State of Poverty Blog

2012 NASCSP AWARDS

Posted on March 31, 2012 Posted By

– By Terry Joyner –  NASCSP’s membership proudly recognizes extraordinary contributions made to NASCSP and to the programs that NASCSP represents. The Marjorie J. Witherspoon NASCSP...

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NASCSP Cries Foul on Committees’ Claims against Weatherization

Posted on March 21, 2012 Posted By

NASCSP came out swinging yesterday when a report released by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, chaired by Darrell Issa (R-CA), made outlandishly false...

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Job Skills Training in Georgia Leads to Employment

Posted on March 2, 2012 Posted By

Edited by Payten Carroll Recent studies find that America is beginning to come out of the recession as unemployment numbers steadily decline. In Georgia the unemployment rate has been declining since...

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CSBG Data Corner: Data at your Fingertips

Posted on March 2, 2012 Posted By

by Tabitha Beck Thank you to everyone for your efforts in submitting the FY2011 CSBG IS Survey this year! We hope you found the additional reports and comparison information in this year’s database...

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NASCSP is on Pinterest!

Posted on February 23, 2012 Posted By

Pinterest has been sweeping through the world wide web for the past few months now, and NASCSP is proud to be “pinning” about poverty and energy issues! Pinterest according to their...

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Congressional Briefing on the Weatherization Assistance Program

Posted on February 2, 2012 Posted By

By Brad Penney, Advocates for the Other America (AFTOA) On March 28, 2012, Advocates for The Other America (AFTOA), together with the Northeast-Midwest House and Senate Coalitions, conducted a...

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2012 WAP Mid-Winter Orientation and Conference

Posted on February 2, 2012 Posted By

By Alice Gaston The 2012 NASCSP Mid-Winter Conference kicked off Monday, February 27 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC with an introduction by NASCSP Board Chair Steve Payne and NASCSP...

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WAP Corner: Weatherization Plus 2015 – Where Do We Go from Here?

Posted on February 2, 2012 Posted By

By Rebecca Stewart As with all successful ventures, WAP must continually evolve to meet the changing needs of the market and the funding challenges post-Recovery Act. WAP, for over three decades, has...

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Where and Why People Donate their Money and Time to Charity

Posted on January 24, 2012 Posted By

Hopefully this information will help nonprofits better understand fundraising and the different approaches they can take for their fundraising campaigns and securing donations from individuals. Click...

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The State of Homelessness in America 2012

Posted on January 18, 2012 Posted By

The State of Homelessness in America 2012, by the National Alliance to End Homelessness in America (NAEH), “examines homelessness between 2009 and 2011, a period of economic downturn in the...

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