October 28, 2009
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A key element of the Obama Administration’s overall green jobs plan was announced with the release of “Recovery Through Retrofit” by the Vice President’s Middle Class Task Force. It’s important to note that the report’s emphasis was on weatherization services for the America’s 130 million homes and did not intend to focus on weatherization services like those hundreds of Community Action Agencies provide to low-income households. The 12-page report is important for our Community Action Network to read and understand as it recommends developing home energy performance measures, establishing national workforce certification and training standards for retrofit workers and training providers, and creating new finance options for home weatherization.
Don Mathis represented the Partnership at the White House briefing where Vice President Biden, DOL Secretary Solis, HUD Secretary Donovan, and Energy Secretary Chu explained the programs and announced that the implementation plan for this report would be due from the federal interagency Energy Retrofit Working Group. Mathis, who also serves on the executive committee of the Emerald Cities Collaborative (focus on urban building retrofits), stayed at the White House for a post-briefing discussion with key federal leaders from that Energy Working Group. The Partnership, through e news, will monitor the progress of these initiatives.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Vice PresidentFor Immediate Release
October 19, 2009
Vice President Biden Unveils Report Focused on Expanding Green Jobs And
Energy Savings For Middle Class Families
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Vice President Biden today unveiled Recovery Through Retrofit, a report that builds on the foundation laid in the Recovery Act to expand green job opportunities and boost energy savings by making homes more energy efficient. Joining the Vice President today were Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality; Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy; Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor; Shaun Donovan, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and Karen Mills, Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
At a Middle Class Task Force meeting earlier this year, the Vice President asked the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to develop a proposal for Federal action to lay the groundwork for a self-sustaining home energy efficiency retrofit industry. In response, CEQ facilitated a broad interagency process with the Office of the Vice President, eleven Departments and Agencies and six White House Offices to develop recommendations for how to use existing authority and funding to accomplish this goal. These recommendations are described in detail in the Recovery Through Retrofit Report.“Recovery Through Retrofit is a blueprint that will create good green jobs – jobs that can’t be outsourced, and jobs that will be the cornerstones of a 21st-Century economy,” said Vice President Biden. “And, thanks to the Recovery Act’s unprecedented investments in energy efficiency, we are making it easier for American families to retrofit their homes - helping them save money while reducing carbon emissions and creating a healthier environment for our families.”
“This report builds on the foundation laid in the Recovery Act to expand green job and business opportunities for the middle class while ensuring that the energy efficiency market will thrive for years to come,” said Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. “An aggressive program to retrofit American homes and businesses will create more work, more savings, and better health for middle class Americans.”
Existing techniques and technologies in energy efficiency retrofitting can reduce energy use by up to 40 percent per home and lower total associated greenhouse gas emissions by up to 160 million metric tons annually. Retrofitting existing homes also has the potential to cut home energy bills by $21 billion annually. Yet, despite the real energy cost savings and environmental benefits associated with improving home energy efficiency, a series of barriers have prevented a self-sustaining retrofit market from forming. These barriers include a lack of access to information, financing and skilled workers.
The recommendations and actions in this Report have been carefully designed to help overcome these barriers and to leverage Recovery Act funding to help ensure that the energy efficiency market will thrive long after the Recovery Act money is fully spent.
Some recommendations in the report include:• Provide American Homeowners with Straightforward and Reliable Home Energy Retrofit Information: Consumers need consistent, accessible, and trusted information that provides a reliable benchmark of energy efficiency and sound estimates of the costs and benefits of home energy retrofits.
• Reduce High Upfront Costs, Making Energy Retrofits More Accessible: Access to retrofit financing should be more transparent, more accessible, repayable over a longer time period, and more consumer-friendly.
• Establish National Workforce Certifications and Training Standards: A uniform set of national standards to qualify energy efficiency and retrofit workers and industry training providers will establish the foundation of consumer confidence that work will be completed correctly and produce the expected energy savings and benefits. Such standards should incorporate healthy and environmentally friendly housing principles, as outlined in the report titled, the Surgeon General’s Call to Action To Promote Healthy Homes (2009). Proper certification and training standards will ensure that retrofitted homes are healthy homes. Consistent high-level national standards will spur the utilization of qualified training providers that offer career-track programs for people of all skill levels, promote and expand green jobs opportunities and facilitate the mobilization of a national home retrofit workforce.To read the full report and recommendations, please go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/Recovery_Through_Retrofit_Final_Report.pdf
“As Secretary of Labor I'm working to help build the clean energy economy of tomorrow by investing in our workers today," said Secretary Solis "Training for green jobs can empower workers to climb the career ladder, sustain a family and provide a secure retirement. Through Recovery through Retrofit, we're committing to meet the needs of workers, employers and homeowners, so we can shape our clean energy future into one that supports working families and is inclusive of the diversity of our nation.”
