West Virginia and Maryland Member Information



2025 Upcoming CAUCUS MEETING INFO

  • Thursday, February 11 – 9am – 1:30 pm VIRTUAL (Legislative Day later in the month) Join ZOOM Meeting – Packet to be added
  • Tuesday, June 3
  • Tuesday, November 4
  • (past Caucus information found at the bottom of the page)



The Pallottine Foundation of Buckhannon has opened applications for the Healthy Communities Grant Initiative. The applications open today, January 7, 2025, and are open until February 10, 2025. Grant funding is available for awards with focus areas in health and wellness, capacity building, spiritual and pastoral care, food insecurity, substance abuse disorder, and tobacco use prevention and cessation.The applying organization must support clients in the region served by the Foundation, which covers Barbour, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, and Webster counties in West Virginia.  Learn more about the Pallottine Foundation of Buckhannon’s Healthy Communities Grant Initiative and how to apply here



Over the next 3 months as appointments are made, legislation is introduced, and the budget process begins, we’ll be reaching out to help you navigate these shifts. You can expect: 

  • Support in crafting messaging that speaks to these new audiences.  
  • Information on which programs may be poised for cuts or increases – and how you can influence these decisions.
  • Opportunities to meet with the new staff in the Administration and Congress. 

To be well-positioned to have these important conversations at the Federal, State and Local levels, it’s important to have good relationships with these folks.  Remember one of Advocacy’s golden rules:  Don’t let your first contact with an elected office be when you’re facing a problem or asking for something. 

To help streamline this effort, each Caucus has sent letters of congratulations on your behalf to all of the Federal and State election winners in our footprint.  In addition, Jim has sent letters of congratulations from the entire network to all the Federal representatives in our footprint. We are on track to send WELL over 100 letters! Which is fantastic!

But, we know that local decisions are where the rubber meets the road. So we have a small request:

To help ensure we engage at the local level too (where your relationships are VITAL) we’ve drafted a basic letter of congratulations that you can modify for local leaders (new or returning!). 

You can use the template as formatted, make modifications (remove logos etc.), or copy and paste to your own letterhead.  What matters is that you take a few minutes to personalize and send a note (email or snail mail!) to your local leaders. And, if possible, please tell your Fahe Advocacy Staff Member who you’ve reached out to! You can just shoot us a list, or cc us on emails. Whatever is easiest. If you’re not sure where to find good addresses (email or snail) for local winners, please let us know.

And, if you’re feeling ambitious and you’d like to send something to your State and Federal Representatives, we can provide you with that template as well as the best addresses for those candidates/incumbents. Just reach out to your state point of contact, or Kylie Milliken ([email protected]).

As always, we’re here to talk if you have questions or concerns. Otherwise, we look forward to hearing hearing who you’re connecting with and supporting you in this transition over the months to come.




The HUB’s Kickstart Community Learning Library HERE




First Front Door & Keys to Equity Recorded Webinar

FFD and Keys provide down payment and closing cost assistance to eligible first-time homebuyers and are offered through participating FHLBank Pittsburgh (FHLBank) members that provide first-mortgage financing. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

If you have questions, please email [email protected] or call 800-288-3400, option 3.



From The Fund!

WVHDF Info/Funding Opportunities – Link to WVHDF Programs Page

Board information HERE



Information from Previous Caucus Meetings: