This grant offers an AmeriCorps member and operating funds for projects focused on one of these priority areas: Disaster Services, Economic Opportunity, Education, Healthy Futures, Veterans and Military Families. Applicants interested in using this grant to support indoor air work must demonstrate the project's applicability to the Healthy Futures and Economic Opportunities priority areas.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Ventilation, Energy Efficiency, Weatherization, Community Outreach, Training
Funding Details:
Grants can take the form of a cost-reimbursement or a Fixed Amount, but the availability of a Full-Time Fixed Amount grant is limited. Maximum funding for FY 2019 was $15,192, for both reimbursement and fixed amount grants.
Homeowners in Bay Area High Wood Smoke Areas and Impacted Communities, as identified by the Air District's CARE program, can receive a voucher for the purchase and installation of a new, efficient heating appliance, and the removal of the old system.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Heat source replacement
Funding Details:
$800,000 available as of January 2018.
$1,000 voucher for installing a natural gas or propane-fueled stove.
$1,000 voucher for installing a . natural gas or propane-fueled fireplace insert.
$3,500 voucher for installing an electric heat pump.
$750 to decommission a fireplace or freestanding wood/pellet stove.
Additional Funding for Qualifying Highly Impacted Residents
$1,500 extra for applicants granted exemption status with either a fireplace or uncertified woodstove.
The Program is designed to help households in Calaveras County replace an uncertified wood stove or insert used as the primary source of heat with a cleaner burning and more efficient certified device. To be eligible for the Program, a homeowner or renter (Applicant) must be using an uncertified wood stove or wood insert as a primary heat source. The Program is available to both homeowners and renters. Participants can use this voucher to purchase one of the following heating appliances:
a U.S. EPA certified wood stove or wood fireplace insert with emission rates not to exceed 2.0 grams/hour for non-catalytic and catalytic stoves;
Natural gas home heating device;
Pellet stoves/inserts
Ductless mini-split heat pumps
Propane gas home heating device or;
Electric home heating device.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Heat source replacement
Funding Details:
$3,500 for residents of Low-income communities as designated by this map.
Low-income households outside of these communities are eligible if they provide evidence of enrollment in a low-income assistance program or household income at or below 80 percent of the statewide median household income.
$1,000 for all other residents of Calaveras County.
This section of the Clean Air Act requires that funding be distributed to groups aiming to study or investigate the causes and prevention of air pollution. Funding has been used for community education and outreach, monitoring studies, training, home assessments and research on health impacts of air quality issues.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Community Outreach and Education, Training, Asthma Home Visits, Energy Audits, Partnership Building, and Pilots Projects
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) uses funds from CAA 103 to support its annual Air Quality subaward program. In 2018, the Native Village of Nuiqsut used ANTHC's subaward funds to place CO detectors in community households and collect data on peak exposure levels. [source]
Implementation of programs meant to control and prevent air pollution (ambient and indoor) or programs that implement the national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards described by the CAA.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
wood heating education, home assessments, community education and outreach, monitoring, training
Funding Details:
Funding Details dependent on Region.
Tribes required to match up to 40% of the grant, unless they have been approved with Treatment as a State for the Clean Air Act.
If the tribe has Treatment as a State for CAA, the required match can be reduced to 5%.
In-kind resources can be used to match.
The match can be waived if the tribe can show that fulfilling the match would impose undue hardship.
The Tulalip Tribes, in Washington State, utilize a CAA 105 grant to help fund their Tulalip Air & Indoor Environments program. Indoor air activities that they conduct under 105 include conducting Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) assessments in tribal homes, schools and office buildings, conducting IAQ outreach and education at health fairs and tribal community events, monitoring the indoor environment using low-cost sensor technology, and collaborating with Tulalip Housing to find and leverage outside funding for mitigation of IAQ hazards in tribal homes.
