Hundreds seek help to keep the heat on, By Sheldon S. Shafer, January 2, 2013, Courier-Journal: “Nay Jones of Louisville showed up at the Urban Government Center on Barret Avenue Wednesday morning armed with a $300 utility bill from Louisville Gas & Electric Co. that she said she couldn’t pay.’I’m worried about a shutoff. I’ve had (the power) turned off two times before,’ she said, adding that she works four jobs and still having a hard time making ends meet. Getting some help paying the bill would be a big plus, she said. ‘I really appreciate this program.’ Jones was among the hundreds who had come to sign up for assistance from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, from which eligible people can get up to $400 to prevent a utility shutoff. The program is operated by the Louisville Metro Community Action Partnership, which is under the Department of Community Services and Revitalization…”
State offers heating assistance grants, By Sean Mccracken, January 2, 2013, Erie Times-News: “The Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare this week will start offering grants to people facing ‘heating emergencies.’ The department’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, will offer crisis grants beginning today to people who have problems like broken heating equipment, who have a dangerously low supply of fuel or who face the possibility of having their heat shut off because of unpaid utility bills. Crisis grants are the second phase of LIHEAP’s annual program. The DPW has offered cash grants since the start of November to people in danger of having the heat shut off in their homes during the winter…”
Federal funding will help heat homes, By Jon Ostendorff, January 1, 2013, Citizen-Times:”Eblen Charities will partner with the Buncombe County Department of Social Services to get more heating assistance to needy people.The nonprofit, for the first time, will tap federal Low Income Energy Assistance Program funds in the partnership.That means an additional 1,500 to 1,700 families will get help.Assistance ranges from a one-time payment of $200 to those heating with electric, gas, wood or coal and $400 for those using fuel oil and kerosene. Low-income households with a person 60 years and older or disabled adults working with the Division of Aging and Adult Services will receive assistance first. That part of the program ends Jan. 31…”