"I am proud to join my colleagues today in announcing Recovery through Retrofit," said Secretary Donovan. "It will allow us to work closely together to remove barriers to creating more energy efficient homes for American families. This initiative will not only lead to cost savings for homeowners and reduce negative environmental impact, but will also be a powerful vehicle for economic recovery by creating quality middle class jobs and lasting neighborhood benefits. This is another demonstration of HUD's commitment to creating jobs for the new economy in high growth industries by encouraging and investing in “green” building and energy retrofits."
"This initiative will not only result in considerable cost savings for homeowners on their energy bills, but also put resources in the hands of green sector small businesses who will in turn create good-paying jobs in communities across the country," said SBA Administrator Mills.
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, who was unable to attend this event due to travel added, “This is the Recovery Act at work. Communities will benefit from good jobs, families will benefit from lower energy bills, and we will all benefit from reduced air pollution and a growing green economy. Our Energy Star program can help families cut up to 30% off their energy bills -- saving the average household more than $700 a year through efficiency investments. EPA is proud to be working with all of our partners to help people save money when they need it the most, and build a new foundation for prosperity through a growing green economy.”
The Department of Energy today also announced $454 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for energy efficiency efforts nationwide.
The Department is now accepting applications for a new $390 million "Retrofit Ramp-Up" program that will deploy innovative approaches to energy efficiency building retrofits. These Recovery Act funds will help create new partnerships to deliver energy bill savings to entire neighborhoods and towns. Bringing energy retrofits to whole neighborhoods at a time will simplify the process for homeowners and significantly reduce costs. When applied on a national scale, the program could save billions of dollars annually in utility bills for households and businesses and create thousands of jobs across the country. In addition, the Energy Department announced $64 million in energy efficiency funding for cities, counties, and Indian tribes.
"The Retrofit Ramp-Up initiative is designed to slice through the barriers identified in this report - inconvenience, lack of information, and lack of financing - and to make energy efficiency easy and accessible to all," said Secretary Chu. "We want to make our communities more energy efficient, block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood -- eventually expanding to entire cities and states. We can literally bring energy efficiency to the doorsteps of the American people."
Separately, the Department of Energy will accept state proposals to use State Energy Grant or Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant funds for Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) pilots. This is an innovative model which allows communities to provide financing to homeowners to install renewable energy systems and retrofit buildings that can be paid off over time on their property tax bills. Today, the White House is announcing a “Policy Framework for PACE Financing Programs” developed through an interagency process to ensure that effective homeowner and lender safeguards are included in PACE programs.
To read the framework, please go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/PACE_Principles.pdf
To ensure implementation of the Recovery Through Retrofit Report’s recommendations, CEQ will continue to convene an interagency Energy Retrofit Working Group which will be co-chaired by the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Agriculture.
The group will track the progress of the Report’s recommendations, develop additional strategies to support expansion of the retrofit market, including recommendations for rental housing, and operate as the single point of contact for the implementation of this effort. Within thirty days, the group will submit an implementation plan to the Vice President. Moreover, the group will report to the Vice President regularly on its progress toward implementing each of the recommendations identified in the Report.
WEATHERIZATION DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
All of us in Community Action know that the recent federal American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) which funds our much-needed programs and services are under intense scrutiny, especially by those who always criticize and disagree with government funding for low-income people and families. Because there is so much interest and concern about the Weatherization Assistance Program ramp-up and Community Action’s ability to meet the challenge, it is ESPECIALLY important and noteworthy when insightful news stories like the one below appear on the front page of the Syracuse (NY) Post Standard. Check it out! It’s a model that other CAAs might use to stimulate similar articles in their local media.
This story also generated some critical responses on the newspaper’s blog. Andy Stone, Executive Director of the New York State Weatherization Directors Association, submitted a thoughtful response letter---again, a model letter that others can use. Thanks to Andy and to Denise Harlow, CEO of the New York State Community Action Association, for their leadership and excellent work.
