for The Other America — Advocates for The Other America (AFTOA) was pleased to see Cornel West and Tavis Smiley on The Colbert Report last night speaking out...
Read MoreData Corner: 100% 2012 CSBG IS Submissions Received!
NASCSP is happy to announce that every single State submitted their FY 2011 Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) Information System (IS) Survey data by the March 31, 2012 deadline! We know how much...
Read MorePoverty Politics: CSBG Picks Up Where Welfare Failed
Jason DeParle of the New York Times wrote last week, that despite all the rhetoric, the welfare reform of the late 1990s did nothing to “end poverty as we know it.” Despite the difficult economic...
Read MoreGoing Beyond Hunger; Food Insecurity in America
NASCSP is excited to announce the release of our latest issue brief, Going Beyond Hunger; Food Insecurity in America. This issue brief seeks to understand the role that food insecurity plays in...
Read MoreWords from our President: How Solving Poverty Will Help America Come Back
In the State of the Union Address, President Obama said, “Anyone who tells you that America is in decline or that our influence has waned doesn’t know what they’re talking about.” The...
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