CSBG Data Corner: Homelessness on the Decline and CSBG Helped!
– by Tabitha Beck, Research Director – The Atlantic and USA Today recently discussed the quiet decline of homelessness since 2005. We took a look at the CSBG data alongside the national...
Read MoreWAP Legislative Update and We Need Your Help
We need your help! WAP faces severe funding threats – help us engage with utility and business partners to get their support with legislators on Capitol Hill. Join us on Advocacy Days and put us in...
Read MoreWe Want YOU! Help Shape the Next Generation of ROMA
The ROMA COE wants your knowledge and your voice to shape the Next Generation of ROMA! The COE is offering webinars to dive deeply into the various aspects of the White Paper, now that several...
Read MoreBreaking: WAP Reauthorization Bill Filed in the Senate
Alice Gaston –Program Assistant, Energy Services– NASCSP learned that the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) reauthorization was filed today as an amendment to the Shaheen-Portman...
Read MoreWho Are You?
— by Tabitha Beck and Jovita Tolbert — Community Action was created in 1964 to address the conditions of poverty. And yet, here we are in 2013 heading toward poverty rates upwards of...
Read MoreROMA COE SEEKS VOLUNTEERS
The ROMA COE is looking for volunteers to serve on committees that will give in depth consideration to the following: Proposed changes to family level definitions outcomes and measures, Proposed...
Read MoreROMA Next Generation COE – July Update
The second iteration of the “White Paper on Performance Management in Community Action” has been released. This iteration features several significant updates which are highlighted in the...
Read MoreCSBG Spotlight: It’s Never Too Early to Learn about Financial Literacy – Especially When Your First Teacher is a “Dime A Saur”
— by Rae Tamblyn, Research Assistant — Western Carolina Community Action (WCCA) believes it’s never too early to teach financial literacy classes. Just ask any of the 276 first graders...
Read MoreWeatherization: Full Speed Ahead
Brad Penney –General Counsel, NASCSP– Events come at us so quickly these days that it’s often hard to see the “big picture.” When I got home last night, I got to thinking about what...
Read MoreThe Fuel of the Future
The Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) is the fuel of the future. You know that. We know it. But not everyone in Congress has seen the light yet. Last Thursday, NASCSP staff once again headed...
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