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Manchin approves grants

April 21, 2008 @ 11:54 PM

Herald-Dispatch.com

CHARLESTON -- Gov. Joe Manchin has approved more than $5 million in 2008 Weatherization Assistance Program grants to 13 community organizations across West Virginia.

The Weatherization Assistance Program employs technicians to install energy efficiency and conservation measures in the homes of low-income residents.

Funds from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and the U.S. Department of Energy will be used to weatherize 1,161 homes, assisting an estimated 2,604 state residents. Fifty percent of the homes will target elderly residents, while 25 percent will target people with disabilities.

Recipients of this funding include:

Capitol Resource Agency, $679,636

Mountain CAP of West Virginia, $271,681

CHANGE, Inc., $283,431

Southwestern Community Action Council, $562,333

Community Resources, Inc., $637,856

P.R.I.D.E. in Logan County, Inc., $162,846

Council of the Southern Mountains, $181,484

Community Action of South Eastern West Virginia, $511,491