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National Weatherization Day
October 30, 2020
The Weatherization Assistance Program created the residential home performance industry. The program was created in 1976 under Title IV of the Energy Conservation and Production Act to assist low-income families when the 1973 oil crisis was affecting millions of Americans. In this early phase, volunteers and job trainees installed low-cost conservation measures, such as covering windows with plastic sheeting, caulking, and weatherstripping to reduce home heating bills. By the 1980s, weatherization services focused on more permanent and cost-effective measures, such as insulation and improving efficiency in heating systems. Today’s home performance industry, comprising for-profit companies, is based on many of the practices and technologies developed by the Weatherization Assistance Program.
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M. Rivers (EPP Auditor), M. Taylor (Support Specialist), D. Janosik (Assessor, QCI), J. Collier (Assessor, QCI)
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Winter Crisis Program Begins November 2, 2020 at MYCAP
The Ohio Development Services Agency and Mahoning Youngstown Community Action Partnership (MYCAP) will help income-eligible Ohioans stay warm during the winter months. The Home Energy Assistance Winter Crisis Program provides eligible Ohioans assistance if they ae disconnected with their gas or electric, threatened with disconnection with the gas or the electric or if they have less than a 25 percent supply of bulk fuel or repair of a non-heating furnace. The program runs from November 1,2020 until March 31, 2020.
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MYCAP Certified Community Health Workers will work with-in Mahoning County to impact the Social Determinants of Health. A Certified Community Health Worker will be able to make an impact on the family unit as a whole. The need for permanent sustainable life style changes requires a, “meet them where they are approach.” A CHW has a vast knowledge of resources that is used to connect our families to the best possible resource for specific needs. We are able to provide services to the family as a unit and attach to all community resources based on relationships built on trust.