PLEASE CALL IN USING A AUGUST 2019 TELEPHONE – DO NOT USE COMPUTER AUDIO REGIONAL CALLS PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION BY UNMUTING YOUR PHONE OR USING THE WEBINAR PANEL
Agenda Legislative Update NASCSP Updates DOE Updates NASCSP Membership Open Discussion
NASCSP Legislative Update Congress on August Recess , Members at home in their districts House adjourned July 26, Senate Adjourned August 2 nd 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
NASCSP Legislative Update Reauthorization 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
NASCSP Legislative Update WAP Capitol Hill Event – July 24 th , 11am-3pm • NASCSP-Energy OutWest partnership • Goal: Educate members of Congress about WAP, keep WAP fresh in minds of policy makers headed into August break • Over 55 attendees, 3 members of Congress
NASCSP Legislative Update 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”
Potential Resiliency Pilot Projects 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.
DOE Updates 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 overcame key barriers and developed targeted low-income energy solutions.
DOE Updates ACSI Subgrantee Survey Had been extended to July 30 th , originally supposed to close July 16 th 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
New DOE Resource Preliminary Assessment Guide for Integrating Renewable Energy into Weatherization https://www.energy.gov/eere/slsc/downloads/preliminary-assessment-guide- integrating-renewable-energy-weatherization
New DOE Resource Energy Information Administration (EIA) State Energy Portal https://www.energy.gov/eere/slsc /downloads/preliminary- assessment-guide-integrating- renewable-energy-weatherization
New DOE Resource 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
Recent Peer-to-Peer Request 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 years. Please complete this short survey by August 16th. 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 territories. Contact Amy Klusmeier , NASCSP WAP Director, with any questions.
Keep an Eye Out- Peer to Peer Request 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!
Upcoming NASCSP Webinars NASCSP Resource Demo: Member Portal and WAPTAC August 22, 2019 3:00 pm ET Presenters: NASCSP Staff Register here Weatherization Day Kick-Off Webinar September 11, 2019 3:00pm ET Presenters: NASCSP , CAP , NCAF Register here
NASCSP Annual Training Conference Little Rock Marriott 3 Statehouse Plaza Little Rock, AR 72201 Reserve your room Register Agenda Memo 49 – DOE TTA Funds
Core Conference Agenda 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
Membership Updates WAP Board Elections during September Business Meeting Please submit a nomination form by Sept. 6
DOE Spend Out Calls NASCSP hosted two conference calls last week on August 6 th and 8 th 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.
Open Discussion
Future Regional Calls September 10 & 12 October 22 & 24 November 12 & 14 December 17 & 19
Thanks for attending! 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
Recommend
More recommend
