Category: Healthy Homes Initiative
Guest Blog: Community Health and Weatherization Take Action on High-Risk Asthma in Low-Income Households of Washington State
Caring for a child or family member struggling to breathe can be terrifying. Many of the persistent conditions and triggers for asthma and other respiratory illnesses are found in low-income homes. To address these conditions Washington State is developing a new partnership between its low-income Weatherization Assistance Program and local community public health services that could bring
READ MORECommunity Action Agencies Work to Alleviate Energy Burden and Unsafe Housing
By Quinton Young, Program Assistant Community Action Agencies (CAAs) work across the United States and its territories to alleviate the causes and conditions of poverty in communities. Through the Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) and other grants, these agencies have the flexibility to provide innovative, flexible, and responsive programs and services to address the needs in their
READ MOREThe Positive Effects of Weatherization and Improved Indoor Air Quality on Asthma
Written by Quinton Young, Program Assistant The U.S. Department of Energy released the results of the National Evaluation of the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) on September 15 during the NASCSP Annual Training Conference in Sacramento, California. Carried out by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the results from these studies provides the WAP program with many strong talking
READ MORENASCSP Response to Michigan "Greenstone" Report Around Weatherization & Energy Efficiency Investments
The study released this week titled "Do Energy Efficiency Investments Deliver? Evidence from the Weatherization Assistance Program" by Meredith Fowlie, Michael Greenstone, and Catherine Wolfram on energy savings from residential energy programs is seriously flawed and does not present a balanced assessment of the benefits of investing in energy efficiency in either its final or working draft
READ MOREEPA Announcement Creates Big Opportunity for Weatherization
-- Brad Penney, NASCSP General Counsel -- The National Association for State Community Services Programs (NASCSP) applauds the June 2 release of standards proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce carbon emissions under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. Yesterday’s EPA action demonstrates that the United States is prepared to take strong steps to fight global climate