Stimulus dollars for weatherization create thousands of jobs in New York
By Rick Moriarty/The Post-Standard
October 21, 2009A big influx of federal stimulus money to weatherize the homes of low-income families is creating a jobs boost — at least short-term.
The feds are sending an extra $5 billion more to the states for the Weatherization Assistance Program, with New York getting more than any other: $395 million. That’s in addition to $99 million in regular funding.
New York expects to help more than 45,000 low-income households by blowing in insulation, sealing air leaks and installing energy-efficient lighting and appliances for free.
The state plans to give the money to local community groups and government agencies who are tripling their normal allocation, state officials said.
Those groups are hiring workers and planning to subcontract work, which is leading to a large increase in activity for a training center in East Syracuse that teaches contractors how to do this kind of work.
More than 500,000 homes and rental units in New York have been weatherized since the program began in 1977. But there are an additional 1.5 million households in the state — including 36,665 in Onondaga County — that are eligible for the service.
In Onondaga County, People’s Equal Action and Community Effort Inc., or P.E.A.C.E., a nonprofit community group, is in line for $5.9 million over the next two years, or almost $3 million a year. That’s on top of its regular federal funding of $2.7 million this year.
That will allow P.E.A.C.E. to weatherize about 827 homes and rental units over the next two years.
Ray Yehle, director of energy and housing services for P.E.A.C.E., said the group already has a waiting list of 500 for the service, which is free to the homeowner.
To do all the work, the community group has hired 10 new field technicians, enough to add three more three-man crews to its staff of five crews.
Yehle said the group likely will have to hire some independent contractors, too, because of the workload.
“We’re starting to gear up,” he said. “We’re pretty excited about it, actually. It’s an opportunity for us to serve a greater portion of the low-income population.”
In New York, distribution of the new federal money was held up for a couple of months because of questions about the pay for weatherization workers. Congress requires they be paid prevailing wages — generally what union workers receive
.
The federal government set the wages at close to what community groups were already paying workers — $15.50 an hour in wages and benefits for field technicians. Yehle said the federal money should start flowing later this month.
Like P.E.A.C.E., the state organization that trains the technicians is gearing up.
The state Weatherization Directors Association has been operating a training center on Fisher Road in East Syracuse for four years. Last year, 374 people from throughout the state attended five-day training courses to learn how to weatherize homes.
The association believes 1,000 people will take the five-day course this year, said Andy Stone, executive director. That number could rise because of a new state program to provide loans of up to $13,000 to middle-class homeowners and $26,000 to small businesses to pay for energy-saving repairs.
Gov. David Paterson signed the program into law last week during a visit to a new, 5,000-square-foot training center the association opened in May on East Taft Road in Cicero to accommodate all the new students. He said it will create 14,000 jobs statewide as demand for contractors rises.
Nearly all of the people receiving training at the two centers were sent there by community groups like P.E.A.C.E. that participate in the government programs. But anyone who wants to get into the business can pay a $750 fee and attend the classes, Stone said.
Twenty-five people a week attend classes at the new training center, which features mock home ceilings, floors and exterior walls for students to practice the skills they are taught in a classroom.
Matthew Redmond, director of training for the association, said he is seeing more people with construction backgrounds coming through the center — an indication of how the poor economy has slowed the construction industry.
“We’re even getting some college grads,” he said. “They need a job and they know this is going to be work for at least two and a half years.”
No one really knows if the new jobs will be around after that.
“We’re all a little concerned about post-stimulus,” Stone said. “But as long as fuel costs stay high, we are hoping there’s going to be a groundswell for the green economy. We’ve been wasteful for far too long in this country, and it needs to stop.”
The weatherization work saves homeowners an average of 20 to 30 percent on their energy costs because low-income families tend to live in older, poorly insulated housing, he said.
John Johnson Sr. tried a few careers, but none seemed to provide a future for him.
The Rochester resident lost his job as an industrial finisher when his employer in Sodus downsized. He started his own business making high-speed recordings and duplications of conferences, conventions, Bible study sessions and other events, but then that business slowed.
Next, he tried his hand at residential and commercial painting, working at first for other contractors and then starting his own painting business. But that did not seem to offer much of a future, either.
Then Johnson, 47, heard about the coming growth in weatherizing program. He got a job at Action For A Better Community, a community group in Rochester.
The group sent him to the Cicero training center last month.
