LIHEAP Targets Most Vulnerable Households
NEADA has developed a state-by-state table based on the 2014 LIHEAP Household Report showing households receiving assistance under state LIHEAP grant program. As shown in the attached table, 6.8 million households received assistance of which 4.9 million (72.3%) had at least one family member who was elderly (60+), disabled or had at least one child …
NEADA Testifies Before House Appropriations Committee on LIHEAP
NEADA’s Executive Director, Mark Wolfe, testified today before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies on funding for LIHEAP in fiscal year 2016. He was one of 23 witnesses selected to testify from more than 140 individuals to make a request. The testimony addressed the following …
38 Senators Call for $4.7 Billion for LIHEAP in FY 2016
On March 27, 2015, 38 Members of the Senate signed a letter to the Appropriations Committee urging it to provide $4.7 Billion to LIHEAP in fiscal year 2016. This would represent an increase of $1.31 Billion from the final FY15 funding level of $3.39 Billion. Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee Combined with the House letter …