The Air Grants Program aim is to provide support for community-based organizations to participate in the AB 617 process and to build capacity to become active partners with government to identify, evaluate, and ultimately reduce air pollution and exposure to harmful emissions in their communities.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Community engagement/outreach, hiring technical experts & consultants, monitoring, data analysis
Funding Details:
Total FY 2019 Funding: $5,000,000
2019 Maximum Grant: $100,000 for Education Projects, $300,000 for Technical Project
Starting in 2018, the Southern California Tribal Community Air Monitoring Project, run through the Pala Band of Mission Indians, is using this funding source to deploy six low-cost air quality sensors to monitor conditions at the reservation. Data will be transmitted through a cellular network and displayed on a website accessible to tribal community members. [source]
Typical Application Period: Typically due in the Summer; 2019 Application due: 9/30/19
The Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control (District) is offering rebate vouchers to replace non-EPA certified wood stoves, fireplace inserts, and open-hearth fireplaces used as a primary source of heat, with new cleaner burning devices. The new device must be one of the following: EPA certified fireplace insert or woodstove, natural gas, propane, or electric heating device. An old wood stove being replaced must be uncertified. A wood stove installed prior to 1988, or that does not have a label permanently affixed to it describing particulate matter emission standards qualifies for this Program. This Program is only available to homeowners.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Heat source replacement
Funding Details:
$4,000 voucher for residents of Low-income communities as designated by this map.
$2,000 voucher for all other residents.
Low-income households outside of these communities are eligible if they provide evidence of enrollment in a low-income assistance program.
This program is meant to encourage homeowners in El Dorado, Placer, and Amador Counties to permanently remove or replace older non-EPA certified wood stoves or eligible fireplaces with cleaner-burning devices to improve winter air quality through reduction of particulate matter (PM) emissions caused by inefficient residential wood combustion. Participants must first acquire Pre-Approval from AQMD. Rentals are eligible with some restrictions. Requirements are slightly different for Amador County residents.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Heat source replacement
Funding Details:
$500 for removal of old wood-burning device and replacement with a new EPA Phase II certified wood stove, fireplace insert, or pellet stove.
$600 for removal of old wood-burning device and use of existing or installation of a new electric, natural gas or propane furnace or appliance.
The ERE program provides funding for the costs of planning, developing, and implementing programs designed to improve the capability of tribal governing bodies to regulate environmental quality pursuant to federal and tribal environmental laws. Applicants may propose projects with project periods consisting of either 12, 24, or 36 months.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Indoor air monitoring, Healthy Homes training, Community Outreach
Funding Details:
Total FY 2019 Tribal Funding: $1,021,545
2019 Expected Number of Awards: 4
2019 Award Ceiling: $300,000 per budget period
2019 Award Floor: $100,000 per budget period
2019 Average Expected Award: $182,000 per budget period
Homeowners and business owners within the Air Quality Control Zone of the Fairbanks North Star Borough can receive a substantial rebate for exchanging their old, inefficient wood stoves, coal stoves, or outdoors wood boilers for other heat sources. The replacement heat source must be one of the following: an appliance designed to use home heating oil (excluding waste/used oil), natural gas, propane, hot water district heat, electricity or emergency power system (i.e generator), or an EPA Certified Pellet Stove or Catalytic Wood Stove with an emission rating of 2.0 grams/hour or less. Some residents may be eligible for a repair instead of replacement.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Heat Source Replacement
Funding Details:
Funding allotments dependent on the system being replaced and the funding available. To find current incentive levels, visit the program website.
*** This program currently does not have the funding necessary to initiate changeouts but is still accepting applications *** The Program is designed to help households replace an uncertified wood stove or insert used as the primary source of heat with a cleaner burning and more efficient device. The voucher should be applied to the purchase and installation of a new, EPA-certified woodstove, wood insert, gas or an electric device. Residents of Yuba and Sutter Counties are eligible.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Heat source replacement
Funding Details:
$3,500 for residents of Low-income communities as designated by this map.
