The Energy Aid for Low-Income Home program provides money to help low-income landlords and tenants pay for heating costs.
The LIHEAP program is not intended to pay all heating costs, but rather to help pay heating bills.
If you cannot afford to heat your home, pay your electricity bills, or take advantage of energy improvements such as new insulation, a new heating system, or energy-efficient appliances, help may be available.

Services:
Children & Family
Housing & Energy
Financial

Services Qualifications:
Renter
Renter with heat included
Homeowner
Subsidized renter with heat not included
Employed or unemployed,
Income earned by wages or other sources.

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.

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%.

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