A Flurry of Legislative Activity for Weatherization Assistance Program
–Brad Penney, General Counsel, NASCSP– The Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) has been in the spotlight on Capitol Hill over the last month with legislative activity around funding...
Read MoreNo Easy Answers on Performance Measurement, but Dialogue Offers Fresh Insights
— edited by NASCSP staff — The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Network faces several key challenges right now. Not only are we threatened with disabling funding cuts, but we’re...
Read MoreCSBG Funding: Third Quarter Funding Release Update
–by Jovita Tolbert, NASC Development Director–The Federal Office of Community Services (OCS) recently issued this Dear Colleague Letter noting they can only release a portion of the total...
Read MoreROMA, Reforms, and Reduced Funds – Analyzing the President’s FY 2014 Budget Request
— Mark Schmeissing, Senior Policy Analyst, NASCSP — President Obama released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 budget request on Wednesday, which included a proposed total of $350 million for...
Read MoreCSBG Data Corner: Preliminary Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Data
— Tabitha Beck, Research Director — March 31 came and went, with CSBG Information System (IS) Survey database submissions coming from far and wide! The data are still being reviewed, but...
Read MorePresident 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...
Read MoreRapid Health Impact Assessment: Weatherization Plus Health in Connecticut
By Lynne Snyder, Ph.D., MPH, Consultant, Healthy Homes How can Connecticut achieve its energy goal and create positive health outcomes, while reducing potentially negative impacts on health? This...
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...
Read MoreLegislative Update: March Ends In a Roar for Weatherization Assistance Program
– Brad Penney, General Counsel, NASCSP and Bob Scott, Director, Energy Services, NASCSP – This year, as the saying goes, March went out like a lion — at least on Capitol Hill. The last...
Read MoreLegislative Update: Heaving the Weatherization Assistance Boulder over the Hill
– Bob Scott, Director, Energy Services, NASCSP and Brad Penney, General Counsel, NASCSP – Sometimes getting anything done in Washington feels like trying to push a giant boulder over a hill. In...
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