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 The Affiliate Network


The LRAM Affiliate Network is a turnkey program for any organization outside of Georgia interested in operating a full LRAM program in their community. It will provide an organization with all the tools necessary for successfully running an LRAM program from A-Z. The train the trainer workshop will walk staff through all aspects of program development and implementation: client outreach, hiring best practices, site set-up, training, program implementation, logistics, data collection, budgeting, reporting and more.

Any organization outside of Georgia interested in implementing either a LRAM affiliate or similar type of program will have the opportunity to run up to 50 LRAM sites in their geographical area based on population density.

Organizations interested in participating in the 2012 pilot will need to have the infrastructure and capacity to run a program. LRAM can provide technical assistance for organizations interested in implementing an LRAM Program in 2012, but they will need to secure a sustainable funding stream.

 

LRAM Affiliate Network Toolkit includes the following

• Train the Trainer workshop
• Customized Scheduler System
• Program design and structure
• Manager Manual
• Energy Specialist Manual
• All Auditing Home Visit Forms Templates
• Marketing Materials Templates
• Use of Brand & Logo
• Tools and Equipment Budget Calculator
• Hiring practices, job descriptions and interview processes
• Uniform Design and requirements
• Operations forms and procedures
• Inventory control system and bulk materials purchase through supplier agreements
• Interviewing tools and recruiting
• Evaluations and Metrics

Affiliate Network Explained: Two-Tiers of Involvement

The LRAM Fund accomplishes its goals and outcomes by activating not only its direct volunteers, but through its relationships with other social justice-motivated organizations that are committed to sustainability. That is to say, the Fund acts as a convener of partnering organizations while providing a suite of resources, planning, support materials and agreements which are as follows:

 Two-Tiers of Involvement: Affiliate Chapters Partners and Program Site Partners 

 

 

AFFILIATE NETWORK Goals, Impacts, and Outcomes


LRAM has identified the following 24-month objectives in its effort to reach our desired impacts, they are as follows:

 

OUTCOMES: The Human/Health Benefits of the Affiliate Network


Through the work of the LRAM's Affiliate Network, the carbon dioxide generated by Plant Mitchell near Macon, Georgia, will be permanently offset. According to the November 2010 research findings of A. Shenstone of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy below you observe that the LRAM Fund will effectively accomplish the following:


 

 Meet Our Affiliate Chapter Partners 

Developing the LRAM Fund


Let’s Retrofit A Million is ideally suited for scalable expansion on campuses around the world. For the 2007-2010 pilot phase, Let’s Retrofit A Million has seeded two program sites in addition to the Atlanta flagship program. Each program site focuses on a specific demographic within the LRAM target audience. Program sites and focus areas are:

 

  1. Retrofit-Atlanta, administered by the LRAM Coordinating Office & Warehouse in partnership with Morehouse College’s Students Endeavoring for Enlightened Environmental Decisions (SEEED), focuses on both student and community engagement.(email:Atlanta@Retrofitamillion.org)
  2. Retrofit -Detroit, administered by the Young People’s Division of Ebenezer AME Church in partnership with concerned students of Wayne State University concentrates on Faith-Based Community Engagement in addition to student involvement.(Contact: Detroit@Retrofitamillion.org)
  3. Retrofit -Grambling, administered by the Power Shifters of Grambling State University in partnership with the university’s Department of Sociology highlights senior citizen engagement as well as student activation. (Contact: Grambling@Retrofitamillion.org)
  4. Retrofit –Greensboro, administered by the Ignite Greensboro in partnership with the UNC-Greensboro and NC A&T (Contact: Grambling@Retrofitamillion.org)
     

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