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October 19, 2005

Local agency awarded $1.1 million grant to study energy conservation and the elderly

JOHNSTON -- Tri-Town Community Action Agency was awarded a $1.1 million federal grant to fund a three-year study on how energy conservation affects the health of the elderly, Joseph R. DeSantis, executive director of the agency said today. The "Reach Out to Our Elders" Program, which will start Jan. 1, will observe 600 randomly chosen low-income senior citizens for two years. The work will lead to a cost-benefit analysis of conservation programs and the related social health cost savings.

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