HEAP delay leaves families in the dark as temperatures drop

As Central New York braces for colder weather, just days after the first snowfall of the season, some families are already ...

Winter energy bill assistance available for Ohioans

The Area Office on Aging of Northwestern Ohio, Inc. and the Ohio Department of Development is helping older Ohioans with ...

Winter HEAP program offers energy bill help for older Ohioans

The program provides heating assistance to low-income households or those facing disconnection, were recently shut off, or ...
WXXI News

Federal shutdown also having an effect on HEAP program

The Home Energy Assistance Program, or HEAP, is also on hold due to the shutdown. That program affects some 1.5 million New Yorkers. Kyra Hynes, who is Gov. Kathy Hochul’s director of federal affairs ...
WKBW

Utility companies encouraging customers to reach out for assistance in the wake of HEAP delays

Utility companies are encouraging customers to reach out for assistance as applications for HEAP have been delayed due to the ...

Commentary: New York families need heating assistance, and they can't afford to wait

With cold weather already here, the state must fund HEAP and take other actions to help New Yorkers keep the heat on.
Daily Freeman

Metzger lauds Hochul directive to protect heat assistance program

Ulster County Executive Jen Metzger lauded Gov. Kathy Hochul’s effort to protect an energy assistance program amid cuts made ...
The Post-Journal

Look Into Applying For HEAP Program

Question: I saw an ad for HEAP, do you think I should apply for this? Answer: HEAP is the Home Energy Assistance Program. This is a program for lower income individuals and families, which provides ...

Utilities boost support as HEAP delays risk winter heating for vulnerable families

Heating the home is about to get harder for 1.5 million New Yorkers if the federal heating assistance program, HEAP, doesn't ...