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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 …
The next NEADA Virtual Meeting will be held April 13-14, 2021. The meeting will use the Zoom online meetings platform. NEADA Meeting Tuesday, April 13 – Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Agenda Fillable Registration Form Register with Credit Card Registration Fees: – First Attendee: $200 – Second Attendee: $100 – Additional Attendees $50 each Location: Virtual …
NEADA-created fact sheet summarizing the regular and stimulus-related funding for energy and water utility assistance.
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published an Action Transmittal (AT) announcing the Low-Income Home Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP). Passed as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 in December, LIHWAP will be a sister program to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The AT directs states to …
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released $346 million of the remaining federal fiscal year (FFY) 2021 LIHEAP funds. As in recent years, HHS held back 1% of the funds to be used at the Secretary’s discretion. There is not indication yet how those funds will be used. Dear Colleague …