Low-income households outside of these communities are eligible if they provide evidence of enrollment in a low-income assistance program or household income at or below 80 percent of the statewide median household income.
$1,000 for all other residents of Yuba and Sutter Counties
This program provides an incentive voucher to replace a pre-1988 or homemade non-EPA certified wood-burning stove or fireplace that is used as a primary source of heat with either an EPA-certified woodstove or insert, or a natural gas, propane, or electric heating device. Mobile homes, second homes, and rentals are also eligible. Within the 4 weeks, the applicant must simply select a replacement device from a participating retailer and use the voucher toward the price.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Heat source replacement
Funding Details:
$3,500 vouchers for Low-income resident as deemed eligible by this map.
$1,000 vouchers for all other residents.
Funding for this program is limited. New funding may become available in early 2020
This grant allows tribes to conduct retrofits on their existing housing stock to improve environmental health conditions within the home. It is unclear whether or not this grant opportunity will be renewed in subsequent years.
This grant is available for low-income members of tribes with no immediate source of housing assistance. These grants can be used by homeowners for interim improvements, repairs & renovations, replacement housing, and new housing projects.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Ventilation, Heat Source Replacement, Energy Efficiency, Structural Improvements
Funding Details:
Approximately an average of $8 million available nationally.
Up to $7,500 awarded for interim improvements for conditions that threaten the health of the resident.
Up to $60,000 awarded for repairs and replacements that bring the dwelling up to code.
Grant provides a modest replacement home if a building cannot be brought up to standards.
Provides a modest new home to landowners who have yet to develop their piece of land.
The ICDBG Program provides eligible grantees with direct grants for use in developing viable Indian and Alaska Native Communities, including decent housing, a suitable living environment, and economic opportunities, primarily for low- and moderate-income persons. This funding can be used for housing rehabilitation, land acquisition, and housing construction.
In 2017, the Wrangell Cooperative Association and Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority collaborated to improve energy efficiency and indoor air quality in 20 homes and reduce energy costs for residents. [source]
Typical Application Period: Typically February to March
The goal of GAP is to assist tribes and intertribal consortia in developing the capacity to manage their own environmental protection programs and to develop and implement solid and hazardous waste programs in accordance with individual tribal needs and applicable federal laws and regulations.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Healthy Homes Training, Monitoring, Education/Outreach, Partnership Building, Home assessments
Funding Details:
Total FY 2019 Funding: Regionally Dependent
Expected Number of Awards: Dependent on Region
Minimum Grant: $75,000
Maximum Grant: ~$128,000
Requests for more than $128,000 will be considered if needs are sufficiently justified and funding is available.
In 2017, the Hoonah Indian Association funded an indoor air quality assessment project through IGAP. They measured PM2.5 and CO levels in 65 homes. Through this study, they found that homes with wood stoves older than 20 years had higher PM2.5 levels than homes with younger wood stoves. They also identified a need for ventilation and weatherization improvements. [source]
The Indian Housing Block Grant Program (IHBG) is a non-competitive, formula grant that provides a range of affordable housing activities on Indian reservations and Indian areas. Eligible IHBG recipients are Federally-recognized Indian tribes or their tribally designated housing entity (TDHE), and a limited number of state-recognized tribes who were funded under the Indian Housing Program authorized by the United States Housing Act of 1937 (USHA). These funds are managed either by the tribal housing departments or the TDHE.
In 2017, the Salish and Kooteai Tribes used IHBG funds to complete 20 heating and ventilation upgrades and 25 units remediated for methamphetamine contamination. [source]
Typical Application Period: Tribes and TDHES receive funding by submitting an annual Indian Housing Plan to ONAP. Due dates depend on program year.
