The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) assists families with their energy bills at home.
Once a year, assistance is available and emergency funds are set aside for families faced with a disconnection of energy services.
Grants are awarded in a point-based system to ensure that those most in need receive assistance first, and grants are paid directly to the energy provider.
Registrations are made quarterly during the months of January, April, July and October.
Please call 1-844-309-0416 two weeks before the start of the month of admission.
Crisis applications are taken all year round and depend on the availability of funds.
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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