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The U.S. Department of Energy aiming to reduce greenhouse emissions, create green jobs and help low-income households cut their energy bills allocated $118.8 million for New Jersey to weatherize almost 13,400 homes by March 2012. So far, only 2,157 homes have been reported finished and there are about 7,000 eligible households on a waiting list.
 Sabree and some weatherization agency leaders said restrictive policies have scared off veteran contractors, leaving inexperienced workers who do shoddy work on some projects. At one residential building, a contractor only weather-stripped the bottom half of more than 100 windows, Sabree said.
 Although the stimulus program was designed to put people to work, a state-run training program that has spent more than $1 million was suspended because graduates arent finding jobs. Only seven out of 225 received weatherization work, and some of that isnt permanent employment.
After the hearing, Sabree was suspended without pay.
"Ive been made the poster child for the failure of the stimulus program," she said
State mismanagement of U.S.-funded weatherization program is worse than previously thought | NJ.com
$118 million. 7 "green jobs". Way to go.
Maybe we need some more stimulus, eh?