Membership
Benefits of Membership
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The National Fuel Funds Network:
Serves and represents
Over 300 organizational members from small energy banks to large utility programs seeking to increase energy assistance available, especially charitable energy assistance.
Conducts
The unique Nation Energy and Utility Affordability Conference to provide continuing education and training for fuel fund professionals and define policy issues. Read about past conferences. NFFN partners with the National Low Income Energy Consortium to offer the confernce.
Regional conferences and training events from time to time.
Publishes
Energy Safety Net Bulletin - reports on and spurs innovation in meeting the increased demand for energy assistance due to higher fuel prices and the economic downturn.
National Energy Assistance Report - the quarterly of record on charitable energy assistance.
Energy Safety Net Tool Kit - reassess energy assistance issues, suggests new approaches and promotes charitable energy assistance.
Action Alerts - rally nonprofit members in support of LIHEAP.
A series of technical assistance materials, policy studies and fact sheets.
Maintains
www.nationfuelfunds.org, full of information on charitable energy assistance, the only national repository of fuel fund publications, advertisements and fundraising materials and techniques.
Provides
Technical assistance to members including a query service to over 500 energy assistance professionals.
Consulting services to companies and community-based organizations wishing to start, revamp or reinvigorate fuel funds.
Policy analysis and Washington representation for grassroots members unable to afford their own representative in the Nation’s Capital.
Advocates
For increased LIHEAP funding .
NFFN sponsors LIHEAP Action Day, annually, and engages grassroots legislative support for LIHEAP year around.
To govern NFFN, members elect a Board of Directors representing utility companies, community-based organizations and local, state and Tribal energy assistance programs.
View NFFN Board of Directors
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