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development offers competitive IHBG grants in addition to the non-competitive formula grants administered through the IHBG program. Grant funds may be used to develop, maintain, and operate affordable housing in safe and healthy environments on Indian reservations and in other Indian areas, and carry out other affordable housing activities. Grant funds must be used to primarily benefit low-income Indian families. HUD strongly encourages new affordable housing construction projects that will increase the number of housing units available for low-income Indian families and help address the housing shortage in Indian Country. Additionally, HUD encourages housing rehabilitation projects that will increase the useful life of existing affordable housing units and alleviate substandard housing conditions. It is unclear whether or not this funding source will be available in subsequent years.
The Program is designed to help households replace an uncertified wood stove or insert used as the primary source of heat with a cleaner burning and more efficient device. This voucher can go towards the purchase and installation of a new, EPA-certified woodstove, wood insert, gas or an electric device.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Heat source replacement
Funding Details:
Enhanced voucher for low-income residents deemed eligible by this map
Low-income residents outside of these areas are eligible if they provide and can provide income level documentation
Standard voucher for all other residents that replace their wood stove with an EPA certified appliance.
Potential bonus for replacing a system with a 2020 certified appliance.
The Woodsmoke Reduction Pilot Program is funded by California Climate Investments and administered by local air districts. This program provides an incentive voucher to replace a pre-1988 or homemade non-EPA certified wood-burning stove or fireplace that is used as a primary source of heat with either an EPA-certified woodstove or insert, or natural gas, propane, or electric heating device.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Heat source replacement
Funding Details:
Vouchers of $1500 are available to all Lassen County residents with qualifying devices, who have not received a wood smoke reduction grant within the last 5 years.
For low-income residents or those living in census tracts designated low-income or disadvantaged areas, enhanced vouchers of $3000 are available.
HUD is especially interested in applications that will advance our knowledge on priority healthy homes issues by addressing important gaps in the science related to the accurate and efficient identification of hazards and the implementation of cost effective hazard mitigation This funding is split into two different programs: the Lead Technical Studies and Healthy Homes Technical Studies programs. The Lead Technical Studies program is intended to fund projects focused on improving the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of methods for evaluation and control of residential lead-based paint hazards. The Healthy Homes Technical Studies program is intended to fund projects focused on the development and evaluation of cost-effective methods of monitoring, reducing, and preventing housing-related hazards, among other objectives. HUD is especially interested in funding practical, applied research that can directly inform policies and practices to reduce the prevalence and severity of residential health and safety hazards and improve the health and well being of residents.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Monitoring, Heat Source Replacement, Ventilation, Energy Efficiency, Lead Remediation
In 2013, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium was awarded $743,044 through this grant to fund indoor air quality remediations in the homes of four Alaska Native villages. This project also involved monitoring changes in air quality indicators in response to interventions. This project also administered educational materials and provided home-based education for participating residents.
Typical Application Period: 2019 Date: June - July. Varies depending on year, but usually March - April.
Notes:
These programs do not require cost sharing, matching or leveraging. The amount of LTS grant funds used for construction activities, e.g., to conduct repair or substantial rehabilitation that is necessary to conduct the proposed study, may not exceed 20% of the total HUD funds awarded.
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps keep families safe and healthy through initiatives that assist families with energy costs. Through this program, grantees may provide low-cost residential weatherization and other cost-effective energy-related home repairs. States, tribes, and tribal consortia are administered funds based on an allocation formula that takes into consideration several variables, one being population size. More information about the LIHEAP allocation formula, including the way in which it distributes funds to tribes, can be found here. Individual renters and homeowners should contact their LIHEAP Tribal Contact to inquire about using LIHEAP funds for healthy homes work.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Energy Home Repairs, Weatherization, energy efficiency, heat source replacement
Funding Details:
Total FY 2019 Tribal Funding: $40,709,847
Tribes can use up to 15% of funds allotted on weatherization or other low-cost energy-related home repairs
Tribes can apply for a waiver to use up to 25% of funds for these projects
Individuals receive funds in the form of direct repairs and subsidized energy bills.
