State of Poverty Blog

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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Rising Share of Americans See Conflict Between Rich and Poor

Posted on January 12, 2012 Posted By

A new Pew Research Center survey, Rising Share of Americans See Conflict Between Rich and Poor, “of 2,048 adults finds that about two-thirds of the public (66%) believes there are “very...

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Mapping the Measure of America

Posted on January 10, 2012 Posted By

Mapping the Measure of America: Ever wondered how your state or congressional district stacks up compared with your neighbors on life expectancy, preschool enrollment, earnings or dozens of other...

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WAP Ranked as Second Highest Recovery Act Job Creator

Posted on January 7, 2012 Posted By

By Rebecca Stewart The U.S. Department of Energy’s low-income Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) created or retained more than 13,000 jobs in the fourth quarter of 2011, ranking second out of...

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But Wouldn’t That Be Seen as Self-Serving?

Posted on January 7, 2012 Posted By

By Annette Odren, Sales Representative for The Energy Conservatory Last February during the Mid-Winter Training conference several members of the NASCSP board and executive staff mentioned they had...

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