Policy Guidance Network

For those is the Dallas area that have some free time during the day:

Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance is in need of volunteers to assist with the data entry of the "Point in Time Count" surveys.

Below are the dates available for volunteering. Persons with PC and Windows experience plus the ability to enter data accurately are needed. Also, it is important that you are available for the entire three-hour session for which you register.

This year, data entry will be completed at the MDHA office located at 2816 Swiss Ave., Dallas, TX 75204. Parking is located in the Auxiliary Parking lot located at the corner of Texas & Floyd Streets.

Contact [email protected] for available dates/times.

I recommend bookmarking this page if you are interested in local data!

Research & Data - Dallas Fed

It is very alarming to read that 18% of Americans didn't have the money needed to buy the food they need at one point in time during the last 12 months. This is NOT the time for Congress to make fiscal cuts to the Farm Bill.

“These cuts to SNAP will particularly harm seniors, children and working families, taking food away from the poorest and most vulnerable among us. Congress must reject these attempts to make false economies by taking from those who have the least.” - FRAC President, Jim Weill

About FRAC « Food Research & Action Center Food Hardship Rate Continues to Hold Steady, Underscoring Need to Protect SNAP Washington, D.C. – August 22, 2012 – New data released yesterday by the Gallup organization show the food hardship rate for the nation was 18.2 percent during the first six months of 2012. While a slight dip from the 2...

The time has finally come! As many of you know, I've been working on developing a non-profit that provides research and public policy assistance to other non-profits in our local DFW community.

I'm please to announce that the Policy Guidance Network is now a registered non-profit corporation with the State of Texas.

I'm looking forward to continuing to work with our local and vibrant non-profit sector.

Feel free to follow along and forward this page to an non-profits that could use PGN's services!