The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) provides energy assistance to residents in the form a benefit paid directly to utilities on behalf of eligible households.
Priority Periods
This program year, we are required to follow state guidelines on priority periods.
Starting October: Households must have at least one member who is under 6, over 60, or disabled in order to apply.
Starting November: Households must be disconnected or have at least one member who is under 6, over 60, or disabled in order to apply.
Starting December: All households may apply.
Eligibility
In order to qualify for LIHEAP, households must meet state income guidelines, and be responsible for their household's heating bills or pay for those bills as part of their rent.
In order to complete an application for LIHEAP, certain documents are required. Please have these documents available before calling our agency or our partner sites for an appointment.
Applying for LIHEAP
Our agency takes the majority of our applications directly. We also have a list of partner sites that process applications.
Our Agency
If you are disconnected or have a disconnection notice that is effective within 7 days, please call our office Mondays Through Fridays 8am-5pm
If you aren't at immediate risk of disconnection, you can call our office any Friday through May. On these days, we schedule appointments that our agents can handle (but aren't already reserved for an at risk client) for the week.
Our office can be reached at (844) 710-6919
Our agency has partnered with various sites that take applications and send them to us for verification. These sites have agreed to take these applications with no cost to our clients.