"I see it as having a tremendous future, an opportunity for a person to climb up the ranks,” Johnson said. “There’s a lot of opportunity for individuals who are interested in this field.”
He’s hoping the government will keep money flowing to the program after the stimulus program ends.
“It would be a waste of time for the government to start it, just to turn around and tell people it was just a joke,” he said.
Neadom Walton, 45, of Rochester, also came to the training center hoping to start a new career after he was laid off from Kodak and tried a short stint selling DVDs and T-shirts.
“I love it,” he said. “I’m helping people who can’t afford to get their house insulated. I see this as a career — the type you can retire from.”
Letter to the Post Standard: 10/23/09
I was a bit surprised to see the online comments regarding an article that ran on the front page of the Post Standard last Wednesday highlighting the Weatherization Assistance Program, which provides energy improvements to low income housing. This is a program that does nothing but good for families living in poverty and has tremendous ancillary benefits. I clearly understand public frustration with federal spending during tough economic times. However, the public needs to understand and realize that poverty is an issue that has existed for as long as societies have been organized. The fact of the matter is there will always be those that are less fortunate, and this fact cannot be ignored.
Having worked for a Community Action Agency for many years, I can tell you that 80% of the families we served were working poor. They had jobs and were contributing to society the best that they could. Minimum wage in New York State today is $7.25. If working full time, that equates to around $15,000 in gross wages per year. After taxes, housing, food, and vehicle costs, these workers still have to pay their energy bill. The working poor can pay as much as 20% of their total income toward their heat and lights. I challenge anyone to try to survive on those kinds of wages without some direct assistance. Get a better job that pays higher wages? I challenge anyone to try in this economy.
Many of the families we serve are living in situations beyond their control and just don’t earn enough to get by. Many are seniors who spent their lives contributing and now, due to the loss of a spouse, have seen their Social Security cut nearly in half. Many, through separation or divorce, have to rely on a single income plus inadequate child support. Many have a family member that is ill and cannot work and they are trying to not only pay the bills, but keep up with a health care system that is out of control.
The Weatherization Assistance Program has a national reputation as being one of the most cost effective federal programs out there. It provides a onetime investment into a property and those improvements pay for themselves year after year. Weatherization reduces carbon emissions, dependence on foreign oil, and reduces national consumption, which helps keep energy costs low for everyone. It is one of the few programs that can quantify results. In New York State alone the WAP has saved over 58 million barrels of oil as determined by post fuel analysis.
Our small portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding is creating jobs and is effective. Not only direct service jobs, but increased production jobs for our materials and equipment vendors. Wages earned by our new employees go right back into the local economy when they spend those earnings on life’s necessities.
These facts speak for themselves. Sometimes good things can happen when government gets involved. So, please, as cold weather approaches, let’s not lose sight of the realities out there and the struggle low income families face as they try to deal with it.
Andy Stone
Executive Director
New York State Weatherization Directors Association
astone@nyswda.org
315-701-0440 Ex. 224
www.NYSWDA.org
Half in Ten is a national organization led by the Center for American Progress, the Coalition on Human Needs, and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. Half in Ten recently released its summary and analysis of poverty, organized by Congressional district.
Half in Ten and CAP Action Push for UI Extension and
Poverty-Reduction Target After Breaking Down Poverty by DistrictView the district-by-district analysis
WASHINGTON– The Census Bureau released data throughout September that revealed growing poverty in 2008, spelling hard times for families who were struggling even before the recession. Half in Ten: The Campaign to Cut Poverty in Half in Ten Years and the Center for American Progress Action Fund have organized this data by congressional district (see link), with additional breakdowns on child poverty, women in poverty, and poverty among racial minorities.
“This data offers lawmakers a more detailed look into the growing poverty rates among their own constituents,” said Melissa Boteach, manager of the Half in Ten Campaign. “We look forward to working with Congress and the administration to advance the necessary policies to help those most in need during this time of economic turmoil while laying the groundwork for a shared economic recovery” emphasized Boteach.
On September 29, the government released the latest batch of data, which showed how states and localities were affected during the recession’s first year. However, the data does not incorporate the sharp increase in the unemployment rate, which averaged 5.8 percent last year and is expected to average 9.3 percent in 2009 according to the Economic Policy Institute.
