Category: NASCSP Updates
Poverty Politics: Sequestration Scenarios
-- Mark Schmeissing, Senior Policy Analyst, NASCSP, and Brad Penney, General Counsel, NASCSP -- Last week at the NASCSP Annual Conference, much of the conversation was about the future of the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) and Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). One of the major issues facing our Network is the impact of sequestration. Sequestration and CSBG: Sequestration
READ MORELegislative Update: Beware the Ides of March
-- Brad Penney, General Counsel, Advocates for the Other America -- “Beware the ides of March.” — Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare Sequestration will have major—and negative—impacts on energy and environmental management agencies. Here’s how it will affect all Americans. More families exposed to the cold and heat Children and seniors more vulnerable to air pollution Less
Recap of the 2013 Mid-Winter Orientation Now Available
The NASCSP 2013 Mid-Winter Orientation came to a close on Tuesday, but NASCSPevents.org has a full recap of all the events and activities from the past two days. Monday, February 25, 2013: Orientation Kick-Off Monday kicked-off the 2013 Mid-Winter Orientation for State administrators for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) and Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). The Mid-Winter
State of the Union: The President's Top 5
-- By Timothy R. Warfield, Executive Director, NASCSP -- There was applause, laughter, and even some tears in Tuesday night’s State of the Union speech. The talking heads are divided over whether the most impactful moment of the night was the teary reactions of the families of the gun violence victims or the President’s quip about the abundance of ribbon cuttings. For me there were five key
Poverty Politics: Go Ahead – Change the Game
-- By Steve Payne, NASCSP Board President -- In last night’s State of the Union address, the President unveiled the big initiatives of his second term. The pundits say this could be his last big speech. Second terms have notoriously small windows of opportunity before all attention turns to the next presidential race. As the President seizes his last chance to effect change, we are also at a