In 2007, the Makah Tribe's LIHEAP Program replaced 10 wood stoves using LIHEAP and HUD funds. LIHEAP continued to provide project assistance as the Makah Tribe replaced 45 wood stoves through 2011 using EPA funds. [source]
Typical Application Period: July to September; 2019 date: 9/3/2019. Applications usually due to September 1st. Individuals can apply to this program year-round.
Contact:
Grantees should contact lauren.christopher@acf.hhs.gov. Individual renters and homeowners should contact their LIHEAP Tribal Contact to inquire about using LIHEAP funds for healthy homes work.
Maine homeowners of any income are eligible to receive rebates for a number of energy upgrades, including the installation of an energy-efficient biomass boiler or furnace, a ductless heat pump, air sealing and energy assessments, insulation, and a room air purifier.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Heat Source Replacement, Insulation, Weatherization, Energy Assessments
Funding Details:
For pellet boiler systems, 1/3 of project cost (up to $6,000)
For air sealing and energy assessments, up to $500
Montana tax-payers who complete the installation of an EPA-certified biomass appliance can receive $500 (individual) or $1,000 (joint-filings) in tax credits. Eligible upgrade appliances include wood or pellet stoves, hydronic heaters, furnaces, any pellet-fueled appliance, and a qualifying masonry heater.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Heat Source Replacement
Funding Details:
$500 in tax credits for individuals completing this heat source upgrade
$1,000 in tax credits for joint-filing residents completing this heat source upgrade
Residents of Plumas, Sierra, and Nevada Counties, and residents of Portola are eligible to receive vouchers for replacing inefficient wood stoves with an efficient heat source.
As of August 2019, the Multi-County Program is delaying funding decisions potentially to early 2020. Interested participants can join a waitlist that will be capped at 70 people. The Portola area only program is still running.
The Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District currently has 2 wood stove change-out programs! One is for all of Plumas, Sierra and Nevada County except the Portola area. The other is for the Portola area only. Both programs are designed to help households replace non-EPA certified wood stove or insert used as a primary source of heat with a cleaner burning and more efficient device. Open hearth fireplaces may be eligible for each Program if the fireplace is used as a primary source of heat (documentation required). Each Program will offer Vouchers towards the purchase and installation of a new EPA-certified woodstove, fireplace wood insert, gas (natural gas or propane), or electric device. Participants have four weeks to purchase a new device after receiving a voucher.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Heat source replacement
Funding Details:
For the Multi-County Woodsmoke Reduction Program
$3,500 for residents of low-income communities as defined by this map.
Low-income residents outside of these areas can qualify via proof of enrollment in a low-income assistance program.
$1,000 for all other residents.
For the Greater Portola Wood Stove Change-Out Program
Residents INSIDE the City of Portola Sphere of Influence
Up to $3,500 to replace a qualified wood heating device with an EPA certified wood-burning device.
Up to $4,500 to replace a qualified wood heating device with an EPA certified Pellet, Propane or Kerosene heating devices
Residents OUTSIDE the City of Portola Sphere of Influence and Within the Nonattainment Area
Up to $1,500 to replace a qualified wood heating device with an EPA certified wood-burning device.
Up to $3,000 to replace a qualified wood heating device with a Pellet, Propane or Kerosene
Up to $3,500 for low-income residents to replace a qualified wood heating device with an EPA certified wood-burning device.
Up to $4,500 for low-income residents to replace a qualified wood heating device with a Pellet, Propane or Kerosene heater.
Typical Application Period: Rolling. Applications accepted until August 2020 (or until funds run out)
Notes:
Non-EPA certified wood stoves and inserts are defined for the multi-county program as pre-1987 and for the Portola program as appliances older than 20 years. For the Portola program, in some cases, repairs may be funded rather than replacements.
