Program Profile: Housing Improvements makes homes livable “Housing is always vulnerable to the elements,” says SNAP’s Director of Housing Services, Chris Davis. “Some home repairs are essential and can make […]
Local Family Thankful for SNAP Warming Trend
Local Family Thankful for SNAP Warming Trend Another harsh Spokane winter had settled in and Brandi and her two sons were doing the best they could to ward off the […]
Weatherization Plus Health Program Results in Significant Change for Hillyard Resident
Weatherization Plus Health Program Results in Significant Change for Hillyard Resident Katrina McGinnis grew up on the sunny, Northern California coast. “We ate out of the ocean, had no TV, […]
Spokane family fends off cold with help from SNAP
Last winter, Dorothy made it a habit to bundle up in several layers inside her north Spokane home. “I’d wear a jacket and several layers of clothes,” she said. […]
Home repairs ease burden for local family
As someone who had worked for a local nonprofit that partners with SNAP, Connie had come to expect good work from the agency. Earlier this year, she had the chance […]
Weatherization, home repair, shift winds of fortune for North Spokane family
There was a time when the cold breeze produced an audible whistle through the structure that Coleen and her two children called home. A SNAP energy assistance client, Coleen realized […]
Their old home is warmer and safer after weatherization updates
Glenda and her husband Jerome have lived in their north side home for 44 years. Their home, like so much of Spokane’s housing stock, is aging. Older housing stock, like […]
Jacobs a staple in home repair, weatherization programs
If you ask Dave Jacobs to describe what it’s been like to repair and weatherize homes for the past 32 years, his answer may seem more like the reflections of […]
State funds leverage local Weatherization dollars
It is a late January morning on Spokane’s lower South Hill and two of SNAP’s most reliable Weatherization workers are braving the cold to make sure a local family is […]
New home improvement program seeks to improve the lives of asthma sufferers
Home weatherization is a flagship program for SNAP, perhaps second only to energy assistance in the public eye. SNAP partners with state and federal government agencies and private industry to […]