June 21, 2012
David Carroll Awarded Sister Pat Kelley Achievement Award
New Orleans, Louisiana, was the host city for the 2012 National Energy and Utility Affordability Conference presented by the National Fuel Funds Network and National Low Income Energy Consortium. The annual three-day event, held June 11-13, 2012, is the largest single U.S. gathering to address the need for affordable home energy and other utilities for people with low income.
David Carroll, the Managing Director of APPRISE, was the recipient of the Sister Pat Kelley Achievement Award which was presented at a special luncheon during the conference.
The Sister Pat Kelley Achievement Award is the National Fuel Funds Network's highest honor and recognizes exemplary personal achievement in furthering the Network's objectives of increasing public awareness of low-income energy programs, advancing energy assistance policy and promoting charitable energy assistance. This year, NFFN honored the contributions of David Carroll,Managing Director of APPRISE, who has dedicated his career to research on low-income energy issues and has made substantial contributions to furthering the NFFN's objectives. For more than 25 years, Carroll's research and analysis of low-income energy assistance and energy-efficiency programs have advanced low-income energy policy and improved the efficiency of low-income energy programs across the nation.
June 7, 2012
APPRISE Participates in Princeton University’s 2012 Princeternship Program
The Princeternship Program is a career exploration program that offers Princeton undergraduates the unique opportunity to start investigating a career field of interest and make professional connections by spending time with alumni in their workplaces. APPRISE participated in the Princeternship Program in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Read our 2011 and 2012 participants’ blogs about their experiences at APPRISE:
February 24, 2012
APPRISE Participates in the 2012 MIT Student/Alumni Externship Program
During the month of January, APPRISE participated in the MIT Student/Alumni Externship Program. This program connects current students to alumni in workplaces worldwide during MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP). The students who participate in this program gain experience, network, and learn new skills.
Jackie Berger, the President of APPRISE and a MIT alumnus, was asked to write a blog for the MIT Alumni website documenting her experience with the program.
Click on the links below to read the blog entry.
IAP Externships: Introduction to the Field of Energy Program Evaluation
January 27, 2012
APPRISE Study for NEADA Referenced in NY Times Article
An article was printed in the New York Times regarding a study that APPRISE conducted for the National Energy Assistance Directors' Association (NEADA). This study characterized the LIHEAP population for 2011 and documented the challenges that these households face in addition to their energy bills, including unemployment, lack of health insurance, and medical issues. The article focuses on a follow-up survey that documented the veteran status of LIHEAP-recipient households.
Some of the key findings noted in the article are as follows:
“Over the last four years, the survey found, the number of low-income households with at least one military veteran receiving federal energy assistance rose by about 1.1 million households, to 1.78 million. Veterans now make up 20 percent of all recipients of the aid, up from 12 percent four years ago”
“Within the pool of veterans who received help, 12 percent served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Around seven percent are on active duty.”
Click on the link below to read the whole article.