Contact:
sam@myairdistrict.com for multi-county program; julie@myairdistrict.com for Portola program
Residents of King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties can receive $350 for recycling woodstoves that are not US EPA certified or were manufactured before 2000. Residents of Snohomish County can receive a $1,500 discount for replacing an uncertified or pre-2000 wood stove with an alternative heat source (i.e. heat pump, furnace, gas or pellet stove).
New York State is offering homeowners a voucher for replacing an old wood or pellet stove with a new EPA-certified pellet stove. All NY residents can receive up to $1,500 for this replacement, while low-income residents can earn up to $2,500 for this replacement. Homeowners are encouraged to contact a participating contractor if they are interested in this program.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Heat Source Replacement
Funding Details:
$1,500 for the purchase of a new pellet stove with the recycling of an existing wood, pellet stove, or insert (with firebox), in a primary residence
Households with income up to 80% of the state or county median can qualify for an incentive of up to $2,500 for recycling an old wood or pellet stove and replacing it with a new one.
The Sac Metro Air District has funding to help Sacramento County residents replace older, more polluting units with cleaner-burning, U.S. EPA certified or equivalent units. This program host low income incentives and non-low income incentives, though currently the program is only offering low income incentives. Eligible applicants must live in Sacramento County and meet household income limits set by Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) guidelines for California.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Heat source replacement
Funding Details:
$1,500 voucher for the purchase and installation of a qualifying replacement.
Residents of the San Joaquin Valley (including San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Kings, Tulare, and the SJV portion of Kern County) are eligible to receive a voucher for the replacement of their old wood or pellet device with a new, efficient heat system. Eligible replacement systems include gas stoves/inserts, gas fireplaces, and certified wood or pellet stoves/inserts. Homeowners and renters are eligible to apply. Low-income residents are eligible for enhanced incentives.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Heat source replacement
Funding Details:
Up to $1,000 voucher for the purchase of a certified wood insert/freestanding stove.
Up to $1,000 voucher for the purchase of a certified pellet insert/freestanding stove.
Up to $1,000 voucher for the purchase of a natural gas insert/freestanding stove.
Gas devices for standard and low-income residents come with an extra $500 incentive
Low-income residents that provide evidence of income status are eligible for up to an additional $2,500.
This program assists low- and very-low-income applicants obtain decent, safe and sanitary housing in eligible rural areas by providing payment assistance to increase an applicant’s repayment ability.
Recipients of program loans hoping to fund a project on tribal trust land are required to provide a deed of trust as a form of security for the loan. As this part of the application process can be difficult to navigate, close collaboration between loan recipients, USDA, BIA, and other involved parties is recommended.
Loans for very-low-income homeowners to repair, improve or modernize their homes or grants to elderly very-low-income homeowners to remove health and safety hazards.
Loans for very-low-income homeowners to repair, improve or modernize their homes or grants to elderly very-low-income homeowners to remove health and safety hazards.
In 2014, Marilyn Wagner, a tribal elder on the Warm Springs Reservation received a $6,846 grant to remediate health and safety hazards in her home. This included installing a new wood stove chimney and remediating moisture and rot issues with the ceiling and floor tiles. [Source]
Typical Application Period: Rolling
Notes:
Recipients of program loans hoping to fund a project on tribal trust land are required to provide a deed of trust as a form of security for the loan. As this part of the application process can be difficult to navigate, close collaboration between loan recipients, USDA, BIA, and other involved parties is recommended.
The SEDS program is designed to support community-based projects that increase the ability for Native Americans to define and achieve their own economic and social goals and/or the capacity to exercise local control and decision-making to promote the interests of community members. Projects that promote improved access to care through coordinated local and regional approaches and through supporting environmental health are eligible for this grant funding. Applicants can propose projects on 12, 24 and 36-month scales.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Community Outreach, minor renovations, HEPA filters
From 2009-2012, the Confederated Tribes Of Siletz Indians used $340,069 in grant funding to establish the Siletz Tribal Energy Program (STEP). This program was developed with the mission of addressing tribal energy-related challenges and coordinating energy efficiency work across Tribal agencies. Using grant funding, STEP established new building codes, organized Healthy Homes trainings for staff, and conducted outreach and energy audits in a number of households. [Source]
Typical Application Period: Typically January to April. Application periods may vary in future years.
