Weatherization Assistance Program

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Weatherization is free for qualifying low-income households in either Arapahoe or Adams Counties.

It is a professional audit of your home to determine what energy-conserving updates or installations will keep you cooler in the summer, warmer in the winter and lower your utility bills. 

 

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Step 1.Is your home eligible?

  1. The home may not have had any weatherization services in the last 15-years and one month
  2. The applicant, or a resident of your home, must be lawfully present in the United States
  3. The applicant/resident(s) of the home must meet income eligibility at less than 60% of the State Median Income (SMI). View the income guidelines(PDF, 466KB).
  4. All residents of the home MUST be included in the application 
  5. For rental properties, landlords must agree to participate in the program 

Step 2.Gather documents and information to submit

  • Photo ID (applicant's current and unexpired copy)
  • Public Assistance approval letter (if anyone living in your home receives). If no one receives public assistance, skip to the next item:
  • Aid to the Needy Disabled (AND)
  • Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) 
  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) 
  • Supplemental Security Income (SSI)  
  • Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) 
  • If no residents in your home receive public assistance benefits, please gather:
  • Your energy provider account number (for example, Xcel)
  • RENTERS: Your landlord must complete the consent agreement for you to submit with your application

Step 3.Your checklist before you start your application

  • Current/unexpired Photo ID
  • Public Assistance Approval Letters (if applicable)
  • Income verification (if applicable)
  • Unemployment affidavits (if applicable)
  • Self-Employment affidavits (if applicable)
  • The landlord consent form  (if applicable)

Step 4.Apply:

Apply now for traditional Weatherization

By Mail

Step 1.Is your home eligible?

  1. The home may not have had any weatherization services in the last 15-years and one month
  2. The applicant, or a resident of your home, must be lawfully present in the United States
  3. The applicant/resident(s) of the home must meet income eligibility at less than 60% of the State Median Income (SMI). View the income guidelines(PDF, 466KB).
  4. All residents of the home MUST be included in the application 
  5. For rental properties, landlords must agree to participate in the program 

Step 2.Photo ID

Make a copy of the front and back of the applicant's ID
Accepted forms of ID:
  1. State driver's license or identification card
  2. U.S. passport
  3. U.S. military identification card
  4. Foreign driver's license or identification card
  5. Identification card issued by a federally recognized tribal government
  6. Pilot's license issued by the U.S. federal aviation administration 

Step 3.Public Assistance Approval letter

Make a copy of the current approval letter, if you, or anyone living in your home is receiving one or many of these benefits (or skip to Income verification):
  1. Aid to the Needy Disabled (AND)
  2. Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) 
  3. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) 
  4. Supplemental Security Income (SSI)  
  5. Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) 

Step 4.Income Verification

Make copies of your income statements for the past three month, if no one is currently receiving any of the public assistance benefits listed above. Include income statements for everyone living in the home who had income in the last three months

Income is defined as money received from the following sources:

  • A job, including contract or gig work
  • Self-employment
  • Social Security
  • Retirement
  • Disability
  • Spousal Support (alimony)
  • Workers’ Compensation
  • Unemployment

If anyone is unemployed:

Complete the unemployment affidavit(PDF, 136KB), and have it notarized, for everyone in the home over 17-years-old who is unemployed

If anyone is self employed:

Complete the self-employment affidavit(PDF, 114KB), and have it notarized, for everyone in the home who is self-employed

Step 5.Renters:

Your landlord must complete the consent agreement for you to submit with your application

Step 6.Download the Application:

Step 7.Mail the completed application and all required verifications to:

Arapahoe County

Weatherization Division

907 Salida Way

Aurora, CO 80011 

In Person

Step 1.Is your home eligible?

  1. The home may not have had any weatherization services in the last 15-years and one month
  2. The applicant, or a resident of your home, must be lawfully present in the United States
  3. The applicant/resident(s) of the home must meet income eligibility at less than 60% of the State Median Income (SMI). View the income guidelines(PDF, 466KB).
  4. All residents of the home MUST be included in the application 
  5. For rental properties, landlords must agree to participate in the program 

Step 2.Photo ID

Make a copy of the front and back of the applicant's ID
Accepted forms of ID:
  1. State driver's license or identification card
  2. U.S. passport
  3. U.S. military identification card
  4. Foreign driver's license or identification card
  5. Identification card issued by a federally recognized tribal government
  6. Pilot's license issued by the U.S. federal aviation administration 

Step 3.Public Assistance Approval letter

Make a copy of the current approval letter, if you, or anyone living in your home is receiving one or many of these benefits (or skip to Income verification):

  1. Aid to the Needy Disabled (AND)
  2. Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) 
  3. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) 
  4. Supplemental Security Income (SSI)  
  5. Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) 

Step 4.Income Verification

Make copies of your income statements for the past three month, if no one is currently receiving any of the public assistance benefits listed above. Include income statements for everyone living in the home who had income in the last three months

Income is defined as money received from the following sources:

  • A job, including contract or gig work
  • Self-employment
  • Social Security
  • Retirement
  • Disability
  • Spousal Support (alimony)
  • Workers’ Compensation
  • Unemployment

If anyone is unemployed:

Complete the unemployment affidavit(PDF, 136KB), and have it notarized, for everyone in the home over 17-years-old who is unemployed

If anyone is self employed:

Complete the self-employment affidavit(PDF, 114KB), and have it notarized, for everyone in the home who is self-employed

Step 5.Renters:

Your landlord must complete the consent agreement for you to submit with your application

Step 6.Download the Application:

Step 7.Bring the completed application and all required attachments and verifications to:

Arapahoe County

Weatherization Division

907 Salida Way

Aurora, CO 80011 

 

We can weatherize owner-occupied homes and rentals, including single-family houses, mobile homes and multi-family units up to a four-plex. A home can only receive weatherization services once. All services and materials are provided at no cost to eligible households, and all employees and subcontractors must pass a background check.