The 2008 picture is particularly bleak for women, children, and minorities. The breakdown by congressional district reveals that the child poverty rate is above 30 percent in 36 districts across 16 states. “Such persistently high child poverty rates represent a moral and economic challenge for our nation, one that it is imperative that we address if we are to fulfill the promise of equal opportunity,” emphasized Winnie Stachelberg, Senior Vice President for External Affairs at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a Half in Ten partner organization.
Meanwhile, disparities by race and gender continue unabated. Women’s poverty rates are above the national average in over half of the congressional districts. In 188 congressional districts, more than one in four African Americans live below the poverty level and in 145 congressional districts Latino poverty rates are over 25 percent. “Our elected leaders need to remember that behind each of these troubling statistics are willing workers and families forced to make difficult choices with few good options,” said Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, a Half in Ten partner. “We need both short- and long-term plans to help families through the worst of the recession while keeping our eye on the bigger picture to ensure that education, training, and economic opportunity are available to those who need it most.”
On September 10, the Census Bureau released its national estimates showing that the number of people living in poverty in 2008 rose from 37.3 million (12.5 percent) to 39.8 million (13.2 percent). Next year’s numbers, which will reflect 2009’s dismal job losses, are expected to be significantly worse.
In light of these data and the increase in the jobless rate, the Half in Ten Campaign and its partners are calling for an extension of unemployment insurance in all states to help prevent those still searching for a job from slipping into poverty.
“The huge increase in poverty clearly points out the need for continuing aid to help the unemployed and states struggling to maintain vital services in the face of growing need,” said Deborah Weinstein, executive director of the Coalition on Human Needs, a Half in Ten partner. “Without this aid we risk stamping out a fledgling economic recovery before its full impact has been felt by millions of Americans.” The House passed a 13-week extension of unemployment insurance September 22 for states with disproportionately high unemployment. The Half in Ten Campaign is urging the Senate to build on these efforts by extending jobless benefits to all those in need.
And while extension of unemployment benefits is critical in the short term, the Half in Ten Campaign is also advocating for a longer-term commitment to systemically tackling poverty in America:
"These data underscore the importance of setting national poverty-reduction goals such as cutting poverty in half in 10 years. While the economy was growing between 2001 and 2007, we saw the unprecedented trend of more Americans falling into poverty. Without a focused government effort and absent additional assistance, poverty rates will continue to rise as will disparities by race and gender," stated Half in Ten’s Boteach. “As we rebuild our economy, we need to be intentional about doing so in a way that promotes shared prosperity and sets benchmarks to achieve significant poverty-reduction progress.”
WITH THEIR BLU LINE BUS ADS
Donated Bus Advertising Space Available for CAAs, Production Costs Involved
Deadline: December 7, 2009
Another bus ad opportunity for early 2010 from our great colleague Danny Pouladian of Blu Line Media! As you may recall, Danny has twice this year donated ad space on municipal bus interiors for CAAs to place public service announcements in select markets (cities). Why? Each year—as a part of its pro bono efforts—Blu Line donates unsold ad space to government and nonprofit agencies. For more information on the CAAs that have participated in this great marketing opportunity, please see the article “CAAs Get Their Message on the Bus” in the Summer 2009 issue of The Promise magazine. And for the scoop on Blu Line, check out www.blulinemedia.net.
Promote Your CAA’s Programs and Services
CAAs can use the bus ads for general messages about their programs (such as Weatherization, Head Start, housing, job training, etc.).
Blu Line can hold the ad space until December 7 (the deadline for submitting artwork is December 21). The ads would run from February-April 2010.How it Works
Although the ad space is free, the CAAs are responsible for the costs of printing the ads and providing Blu Line with the artwork for the ads. Blu Line will then work with the municipal bus companies to place the ads.
The costs to print ads for each market (city) are $2,872 for ads on 50 buses, $3,872 for ads on 100 buses and $4,872 for ads on 200 buses.
If you are interested in participating or if you have questions, please contact contact Danny directly via phone, 310-729-5190; email, dannyp@blulinemedia.net or the web, www.blulinemedia.net.The details from Blu Line follow:PLEASE ACT BY DEC. 7, 2009
We can hold the space until DEC. 7, 2009.
DONATED AD TERM
Feb. - Apr. '10 (3 months)
COSTS TO PRINT The ad space is donated.
Advertiser is responsible for design of the artwork and the cost to print the ads. All printing has to come through Blu Line Media, pursuant to contracts with the bus companies. Below is the cost to print for each market:
Market with 200 buses: $4,872 (retail value: $14,950 to $19,950, depending on the market).
