Category: CSBG
President Obama's FY 2014 Budget Request for CSBG and WAP
--Alice Gaston, Program Asst., Weatherization Services & Mark Schmeissing, Senior Policy Analyst, CSBG Services-- President Obama released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 budget request today, nearly two months later than normal. The budget focuses on the middle class while reducing the deficit and replacing the sequester with more specific budget cuts and tax increases. You can read President
READ MORECSBG Resource Bank: Community Land Trusts Help Homeowners Keep Their Homes
-- Ken Ackerman, Virtual CAP Project Manager, Virginia Community Action Partnership -- Bringing down the cost of housing is one of the best ways to help low-to-moderate income families gain a foothold on economic security. A Community Land Trust (CLT) is a model that can be used to reduce the initial housing cost to prospective buyers, while also helping maintain affordability of the house
Guest Blog: Demystifying Democracy
-- Denver G. Olmstead, Community Action Partnership of Utah -- Democracy doesn’t end once the ballot is printed: candidates chosen. It’s an active process, taking place in every city, in every
The Federal Office of Community Services’ Training and Technical Assistance Plan: Connecting States and the Regional Performance Innovation Consortia
-- Rae Tamblyn, Research Assistant, NASCSP -- During the 2013 NASCSP Mid-Winter Training Conference, participants had the opportunity to hear from the Office of Community Services (OCS) to learn more about their training and technical assistance (T/TA) plan and collaborative efforts among the States, state associations, and the Regional Performance Innovation Consortia (RPICs). Delia
CSBG Data Corner: Database Diagnostics
-- By Tabitha Beck, Research Director, CSBG, NASCSP -- Every State CSBG staff person who works with the FY2012 CSBG IS Survey Access Database should be familiar with several new review tools that have been incorporated into the system. These tools will enable you to submit a more complete, accurate survey and hopefully shorten your follow-up memo as well. The new reports incorporate part of the
