The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) provides home energy assistance to help eligible low-income households meet their home heating and/or cooling needs.
South Carolina Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).

Applications are completed in person at one of our four offices around the Tri-County area. Unfortunately, we cannot take walk-ins. To apply for LIHEAP, you must schedule an appointment through our hotline or our website. To schedule an appointment, please call 1-844-769-6448.

Area Served:

Counties of Berkeley and Dorchester.

Weatherization available to program-eligible residents in the following counties:

Berkeley, Colleton, and Dorchester.

Locations of Satellite office:

Monks-Coal:

Trident United Way, 325 E. Main Street, Monks-Coal, SC 29461

Telephone:

(843)-761-6033 X 225

Moncks Corner:

370 R.C. Dennis Blvd., Moncks Corner, SC 29461

Telephone:

(843)-719-3200

St. George:

201 Johnson Street, Kenneth Waggoner Service Building, St. George, SC 29477

Telephone:

(843)-563-9524

Summerville:

200 Main Street, Summerville, SC 29461

Telephone:

(843)-821-4549

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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