National Assembly Today

Last week, the Annie E. Casey Foundation released “Race for Results“, a KIDS COUNT report that examines childhood outcomes across key indicators of economic, physical, emotional, and developmental well-being. The report found that children of color and immigrant children face particularly significant barriers to meeting key milestones for well-being. Those barriers, such as living in […]

Health care continues to be a priority concern for human service advocates, even as Congress has so far been unable to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Advocates are rallying right now to address a number of recent policy changes and proposals that will undermine health and well-being in communities across the country if implemented. Including […]

Members of 501(c) Agencies Trust have known about the incredible cost saving benefits of group purchasing programs for nearly a decade. Almost six years ago, our members began a partnership with the National Human Services Assembly and joined PurchasingPoint®. PurchasingPoint has access to more than 200 vendors with contracted discounted rates that allows us to […]

Last week, the White House and Republican leaders released a policy framework for overhauling the tax code. Congress is now moving into the process of fleshing out the details of that framework, with the goal of passing a tax package this year. The connection between tax policy and human services is a complicated story to […]

The National Human Services Assembly (NHSA) and the national publication Youth Today have announced the renewal of a partnership that has served both organizations since 2014. Youth Today is the only independent, national media outlet that is read by thousands of professionals in the youth service field to help better the future of youth. The partnership, through […]