On May 12, 2010 the Texas Department of House and Community Affairs held its board meeting. The presentation and discussion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) rule regarding the deobligation and reobligation of funds took place. The rules were approved for publication in the Texas Register. Additionally, TDHCA has released a Request for Applications (RFA) for the Weatherization Assistance Program. The RFA is seeking to expand the Department’s existing weatherization subrecipient network for the purposes of efficiently expending ARRA WAP funds.
The goal of the TDHCA Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) is to provide high quality, cost-effective weatherization services to income qualified households while ensuring the health and safety of the household occupants. Weatherization services improve the overall comfort, energy efficiency and safety of homes.
In 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funded the WAP for Texas at a level of $326,975,732. These funds have been allocated by the Department to an existing network of providers. The Department is accepting Applications for additional statewide, regional or local providers to serve as an overlay to the Department’s existing ARRA WAP Subrecipient network. Through this RFA, the Department is seeking one or more entities to perform DOE WAP-compliant weatherization activities.
Materials from the TDHCA board meeting can be found by visiting: http://www.tdhca.state.tx.us/au_boardcenter.htm. The next scheduled THHCA board meeting has been set for June 28, 2010.