LIHEAP energy assistance (electric, gas or propane & water) funding for Union and Morehouse parishes.

Services:
Energy Assistance LIHEAP
Housing Assistance
Transportation Assistance
Food Assistance
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)
Service Navigation
Veterans Affairs
CORE Susquehanna AmeriCorps

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance program is called LIHEAP. They assist low income people and families with their heating and cooling bills. This program is therefore, a year long program that is available 12 months a year. To qualify for the LIHEAP assistance, you need to qualify. We provide the current Federal Poverty Rates nationwide below.

You are automatically qualified for LIHEAP assistance if you participate in the SNAP food stamps program, TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or the SSI program through Social Security.

Mission Statement

Our mission is to provide assistance/services/referrals to low-income individuals and other underprivileged population groups, by partnering with other human service providers and education providers, to provide services and referrals and to give promise of progress toward elimination of poverty or the cause/causes of poverty, as well as alleviating negative circumstances imposed on families, through bettering the conditions under which people live.”*

*From the Union County Community Action Agency LIHEAP website

Federal Poverty Guidelines for 2024

Persons In Family	Earnings (100% Fed Poverty Guideline)
1	$15,060
2	$20,440
3	$25,820
4	$31,200
5	$36,580
6	$41,960
7	$47,340
8	$52,720

*Alaska and Hawaii have different rates for HUD federal poverty guidelines.
These numbers above represent 100% of the Federal Poverty Rate. In order to get legal aid from some offices, they use a sliding fee scale. When they use a sliding fee scale, the 100% rate can be different than 100%. In those cases, using for example a 200% federal poverty level, you will only need double the 100% number listed above to 200%.

User questions & answers

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