TDHCA Announces the Release of a Request for Applications for ARRA Weatherization Providers

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs is pleased to announce the release of a Request for Applications (RFA) for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 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.  These services are provided free of charge to all qualifying households served by the program.

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.

AS PROVIDED IN DOE REGULATIONS, ONLY UNITS OF GOVERNMENT AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE SUBRECIPIENTS OF ARRA WAP FUNDS. The Request for Applications is posted on the ARRA WAP webpage of the Department: http://www.tdhca.state.tx.us/recovery/detail-wap.htm.

An Application Workshop will be held on Friday, May 7, 2010, in Austin, Texas. Attendance at the workshop is mandatory to be eligible to apply under the RFA and registration for the workshop is required. The registration form for the Workshop can be found at: http://www.tdhca.state.tx.us/recovery/detail-wap.htm.

If you have questions regarding this RFA or the Application Workshop, please contact Sharon Gamble, Energy Assistance Section Manager, at mailto:sharon.gamble@tdhca.state.tx.us or 512-475-0471.