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Forty-one members of the U.S. House of Representatives today sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra requesting the release 90% of federal fiscal year (FFY) 2022 funds for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, based on the FFY 2021 appropriation. The federal government is currently funded through December 3, …
Yesterday, NEADA sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Schumer, Senate Minority Leader McConnell, House Speaker Pelosi, and House Minority Leader McCarthy calling on Congress to provide an additional $5 billion through budget reconciliation for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The $5 billion would include $2.5 billion to address the expected increase …
NEADA sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra today requesting that the Administration release 90 percent of funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for fiscal year (FY) 2022 by October 15. The federal government is currently funded through December 3, 2021 thanks to …
In some ways, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is straightforward. Congress appropriates funds, which are given to the states to pay energy bills on behalf of families who cannot afford the bill. But unlike mandatory federal assistance programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) where all eligible families that apply …
Record Number of Households Receive Cooling Assistance Federal Funding Needs to be Increased to Address Cooling Needs for Poor Families Contact: Mark Wolfe Washington, D.C., September 3, 2021 – Record Numbers of Families Receive Cooling Assistance: The National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA), representing the state directors of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program …
Registration is now open for the 2021 NEADA Annual Meeting! The meeting is dedicated specifically for LIHEAP and LIHWAP directors and their staff. For the first time, we will have an entire afternoon set aside for water program management. Dates: October 12 – 14, 2021 Times: 12:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET each day. General …
Today we celebrate 40 years of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Signed into law on August 13, 1981 as the Low-income Home Energy Assistance Act, LIHEAP now helps nearly 6 million families pay their energy bills every year. Fans of the program are celebrating all day today with the hashtag #LIHEAP40. Add …
Today, NEADA’s Executive Director, Mark Wolfe, testified in front of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Related Agencies. In his testimony, he applauded Congress for providing emergency funding for LIHEAP in order to keep low-income families connected to their energy services during the pandemic. He stressed that the work is not done, and …
Today NEADA sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requesting the release by April 15, 2021 of $4.5 billion in LIHEAP assistance approved by Congress in the American Recovery Plan. We also asked HHS to prioritize finalizing guidance and releasing funds for the water and wastewater assistance program created in …
