Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 20 - DIVISION OF COMMUNITY SERVICES › Chapter 1 - Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Weatherization Assistance Program › Rule 18-20-1-1 - Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) State Plan › Section 18-20-1-1-IV - ANNUAL FILE › Section 18-20-1-1-IV.4 - DOE-Funded Leveraging Activities

Current through June 25, 2024
The State of Mississippi will not be using a percentage
						of the grant to undertake leveraging activities.
Leveraging activities will be an integral component of
						the Mississippi DOE BILWeatherization Program. Local funds and in-kind
						contributions will be solicited from individuals and philanthropic
						organizations in efforts to supplement DOE funds. The benefits of engaging in
						leveraging activities are:
1. To secure
					 additional resources,
2. To
					 maintain current the service level for the target population, and/or
3. To serve more Weatherization clients.
Local Weatherization subgrantees are required to engage
						in leveraging activities as it is becoming increasingly difficult to defend
						programs for re-authorization and appropriation before the Congress. Secondly,
						the demand for Weatherization assistance has continued to increase at a
						geometrical progression as the elderly population increases. Therefore,
						Subgrantees are encouraged to solicit additional weatherization resources such
						as cash donations and in-kind contributions. The in-kind contributions include,
						but are not limited to:
volunteers, vented space heaters, insulation materials,
						siding materials, bricks, plywood, storm doors and windows, paint, nails,
						ceiling tile, doors and thresholds, smart thermostats, water treated wood,
						carpet, glue and foam spray insulation, electric bulbs, cement, glass windows,
						wasp spray and discounts.
Weatherization subgrantees are required to submit
						leveraging reports, which include the name of the item, cash amount received,
						the estimate of fair market value for donated materials, name of labor
						contributors and the estimated number of households that benefited because of
						the leveraging activity.
The Mississippi DOE BIL Weatherization Assistance Program
						is aware that reporting may be difficult where multiple sources of funds
						because of leveraging used to weatherize a unit, or a complicated leveraging
						agreement reached with non-Federal partners. To assist Subgrantees in
						determining what a DOE weatherized unit is, DOE BIL WAP will utilized DOE
						definition as follows:
A DOE Weatherized unit is-
A dwelling on
						which a DOE-approved energy audit or priority list has been applied and
						weatherization work has been completed. As funds allow, the measures installed
						on this unit and paid for with DOE funds have a Savings-to-Investment Ratio
						(SIR) of 1.0 or greater, but also may include any necessary energy-related
						health and safety measures.
MS DOE BIL WAP understands that the use of BIL funds on
						this unit may include, but are not limited to indirect expenditures (e.g.,
						administrative, T&TA, amortized equipment) and direct costs such as energy
						auditing, measure installation, H&S, and inspections. A dwelling unit that
						meets both the definition of a DOE BIL weatherized unit and uses
DOE BIL
						funds for direct costs, must be reported as a DOE completed
						unit.