Residents of Boyle Heights area, Chino/Ontario/Corona area, City of San Bernardino area, City of Riverside area, and Norco/Corona area may be eligible to receive a voucher for replacing their old wood stove with an efficient heat source.
In the process of reducing emissions from wood-burning devices, South Coast AQMD is offering an incentive for residents, renters (with landlord approval), or landlords of a rental property in the areas surrounding cities of Riverside and San Bernardino or the community of Boyle Heights to replace their wood-burning device. If you are a resident of one of these areas you may be eligible to receive funds for an installation of a cleaner-burning alternative. This program is open to residents of specific zip codes within these areas, viewable within this pdf. Residents are eligible to replace their old wood stove with one of these efficient options: Gas Logs, Gas or Electric Fireplace/Stove/Insert, Certified Wood Stove/Insert (replacing non-certified stove or open fireplace), Alcohol Fueled Fireplace Insert, or an EPA Qualified Fireplace Retrofit Kit.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Heat source replacement
Funding Details:
$800,000 in funding available.
All voucher values are doubled for those that qualify for low-income vouchers, determined by participation in a low-income assistance program.
For houses with gas service available that don't use wood as a primary heat source
$200 voucher for replacing with gas logs
$800 for replacing with a gas or electric fireplace/stove/insert
$300 for replacing with an alcohol fueled device
For houses with no gas service available OR wood used as a primary source of heat (with or without gas service)
$200 voucher for replacing with gas logs
$800 for replacing with a gas or electric fireplace/stove/insert
$600 for replacing with a certified wood stove/insert
$300 for replacing with an alcohol fueled device
$100 for purchase of an EPA qualified fireplace retrofit kit
Homeowners that have a non-EPA certified or old wood stove can apply to receive a $500 rebate when purchasing and installing a new qualified heating appliance from an approved vendor. Applicants must be located within the counties of Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Oneida, or Power. The replaced wood stove must be recycled at an approved recycling center. Apply by obtaining a Southeast Idaho Woodstove Changeout application at the DEQ Pocatello Regional office.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Heat Source Replacement
Funding Details:
$500 rebate for replacing an inefficient wood stove
The purpose of the Title VI loan guarantee is to assist IHBG recipients (borrowers) who want to finance additional grant-eligible construction or development at today’s costs. This can be used to create new housing, rehabilitate housing, build infrastructure, construct community facilities, and acquire community land for housing, among other activities.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Development, Rehabilitation, Energy Efficiency, Weatherization, Ventilation
Funding Details:
Tribes use IHBG funds to leverage additional funds for larger projects
The maximum guarantee amount that a tribe/TDHE can borrow is approximately five times the need portion.
Tribes can stretch loan payments to up to 20 years.
Tagiugmiullu Nunamiullu Housing Authority (TNHA) used a loan for $6,672,170 to develop 24 affordable houses designed to maximize energy efficiency in this permanently cold climate. [source]
This grant is available to 1994 Tribal Colleges (designated by 2018 farm bill) that are looking to build institutional research capacity through applied projects that address student educational needs and meet community, reservation or regional challenges. Eligible institutions may propose projects in any discipline of the food, agricultural or natural resource sciences. Grants are collaborative, meaning projects must involve at least one additional partner. Projects focused on indoor air quality must demonstrate that indoor air quality affects farmers and ranchers within their community.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Improving indoor air quality for tribal farmers and ranchers, ventilation, Chemical Changeout
The Program is designed to help households in Tuolumne County replace an uncertified wood stove or insert used as the primary source of heat with a cleaner burning and more efficient certified device. To be eligible for the Program, a homeowner or renter (Applicant) must be using an uncertified wood stove or wood insert as a primary heat source. Participants can use this voucher to purchase one of the following heating appliances:
a U.S. EPA certified wood stove or wood fireplace insert with emission rates not to exceed 4.5 grams/hour and 2.5 grams/hour for non-catalytic and catalytic stoves, respectively;
Natural gas home heating device;
Propane gas home heating device or;
Electric home heating device.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Heat source replacement
Funding Details:
$3,500 for residents of Low-income communities as designated by this map.