Eligibility is determined by income or participation in Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) or other approved State programs, and lawful presence in the United States.

The eligibility criteria includes:

  1. Current enrollment in an approved state Programs
    • Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF)
    • Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LEAP)
    • Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
    • Aid to the Needy Disabled (AND)
    • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
    • Title IV or Title XVI of the Social Security Act

                                     OR

2. The total gross annual income for all individuals living in the home is less than 60% of the state median income (SMI) as defined by the United States Government Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

This is calculated by collecting verification of the most recent three months of income immediately preceding eligibility determination then the income is annualized. Included income is:

  • Money, wages, and salaries before any deductions.
  • Net receipts from non-farm or farm self-employment (receipts from a person's own business or from an owned or rented farm after deductions for business or farm expenses).
  • Regular payments from social security, railroad retirement, unemployment compensation, strike benefits from union funds, worker's compensation, veteran's payments, training stipends, alimony, and military family allotments.
  • Private pensions, government employee pensions (including military retirement pay), and regular insurance or annuity payments.
  • Dividends and/or interest.
  • Net rental income and net royalties.
  • Periodic receipts from estates or trusts.
  • Net gambling or lottery winnings.

3. Completing the United States Lawful Presence Affidavit

Excluded Income:
  • Capital gains.
  • Any assets drawn down as withdrawals from a bank.
  • Money received from the sale of a property, house, or car.
  • One-time payments from a welfare agency to a family or person who is in temporary financial difficulty.
  • Tax refunds.
  • Gifts, loans, or lump-sum inheritances.
  • College scholarships.
  • One-time insurance payments, or compensation for injury.
  • Non-cash benefits, such as the employer-paid or union-paid portion of health insurance.
  • Employee fringe benefits, or food or housing received in lieu of wages.
  • The value of food and fuel produced and consumed on farms.
  • The imputed value of rent from owner-occupied non-farm or farm housing.
  • Depreciation for farm or business assets.
  • Federal non-cash benefit programs, such as Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, school lunches, and housing assistance.
  • Combat zone pay to the military.
  • Child support.
  • Reverse mortgages.
  • Payments for the care of foster children.

 

  • Energy audit of the home
  • Energy conservation information
  • Furnace and water heater safety test
  • Furnace replacement, if eligible
  • Solar panels, if eligible
  • Insulation in attics, walls and crawl spaces
  • Storm Windows, if eligible
  • Sealing air leaks
  • LED light bulbs
  1. Utility bill payments
  2. Replacing exterior windows, doors, sliding or patio doors or siding
  3. Emergency electrical, plumbing or structural repairs
  4. Repairing or replacing air conditioners or swamp coolers

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Other Helpful Resources

The County Weatherization program may not be able to help in every situation. Please explore these additional services, programs, and resources to assist you. Each of the following resources have their own eligibility requirements. Arapahoe County cannot guarantee you will qualify.

Without Heat? Need Emergency Repair/Replacement?

  • Contact the Crisis Intervention Program through Energy Outreach Colorado to see if you’re eligible for emergency repairs/replacement. Call the 24-hour toll-free helpline at 1-855-469-4328

Help paying your bills (Utilities, Rent, Mortgage):

Home Repairs/Modifications

 

Funding for weatherization services is provided by the Colorado Energy Office and the U.S. Department of Energy Denver Regional Office.

No. However, the Colorado Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) can help pay for utility bills if you are eligible.

 

Yes. The property owner will be required to complete and sign our Homeowner’s Authorization form.

 

The Arapahoe County Weatherization Assistance Program is not an emergency repair or replacement program. The program may repair or replace a water heater and/or furnace if we determine the need during the provision of other energy saving measures such as insulation or refrigerator replacement.

Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) approved customers who have a NO HEAT emergency may contact the Crisis Intervention Program (CIP) at 855-469-4328 or by email at cip@ecallogy.com

 

 

 

Single family dwellings, and individually heated (you must have your own heating source inside your unit) townhomes and condominiums can be eligible. Your home is not eligible if the property received weatherization services in the last 15 years and one month.

 

All services and materials are provided free of cost and paid for by the grant. However, for rental customers who reside in individually heated townhomes or condominiums, the property owner will be required to contribute 50% of the cost to replace the furnace or refrigerator, if eligible.

 

Yes, we can install solar panels for owner-occupied, single-family dwellings that meet structural and electrical usage standards. Solar panels are a part of the weatherization services and can installed in conjunction with other energy saving measures performed in the home. 

 

Contact Us

Phone

303-636-1982

Alternate Phone

Relay Colorado: 711

Fax

303-636-1997

Email

weatherization@arapahoegov.com

Location

Weatherization Division
907 Salida Way
Aurora
80011
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Hours

Monday - Friday
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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