December 14, 2018 – The Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency (MVCAA) in New York is hosting outreach clinics for the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) this week. The clinics will take place from December 11 through December 20, at various locations.

The MVCAA staff will be assisting applicants by filing their applications as well as providing general information and answering questions at each clinic.

There will be six HEAP clinics:

November 30, 2018 – Michigan’s DTE Energy has announced that they will be donating $10 million to assist low-income Michigan families in staying warm and safe during the cold winter months. The $10 million will be donated to and administered by four of Michigan’s outreach agencies: The Heat and Warmth Fund, the Salvation Army, United Way for Southwestern Michigan and TrueNorth.

November 9 – 2018 The Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative (SECC) recently conducted research assessing low-income consumers’ priorities for home energy use and their interests in programs and services offered by electricity providers. The study was focused on low-income populations—who often have a considerably higher-than-average energy burden—because they are, “arguably best positioned to benefit from the money-saving potential of new energy-saving programs, services and technologies.”

October 29, 2018 –$3.65 billion has been released to The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) grantees for the federal fiscal year 2019. The announcement was made by The Division of Energy Assistance, and Office of Community Services on October 26, 2018. Award letters with individual funding amounts will be sent to grantees who have completed their FY 2019 LIHEAP plans.

October 26, 2018 – Georgia’s annual Economic Opportunity Authority (EOA) Heating Assistance Program will begin accepting applications from low-income seniors on Nov. 1. In Georgia’s Chatham County, low-income seniors are given priority eligibility for heating assistance starting in the month of November.