Heat aid lags as temperatures drop and electric bills soar

Energy assistance program funding, which helps families heat their homes, is delayed, with officials now expecting ...

Golden among lawmakers pushing for release of LIHEAP Funds

Maine, is among a group of lawmakers pushing for the release of LIHEAP Funds. LIHEAP, also known as the Low Income Home ...
Reading Eagle

LIHEAP applications delayed until December because of government shutdown

Pennsylvanians looking for help to pay their home heating bills for the upcoming season will have to wait until December to apply for assistance. The delay to Dec. 3 from Nov. 3 to apply for the ...
Observer-Reporter

Opening of LIHEAP program delayed by month

The opening of an annual program that helps more than 300,000 Pennsylvania households pay for home heating during winter will be delayed for a month due to the ongoing government shutdown. The state ...
WBUR

The government shutdown is over, but thousands in Mass. are still waiting on heat assistance

Nearly 160,000 Massachusetts households that rely on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to heat their homes are ...