Category: CSBG
CSBG: The 40-Year-Old Block Grant
This Friday, August 13, is the Community Services Block Grant’s 40th anniversary. 40 years ago, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 was signed into law on August 13, 1981, authorizing and
Guest Blog: Virginia Community Action Network Creates Incarceration Diversion Working Group
By: Matt Fitzgerald, Community Service Program Manager VA Dept of Social Services For the Virginia Community Action Network 2020 began as a time of advancement. The network had been moving
READ MOREGuest Blog: Wisconsin Leveraging Community Action Network for Vaccine Confidence Education
By: Anna Sainsbury, CSBG Contract Manager, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families [caption id="attachment_18812" align="alignnone" width="639"] Photo credit: George Hinton, CEO of the
READ MORERadical Roots: The Civil Rights Movement and Community Action
Black History Month is more than a yearly celebration of the achievements of individual Black Americans, it is an acknowledgement of the critical social, political, and cultural contributions of
2019 Poverty Census Data & COVID Impacts
Yesterday morning the U.S. Census Bureau released its latest data on poverty, income, and health insurance coverage. The results showed that between 2018 and 2019, incomes increased, the official poverty rate declined slightly, and more people became uninsured. This data was gathered before the COVID-19 pandemic and therefore doesn’t reflect the situation for many families today. Rather, it
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