Low-income households outside of these communities are eligible if they provide evidence of enrollment in a low-income assistance program or household income at or below 80 percent of the statewide median household income.
$1,000 for all other residents of Tuolumne County.
This grant is meant to improve energy efficiency in low-income households through weatherization improvements and upgrades. Individual households apply for this program through a local weatherization provider. Weatherization agencies will work with the tribes to provide services in a community. Clients are referred by the tribe to the agency to submit their individual application. Often the tribes work with the agency to identify potential workers for the weatherization program.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
ventilation, insulation, sealing ducts and pipes, Bathroom fans, health and safety testing, Air sealing, heat source replacement
Funding Details:
The weatherization program evaluates the individual home for eligible energy savings measures and for health and safety issues that need to be addressed. Repairs are limited to those items that would be critical to the installation of a weatherization measure. Health and Safety improvements are usually related to Lead-Based Paint, Asbestos, mold, moisture, and poor indoor air quality. Every home receives ventilation equipment to ensure healthy indoor air quality over the long term.
The American Lung Association in North Carolina is providing vouchers for residents to replace their old wood and coal stoves with EPA-certified appliances. Residential property owners in Cherokee, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Mecklenburg, and Swain counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) community may be eligible for vouchers. Vouchers are available for a number of new heating appliances, including certified wood stoves, heat pumps, pellet stoves, and furnaces.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Heat Source Replacement
Funding Details:
$750 - $4,500 for replacing with a certified wood stove
$1,500 - $4,500 for replacing with a pellet stove, gas stove, and heat pump
$6,000 - $10,000 for replacing with a hydronic heater or gas furnace
The Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District is now offering a new incentive program to residents that live within the District to replace their old, non-EPA certified wood stove, fireplace insert, or open-hearth fireplace with a newer, cleaner burning device, such as an EPA certified woodstove/insert or a natural gas, propane, or electric heating device. Applicants must have an old, non-EPA certified wood stove, fireplace insert, or open hearth fireplace that is used as the primary source of heat in the home. This program is open to homeowners and renters.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Heat source replacement
Funding Details:
$3,500 voucher for low-income residents who are in a low-income assistance program or make a total household income of less than $49,454.
Non-low-income residents are eligible for a $1000 voucher.
BPA provides direct funding to tribal governments to implement outreach and coordination with tribal members. Additional funding is provided to qualified tribal programs for implementing auditing, installation, and monitoring services. Up to 30% of the grants can be used for health and safety (air quality, mold mitigation, ventilation, radon testing and mitigation, etc). Tribes that use these funds for weatherization programs must follow the air quality guidelines of the DOE program and ASHRAE standards.
Example Eligible IAQ Activities:
Weatherization, Energy Efficiency, Heat Source Replacement, Insulation, HVAC upgrades.
Funding Details:
Average Annual Amount Available: $550,000
2018-2019 Tribes Using funds for Weatherization: 5
Expected Award Range: $15,000 to $100,000 per year
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe has nearly 30 percent of the tribe now heating and cooling their homes with ductless heat pumps. In partnership with a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and funding from Clallam County Public Utility District, the tribe recently installed 57 ductless heat pumps in tribal members' homes. [source]
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Eligible Applicants:
Federally-Recognized Indian Tribe
Alaska Native Village
Tribal Housing Authority/TDHE
Non-Profit
