ICAA
Illinois' Poverty Fighting Network
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IHWAP Program Description
The Illinois Home Weatherization Assistance Program (IHWAP) is funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Energy and the same Illinois meter charge program that funds the Illinois LIHEAP program. IHWAP helps low-income families in Illinois who live at or below 150% of the federal poverty level. Weatherization program operators employ a wide array of testing devices to determine how the most energy can be saved and install energy-saving materials (such as efficient furnaces, insulation).

In a national evaluation of the program in 1996, energy savings from weatherization lowered the average low-income energy bill by 26%, or well over $250 per year.

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