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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Journal News on MSN

Government shutdown delays HEAP applications. Here's what NY utilities are doing

The annual application window typically opens in early November but will be “delayed indefinitely until the Trump Administration and Washington Republicans act to end the government shutdown and fund ...

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 ...
Utica Observer Dispatch on MSN

HEAP application delay leaves NY households at risk. Here's what utilities are doing

The annual application window typically opens in early November but will be “delayed indefinitely until the Trump Administration and Washington Republicans act to end the government shutdown and fund ...
Finger Lakes Times

Yates County residents face SNAP and HEAP delays

The month of November brought uncertainty for residents who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to put food ...
NEWS10 ABC on MSN

NY responding to lack of federal funding for SNAP and HEAP during shutdown

While an end to the federal government shutdown could be insight some state attorneys general, including New York’s Letitia ...

Program that helps Central NY households fix, replace heating equipment not available this winter

A federally funded program that helps low-income Central New York households repair or replace broken heating systems will ...

Shutdown leaves local low-income families waiting for winter heating help

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program is a federal program that helps low-income households pay for heating and cooling expenses. The program provides over $287 million in assistance to ...