NEADA Winter Meeting

NEADA Headquarters

1625 Massachusetts Avenue NW

Lower Level Conference Room – Floor C1

Agenda

Monday, February 26, 2018

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Introductions & Packet Walkthrough

John Harvanko, Minnesota

Cassandra Lovejoy, NEADA

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Reporting Requirements & Flexibility of Block Grant

(TBD)

Brief overview of the expectations and flexibility within LIHEAP

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m. LIHEAP Program Design

Larry Dawson, Past Director of Illinois LIHEAP

As a block grant, LIHEAP Directors have a lot of discretion when designing their programs. A seasoned LIHEAP director will walk you through the various program components, providing insight on how different program design decisions affect LIHEAP administrators, local agencies, and recipients.

12:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.Networking Lunch – Regional Groups

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Workshop: Introduction to Performance Measures

Melissa Torgerson, Verve Associates

All state LIHEAP offices are required to submit performance measures data. This session will teach you what you need to know about collecting and submitting performance measures, and using the data to improve your program.

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Break

2:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Roundtable Discussions

Small group breakouts to discuss topical issues and/or common pitfalls in LIHEAP administration

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Report Back and Wrap Up

Agenda

Tuesday, February 27

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.Welcome and Introductions

9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.LIHEAP Appropriations & Formula

Chris Hickling, Edison Electric Institute

Libby Perl, Congressional Research Service

Brian Caudill, American Gas Association

Roundtable discussion with key LIHEAP advocates and researchers

10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.Break

11:00a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Washington Update

Mike Gentile, Senate Committee on Appropriations(Invited)

(TBD)House Committee on Appropriations

Roundtable discussion with key congressional staffers

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.Lunch: Discussion of Heating/ Cooling Issues

1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.Congressional Award

1:30 p.m.– 2:45 p.m.Discussion Topics

  • Policies for identifying undocumented individuals
  • Timely response from grants office

2:45p.m.– 3:30p.m.Update on Energy Pricing

Energy Information Administration

Learn from EIA projected energy prices for the coming year

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Break

3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.Update on NEADA Projects

Mark Wolfe, NEADA

  • Partnership with U.S. Department of Energy on Solar
  • LIHEAP Survey

6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.Dinner Meeting

Agenda

Wednesday, February 28

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.Performance Goals and Measures: Report from the Working Group

Jane Blank, Performance Measures Implementation Work Group

9:30 a.m.– 10:15a.m.Aging-in-Place: Roles for LIHEAP and Medicaid

Lynn Snyder, National Opinion Research Center (Invited)

More and more seniors who are dependent on electrical medical devices are staying in their homes instead of moving to nursing homes. Learn what Medicaid is doing to support these individuals and how LIHEAP can help.

10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.Break

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Relationships w/ Complementary Programs

There are many federal and state programs serving similar populations to LIHEAP. States will discuss how they work with those programs (e.g. community health centers, WIC, etc) to provide the best service to clients

11:00 a.m. – 12:00p.m.Discussion Topics:

  • TBD

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.Lunch

1:45p.m. –2:00 p.m.Training and Technical Assistance

Cassandra Lovejoy, NEADA

Provide an update on the LIHEAP T&TA project with OCS and discussion of future training needs.

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Meeting with HHS Staff

Lauren Christopher, Administration for Children and Families

Update from OCS on LIHEAP at the federal level, forum for state issues and open Q&A

-OMB form delays

3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.Break

3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.Additional Topics and Wrap Up

4:00 p.m.Adjourn