Office Hours:
Mondays, Wednesdays 11:30AM - 8:00PM
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays 9:00AM - 5:30PM
Utility Assistance Hours:
Call on Tuesdays at 1:30pm to make your appointment.
The following are the requirements to qualify for the Utility Assistance program:
You must either be a customer of Southern California Edison for electric bill assistance or a customer of SoCal Gas for gas bill assistance.
You CANNOT have received assistance through this program in the last 12 months.
You must have electricity or gas service still connected, NOT disconnected already.
The bill must be under your name or you must be an authorized user on the account.
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.
| 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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