13 Reduction of home energy needs,2605(b)(16) - Assurance 16

13.1 Describe how you use LIHEAP funds to provide services that encourage and enable households to reduce their home energy needs and thereby the need for energy assistance? In order to comply with Section 2605(b)(16) of the LIHEAP statute (42 U.S.C & 8624(b)(16))- Assurance 16, Development will provide a maximum of 5% of the total annual State of Ohio LIHEAP allocation to encourage and enable households to reduce their home energy needs. Funding is available annually through a request for proposal process. Applications will be received and reviewed on a first-come, first- served basis during the open application period. The request for proposal will outline the following: Duration of program (annual award vs. one-time). • Requested funding amount, uses and any leveraged resources. • Description of the project and how the project will reduce the household’s energy burden. • Anticipated outcomes. • Methodologies for tracking outcomes. • If the applicant is awarded funds, they will be required to report on the number of households served and the impact on those households (including pre- and post-testing, client survey responses, etc.). Examples of how LIHEAP funds have been provided through Assurance 16 includes the following: The Breathing Association – Provides energy efficiency education and assessments, energy saving referrals and energy saving kits through its mobile medical unit and lung clinic. • Community Action Agency of Columbiana County, Inc – Provides home repairs services, local food pantry locations, and other housing programs to perform outreach. • Highland – Assist residents in setting up and maintaining their budgets, helping them to independently manage their reduced energy bills. • Mahoning Youngstown Community Action Partnership – Provides energy efficiency education, energy efficiency audits with 60-day reviews, and energy efficiency kits. • Ohio Energy Project – Provides energy efficiency education and energy efficiency kits through its E3 smart program that works with classrooms (students and teachers) in underserved regions in Ohio. • West Ohio Community Action Partnership – Provides energy efficiency education, energy efficiency assessments, energy efficiency kits, Case Management, Energy and financial counseling. • Clean Energy 4 All – Provided energy efficiency education, energy efficiency audits, program referrals for household efficiency improvements and oversite of the improvements. • Northwestern Ohio Community Action Commission, INC – Provides benefits to clients with reduction in energy, installation of energy efficient bulbs and replacement of high energy use appliances to help relieve the energy burden. • True Vision Community Development Corporation – Provides comprehensive financial counseling services, develop skills to work effectively with utilities on affordable payment arrangements, and better understand how to manage their energy usage and energy bills. • Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy – Identify and target low-income homes with a high energy burden and offer a suite of energy • conservation program services to those identified families. Step Forward – Provide education and financial literacy training through hosting virtual and onsite learning activities on strategies to reduce household energy costs and financial literacy education to promote economic stability. • Kno-Ho-Co Ashland – Provide an energy efficiency program that will provide clients with energy saving materials, including energy efficient LED bulbs to replace their incandescent and compact florescent light bulbs (CFLs), provide shower heads and aerators, discharge pipe and smart strips and pipe wraps, thus reducing their energy consumption and their electric bills. • 13.2 How do you ensure that you don't use more than 5% of your LIHEAP funds for these activities? Development will allocate funds in the methods described in 13.1 up to a maximum of 5% of the LIHEAP funds allocated to the State of Ohio. 13.3 Describe the impact of such activities on the number of households served in the previous federal Fiscal Year. The Breathing Association has been funded by HEAP Assurance 16 to provide clients with residential energy savings education along with receiving a HEAP benefit. 13.4 Describe the level of direct benefits provided to those households in the previous federal Fiscal Year. Clients received residential energy savings education along with receiving a HEAP benefit, and medical care. Some agencies also provided energy conservation kits to clients in addition to education materials. 13.5 How many households received these services? 5896 If any of the above questions require further explanation or clarification that could not be made in the fields provided, attach a document with said explanation here.