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Legislative Update NASCSP Updates DOE Updates NASCSP Membership Open Discussion
Congress on August Recess, Members at home in their districts House adjourned July 26, Senate Adjourned August 2nd Before leaving, both chambers passed a budget agreement which was
signed by the President
2 years, agreement on overall spending numbers No “poison pills”/policy riders More info: Legislative Update Strong House starting point Energy and Water Bill (WAP @ $290 million) Labor-HHS Bill (CSBG @ $760 million, LIHEAP @ $3.84 billion) House and Senate will be negotiating in September, short term CR
may still be needed
WAP Reauthorization voted out of House Energy and
Commerce Committee unanimously
Two amendments were adopted:
Encourage hiring of underrepresented groups by contractors Adjustment to authorization levels, sunset of innovation program More info: Legislative Update
Senate bill voted out of committee unanimously, no
amendments
Additional co-sponsors have signed on in both House &
Senate
Awaiting more details from staff on floor strategy in the
fall/winter
Public Charge, Final Rule Issued
837 Page rule HERE Comment period in November/December 2018. Resources HERE. The final rule would count the use of certain social programs by legal
immigrants and residents as negative factors when those individuals applied for green cards or citizenship.
SSI, TANF
, certain state and local cash assistance programs (Currently)
Rule expands to: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP
, "food stamps"), certain HUD housing programs such as housing choice vouchers and rental assistance, and most forms of Medicaid.
CSBG, WAP
, and LIHEAP are not included in this rule.
Anything not specifically named is not included Potential “chilling effect”
Institute for Building Technology Safety (IBTS)
Post-disaster elevation projects co-funded by the National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP) and FEMA mitigation program and/or HUD CDBG-DR;
Seismic reinforcement funded by FEMA pre-disaster mitigation dollars; High wind mitigation in hurricane-prone or struck communities funded by
FEMA mitigation and/or HUD CDBG-DR dollars; and
Community and neighborhood improvement projects, both pre- and post-
disaster in coordination with HUD CDBG and available funding. Contact Amy or Eric if interested.
New Clean Energy for Low-Income Communities Toolkit
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Better Buildings Initiative recently
released the Clean Energy for Low-Income Communities (CELICA) Toolkit, which provides materials to help program administrators reduce energy burden for low-income communities by enhancing and expanding upon work funded through utility, state, or federal programs. These materials are the product of CELICA’s two-year collaboration with more than 30 partners from the government, utility, and nonprofit sectors, with support from national technical assistance partners. The materials include CELICA partner model programs, case studies, templates, and solution examples related to both program development and design.
Access the toolkit to learn more, and join the webinar Wednesday, August 14, from 3–4 p.m. Eastern Time to hear from CELICA partners and learn how they
ACSI Subgrantee Survey
Had been extended to July 30th, originally supposed to close July 16th Final response rate of 71% nationwide - thank you for your reminder
efforts.
Results currently being compiled, state specific reports will be
provided like last time
Grantee and Subgrantee level results presented at NASCSP
conference
Panel of states that improved
Preliminary Assessment Guide for Integrating Renewable Energy into Weatherization
https://www.energy.gov/eere/slsc/downloads/preliminary-assessment-guide- integrating-renewable-energy-weatherization
Energy Information Administration (EIA) State Energy Portal
https://www.energy.gov/eere/slsc /downloads/preliminary- assessment-guide-integrating- renewable-energy-weatherization
Low-Income Energy Affordability Data Tool (LEAD)-
https://www.energy.gov/eere/slsc/maps/lead-tool
One pager instructions for the tool: https://lead.openei.org/assets/files/LEAD-One-Pager.pdf
A state is considering bidding out their subgrantee WAP
territories and they would like to get the perspective of other states who have bid out territories in the past or who have had changes to their subgrantee provider network in recent
This will build on a previous survey NASCSP conducted about a
year ago. As always, the results and summary report will be posted in the NASCSP member portal. The information gathered will also be presented as part of a session at the Annual Conference in September on the topic of bidding out service
any questions.
NASCSP is in the process of developing another Peer-to-Peer Request
in regards to workforce development
A state peer wishes to look at workforce development through
partnerships with local nonprofits. More details will be included in the Peer-to-Peer announcement
Announcement will be sent out next week, but keep your eyes peeled
for it!
August 22, 2019 3:00 pm ET Presenters: NASCSP Staff Register here
September 11, 2019 3:00pm ET Presenters: NASCSP
Register here
Wednesday 9/25 8:30 - 9:15 Conference Opening 9:15 - 10:15 Federal Partner Update 10:45 - 12:15 Annual Business Meeting / Healthy Homes Evaluator (Paul Francisco) 1:30 - 3:30 Planning and Action Session / Managing Production (National CAP) 4:00 - 5:15 Bidding Out Subgrantee Service Territories Thursday 9/26 7:30 - 8:30 DOE/NASCSP Board Breakfast 8:30-10:00 Federal Perspectives 1 10:30-11:45 Federal Perspectives 2 1:15 - 2:30 Federal Perspectives 3 3:00 - 4:15 Technical Tips for Program Managers 4:15 - 5:30 Conducting an Evaluation of Your WAP Friday 9/27 8:30 - 9:45 Rooftop Solar in Colorado's WAP: Failures, Successes and Lessons Learned 10:15 - 11:30 ACSI Survey Results
WAP Board Elections during
Please submit a nomination form
NASCSP hosted two conference calls last week on August
6th and 8th on Spending out DOE funds
Some common themes during these calls were:
The challenges that rural areas across their respective states
present of finding qualified contractors, which has contributed to delays in production and spending out funds.
Contractor retention and hiring is an issue everywhere including
cities, where other, better paying jobs in the private sector have been siphoning contractors.
September 10 & 12 October 22 & 24 November 12 & 14 December 17 & 19
Eric Behna, Policy and Communications Manager ebehna@nascsp.org | 202-370-3662 Dakota Hayes, Program Assistant dhayes@nascsp.org | 202-370-3619 Amy Klusmeier, WAP Director aklusmeier@nascsp.org | 202-370-3661 Bruce Hagen, WAP Program Chair bahagen@nd.gov