They also assess related health and safety conditions. A network of 970 local agencies delivers weatherization services to nearly 70,000 low income homes each year, which reduces national energy consumption by the equivalent of 15 million barrels of oil. In our community, the Oswego County Weatherization Program at Catholic Charities weatherizes 125 to 150 homes every year. The dollar savings alone make a big difference for the families. In addition, weatherization make the home warmer and safer.
Technicians always check furnaces and appliances for carbon monoxide.
Last year, the Oswego County Weatherization Program identified 35 homes with toxic levels of carbon monoxide. This measure made a life or death difference for the 120 families in the homes. The Weatherization Program at Oswego County Catholic Charities makes a daily impact on low income families. Program Coordinator Chris Dillabough remembers an inspection that was conducted on a home for a single mother with four children under the age of nine. When we inspected the house we found that the entire family was living in three rooms because she could not afford to heat the whole house.