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Agenda Legislative Update NASCSP Updates DOE Updates NASCSP Membership Open Discussion
NASCSP Legislative Update 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. 1 st
NASCSP Legislative Update 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 Legislative Update WAP Capitol Hill Event – July 24 th , 11am-3pm • Weatherization Expo • NASCSP-Energy OutWest partnership • Several WAP program managers • Technology demonstrations from Virginia CHP training center • Goal: Educate members of Congress about WAP, keep WAP fresh in minds of policy makers headed into August break
NASCSP Legislative Update Poverty Measure Comment Period 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!
HUD 2019 Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program 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.
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.
2018 NASCSP Funding Survey 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
DOE Updates Subgrantee ACSI Survey - WAP Memo 52 Survey extended to July 30th Goal is 85% or 580 total responses As of July 10, 315 Subgrantees responses DOE Staffing – no changes since last month 2019 Awards 44 of 57 Grantees have signed awards
DOE Spending (PY 2017 and 2018) As of June 19, 2019 National Spend = 86% Percent of DOE # of Grantees Funds Spent 80% or greater 38 60 – 79 % 11 40 – 59 % 2 Below 40% 6
NASCSP Listening Sessions on DOE Spending RSVP now! NASCSP sent an invite via email Tuesday August 6, 3:00 pm ET Thursday August 8, 11:00 am ET
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
Upcoming NASCSP Webinars 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
NASCSP Annual Training Conference Little Rock Marriott 3 Statehouse Plaza Little Rock, AR 72201 Reserve your room Register Agenda Memo 49 – DOE TTA Funds
Tentative 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 (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
Membership Updates WAP Board Elections during September Business Meeting Region 3 has two nominations, all other regions still need more nominations. Please submit a nomination form by Sept. 6
Open Discussion
Future Regional Calls August 13 & 15 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
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