Community Action Opportunities

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2011 to Jun 30, 2012

Signed

Feb 21, 2013

Return Version

2011v1.5

Gross Receipts

$10,087,972

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Community services block grant (standard life works program) achievement - life works provides help to adults who have a limited income and are ready to make the hard changes necessary to improve their lives. With the support and resources offered by the program's life coaches, customers reach specific goals within one to three years-whether it's finding and keeping a better job, enrolling in and graduating from school or vocational training, obtaining safe and affordable housing or building personal and economic strength to stabilize their families. To provide some level of comprehensive services to 95 low-income families by june 30, 2012 with 100 families actually enrolled. Over a three year period (july 2011 - june 2014), provide families intensive case management services and other supports that will enable 60 low-income families to overcome obstacles that prevent self-sufficiency.

Activity 3

Weatherization services program (standard program) achievement - making homes safe, healthy and more energy-efficient is the focus of the weatherization assistance program. Using a "whole house" approach, we install insulation under floors, in attics and walls, seal air leaks and repair minor holes in floors, walls and ceilings. We also test and install smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors, replace incandescent bulbs with energy-efficient compact fluorescents, repair faulty heating and cooling systems and share home energy cost-saving ideas with customers. Program objective: to weatherize, in accordance with state requirements, 33 homes of low-income families in buncombe, madison, henderson, and transylvania counties by june 30, 2012 in order to make homes safe and more energy efficient. The following activities were accomplished - as of 6/30/2012, 40 homes were weatherized with health and safety measures installed, air leaks sealed, attics insulated, wall insulation installed heat waste reduction measures installed, water heater repaired/replaced, water heater insulated, cfls installed, heating systems repaired or replaced and incidental repairs to protect weatherization measures installed. Arra program objective: to weatherize, in accordance with state requirements, a minimum of 791 homes of low-income families in buncombe, madison, henderson, and transylvania counties by april 30, 2013 in order to make homes safe and more energy efficient. The following activities were accomplished - as of 6/30/2012 571 homes have been weatherized with health and safety measures installed, air leaks sealed, attics, walls and floors insulated, insulation repaired, ducts sealed and insulated, vapor barriers installed, heat waste measures installed, water heaters repaired or replaced, water heaters insulated, cfls installed, heating systems repaired/replaced etc.

Filer

EIN

56-0817672