Market with 100 buses: $3,872 (retail value: $12,950 to $17,950, depending on the market).
Market with 50 buses: $2,872 (retail value: $10,950 to $14,950, depending on the market).
ARTWORK
Artwork due date:
Dec. 21, 2009
Size: 27" wide by 11" high
Live area: 26" wide by 10" high
Format: High-res. PDF
DPI: 300
Delivery: email to dannyp@blulinemedia.net
AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE MARKETS (Numbers in parenthesis indicate the number of minimum buses to use in a market)
Alabama
Birmingham (100)
Arizona
Phoenix (200)
Tempe (100)
Tucson (200)Arkansas
Little Rock (100)
California
Davis (100)
Sacramento (200)
Stockton (100)
Modesto (50)
Marin (incl. San Rafael) (50)
San Francisco (200)
East Bay (Contra Costa County, incl. Concord & Walnut Creek) (200)
East Bay (Alameda County, incl. Oakland) (200)
San Mateo County (incl. Redwood City) (200)
Santa Clara Valley (incl. San Jose & Silicon Valley) (200)
Santa Cruz (100)
Monterey (incl. Salinas) (100)
Fresno (100)
Bakersfield (100)
Ventura & Santa Barbara Counties (200)
Los Angeles County, North (incl. San Gabriel Valley and Pasadena) (200)
Los Angeles County, West (incl. Santa Monica) (200)
Los Angeles County, South and East (incl. downtown Los Angeles and Long Beach) (200)
Los Angeles County, South Bay (incl. Torrance & the Beach Cities) (200)
Los Angeles County, Suburban (San Fernando Valley) (200)
Lancaster (100)
Coachella Valley (50)
Inland Empire (incl. San Bernardino & Riverside Counties) (200)
Orange County (200)
San Diego County, North (incl. Oceanside & Del Mar) (200)
San Diego County, Central, Eastern & Southern (200)
Colorado
Aspen and surrounding communities (100)
Colorado Springs (50)
Fort Collins (50)
Mesa County (incl. Grand Junction) (50)
Denver (200)
Connecticut
Bridgeport (50)
Hartford (200)
New Haven (incl. Wallingford) (100)
Norwalk (50)
Stamford (50)
Waterbury (a/k/a Central Naugatuck Valley), New Britain, Bristol, and Meriden (50)
Delaware
State of Delaware (200)
Florida
Broward County (incl. Fort Lauderdale) (200)
Daytona Beach (50)
Ft. Myers (Lee County) (50)
Gainesville (100)
Jacksonville (200)
Manatee County (incl. Brandenton) (50)
Melbourne (100)
Miami (200)
Orlando (200)
Palm Beach (100)
Sarasota (50)
Clearwater (incl. St Petersburg) (200)
Tallahassee (100)
Tampa (200)
Georgia
Atlanta (200)
Augusta (100)
Gwinnett County (incl. Lawrenceville) (50)
Savannah (50)
Hawaii
Island of Oahu (City of Honolulu routes) (200)
Island of Oahu (Rural routes) (200)
Idaho
Boise (50)
Illinois
Champaign (100)
Chicago (200)
Chicago, Suburban (incl. Arlington Heights and Skokie) (200)
Macomb (50)
Madison County (incl. Granite City) (100)
Peoria (100)
Rockford (50)
Rock Island County (incl. Moline) (100)
St. Clair County (incl. E. St. Louis, IL) (200)
Bloomington (50)
Fort Wayne (50)
Gary (50)
Indianapolis (200)
Lafayette (100)
Muncie (50)
South Bend (50)
Iowa
Ames (100)
Des Moines (100)
Kansas
Topeka (50)
Wichita (50)
Kentucky
Lexington (50)
Louisville (200)
Northern Kentucky (incl. Ft. Wright) (100)
Louisiana
Baton Rouge (100)
Lafayette (50)
New Orleans (100)
Maryland
Annapolis (50)
Baltimore (200)
College Park (100)
Montgomery County (200)
Prince George County (100)
Massachusetts
Amherst (100)
Boston (200)
Brockton (50)
New Bedford – Fall River (100)
Springfield (incl. N. Hampton and Univ. of Mass.) (200)
Worcester (100)
Michigan
Ann Arbor (100)
Detroit, City of (200)
Detroit, Suburban (200)
Flint (200)
Grand Rapids (100)
Kalamazoo (50)
Minnesota
Burnsville (50)
Duluth (100)
Minneapolis-St. Paul (200)
St. Cloud (50)
Missouri
Kansas City (200)
Springfield (50)
St. Louis (200)
Nebraska
Omaha (200)
Nevada
Las Vegas (200)
Reno (100)
Stateline (incl. Lake Tahoe) (50)
New Hampshire
Concord (50)
New Jersey
Gateway Region (200)
Skylands Region (200)
Shore Region (200)
Delaware River Region (200)
Greater Atlantic City Region (200)
Southern Shore Region (200)
New Mexico
Albuquerque (200)
Las Cruces (50)
Santa Fe (50)
New York
Albany (200)
Binghamton (100)
Buffalo-Niagara (200)
Ithaca (50)
Nassau County (Long Island) (200)
Rochester (200)
