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Appropriations
House passed several appropriations bills in June Energy and Water Bill (WAP @ $290 million) Labor-HHS Bill (CSBG @ $760 million, LIHEAP @ $3.84 billion) Senate still working on its appropriations bills Probably wont see numbers until late July, votes maybe not
until after August recess
Could be flat with 2019 amounts Still no overall budget agreement between House/Senate/White
House
Won’t be a lot of time in September before end of fiscal year Could wind up with a CR or shutdown come Oct. 1st
Reauthorization
CSBG Reauthorization is gaining co-sponsors in the House (40 right
now)
Have not been any hearings held on the bill CSBG reauthorization has not yet been introduced in Senate WAP Reauthorization headed for House Energy and Commerce
Committee markup- Wednesday July 17th
At the markup, members will consider amendments, debate, and
vote to send the bill to the floor
NASCSP has been asked to weigh in on Amendment language Senate bill has had one hearing on 7/9, Business meeting
today.
Additional co-sponsors
NASCSP provided resources to full membership Comment period closed Fri. 6/21. Over 2,200 comments
submitted via regulations.gov, over 52,000 through Coalition on Human Needs & others
Heard from several NASCSP Members who commented-
Thank you!
Notice of funding announcement posted on 6/25. Applications due 8/9. $324 Million in Funding Available to state, county, and city jurisdictions. A lot more
funding than typically available.
Total Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Grants & Healthy Homes Supplemental
Funds
“…promote the integration of this grant program with housing rehabilitation,
property maintenance, weatherization, healthy homes initiatives, and housing- related health hazard interventions”
Opportunity for partnership with another state office or department Opportunity for partnership with subgrantee at local government
View the announcement and more information here.
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.
All Grantees should have received the survey and recorded webinar Reminder to contact Dakota (dhayes@nascsp.org) with any questions or if you need an extension
Survey extended to July 30th Goal is 85% or 580 total responses As of July 10, 315 Subgrantees responses
44 of 57 Grantees have signed awards
As of June 19, 2019
Percent of DOE Funds Spent # of Grantees 80% or greater 38 60 – 79 % 11 40 – 59 % 2 Below 40% 6
NASCSP sent an invite via email
Tuesday August 6, 3:00 pm ET Thursday August 8, 11:00 am ET
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
Energy Audit and Special Material Approvals
July 25, 2019 3:00 pm ET Presenters: Amy Klusmeier, NASCSP; Scott Kuhn, KS; Josh Larose, VT; Andrea Schroer,
GA
Register here
Connecting with Healthy Homes Projects in Your State
July 30, 2019 3:00 pm ET Presenters: Green and Healthy Homes Initiative Register here
NASCSP Resource Demo: Member Portal and WAPTAC
August 22, 2019 3:00 pm ET Presenters: NASCSP Staff 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 (non-member) 1:30 - 3:30 Planning and Action Session / Managing Production (non-member) 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 2:45 - 4:00 Conducting an Evaluation of Your WAP 4:15 - 5:30 Technical Tips for Program Managers 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 September
Region 3 has two nominations, all
Please submit a nomination form by
August 13 & 15 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