How to Address Health and Safety Barriers with an Income-Eligible Focus

Prepared by Elizabeth Bourguet and Richard Faesy (Energy Futures Group) and Ellen Tohn (Tohn Environmental Strategies) – April 2022

Funded by E4TheFuture, this toolkit document articulates “lessons learned” from Connecticut’s process 2014-22 as the state sought to address health and safety barriers in low-income homes to enable participation in the federally-funded Weatherization Assistance Program and the utility-funded Home Energy Solutions Income-Eligible Program. It provides an overview of challenges that health and safety barriers create, and guidance for overcoming them. 

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