Rome-Utica (50)
Suffolk County (Long Island) (200)
Syracuse (200)
Westchester County (200)
New York City
Bronx, The (200)
Brooklyn (200)
Manhattan (200)
Queens (200)
Staten Island (200)
North Carolina
Chapel Hill (100)
Charlotte (200)
Durham (50)
Greensboro (50)
Winston-Salem (50)
Akron (100)
Canton (100)
Cincinnati (200)
Cleveland (200)
Columbus (200) (call for availability)
Dayton (200) (call for availability)
Toledo (200)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City (50)
Tulsa (100)
Oregon
Albany (100)
Corvallis (50)
Eugene (100)
Portland (200)
Salem (100)
Pennsylvania
Allentown (100)
Cambria County (incl. Johnstown) (50)
Erie (100)
Harrisburg (100)
Lancaster (50)
Monroe County (50)
Philadelphia (200)
Reading (50)
Scranton (50)
State College (incl. surrounding townships) (50)
Williamsport (50)
Puerto Rico
San Juan (200)
Rhode Island
Providence (200)
South Carolina
Charleston (100)
Columbia (100)
Greenville/Spartanburg (100)
Tennessee
Chattanooga (50)
Clarksville (50)
Knoxville (100)
Memphis (200)
Nashville (200)
Texas
Austin (200)
Corpus Christi (100)
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Join now for 2010 and get the discounted membership rates!
Thank you for your great support and involvement in 2009. The year has been an exciting one and the outreach to other national organizations, foundations, and the Obama Administration has been stronger, effective, and positive! We need to you standing with us this coming year as we
undertake even greater partnerships and initiatives! Your agency membership is a critical force behind the Partnership's strength. Take a moment to renew your membership for the coming year.The Convention special discounted rate is still available for the 2010 Community Action Partnership membership. Please get a "head start" on your benefits and services for 2010 - including discounted registration for the 2010 Management and Leadership Training Conference in New Orleans. We have not increased our membership dues for 2010 - and you will save on the rates if you respond by October 31st. Thank you!! If you have any questions about membership, please contact Sranda Watkins at (202) 449-9773 or SWatkins@communityactionpartnership.com
Click here to download the Early Membership form with the discounted rates!
The Conference Brochure is now in the mail!
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Begin the New Year with in-depth learning and sharing of ideas with your colleagues. Our 2010 Management and Leadership Conference will take place at the New Orleans Marriott and will include sessions on Head Start, Green Jobs, Job Creation, Board Training, and the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act. Please visit our website regularly for more information as it becomes available. Click here to download a pdf of the Conference flyer; click here to download
the Conference Registration Form.
The federal Office of Community Services (OCS, ACF, HHS) has awarded the Partnership with a 3 year grant to do a variety of economic development tasks involving Community Action. The Partnership is looking to hire an experienced project director for this effort. The job is based in Washington, DC. Your attention is requested to the job announcement below.
Project Director, Community Economic Development
Community Action Partnership is seeking a candidate with minimum 5 years experience in community economic development and 3 years experience with national-level projects. Experience in Community Action or related field preferred. Must have strong writing, analytic, computer, and communications skills. Travel required, must work well under pressure. Bachelor’s required, Master’s preferred. This is a three--year grant-limited position. Send resume, writing sample, 3 references to Don Mathis, Community Action Partnership, 1140 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 1210, Washington, DC 20036. No phone calls.Community Action Partnership is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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