CSSP Comments on Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Competition

The Department of Education has created a Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Fund blog for interested individuals and organizations t...

Promise Neighborhood Grant Application Release - June 30th Update

On June 30th, the Department of Education posted on its Promise Neighborhoods page an update regarding the release of grant applications. ...

Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration Program Grantees Announced

The US Department of Labor (DOL) announced $39.7 million in grants to support the employment of low-income non-custodial parents and ex-off...

Do Something Provides Summer Jobless Grants for Youth

With the teen unemployment rate at 75% this summer, Do Something – a national nonprofit that promotes youth volunteerism - has announced th...

Child Welfare Grant for Using Family Decision Making

The Administration for Children and Families(ACF), Children's Bureau in the Department of Health and Human Services recently announced a...

New Web Tool for Education Budget Analysis at the National and District Level

The New America Foundation's Education Policy Program released the latest version of Federal Education Budget Project (FEBP), a website...

Green Jobs Innovation Fund Awards Announced

The US Department of Labor announced $38 million in Green Jobs Innovation Fund grants . This funding is an important opportunity to support ...

Grants to Support Case Management Services for Public Housing Residents

The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced more than $31 million in Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency (ROSS) grants...

New CSSP Policy Brief: Affordable Housing as a Platform for Family Well-being

With homeownership at 66 percent, one of the lowest rates in years, and rental rates equivalent to more than 100 hours per week of minimum w...

Capacity Building Grants for Sustainable Communities Program

New funding opportunity from HUD seeks to strengthen the capacity of Sustainable Communities grantees to create more housing choices, make ...

HUD Releases Advance Notice for Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grants

  On Monday, HUD released an advance notice detailing the requirements for the FY2011 Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grants Progr...

New Grant Opportunity Supports Job Creation for Low-Income Individuals

A new grant opportunity from the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services seeks to create job opportunities fo...

Timeline for Promise Neighborhoods Notice Release (June 21 update from DOE)

On June 21, the Department of Education posted on its Promise Neighborhoods page the following: Timeline for FY 2011 Promise Neighborhoods ...

Upcoming Webinar: Achieving Excellence and Innovation in Family, School, and Community Engagement

On Thursday, June 23, the U.S. Department of Education and its partners will host a webinar, Achieving Excellence and Innovation in Family, ...

New Funding Opportunity Promotes Collaboration between Child Welfare and Education Systems

Multi-system partnerships and meaningful collaborations between child welfare, education and other youth serving systems are essential to en...

Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

The latest funding opportunity from the Obama Administration’s Affordable Care Act provides an unprecedented opportunity to improve outcomes...

Second Round i3 Competition Announced

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE)  announced that $150 million will be available for another round of Investing in Innovation (i3) gra...

Feedback Requested on Choice Implementation NOFA

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is requesting feedback for improving the Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant app...

Choice Planning NOFA Announced

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the availability of $3.6 million dollars for Choice Neighborhood Planning Gr...

House Bill Makes Promise Neighborhoods a Federally-Authorized Program

We announced previously that Senator Tom Harkin introduced legislative language that would authorize Promise Neighborhoods as a federal prog...

Gathering Resident Input to Improve Youth Outcomes: The Listening Project

CSSP’s work in communities has been guided by the notion that service, system, policy and community improvements are most effective and sust...