NEADA.ORG
National Energy Assistance Directors' Association
The following links provide updates on the actual and/or proposed federal appropriations activities:
The President’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget proposal would eliminate $4 billion in funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), cutting off vital support to approximately 6 million low-income households that rely on the program to afford home heating and cooling.
The National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA) released a new updated winter outlook showing that U.S. home heating costs are rising up to 11%. https://neada.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/NEADA-Winter-Heating-Update-2_12_26.pdf
Dear Secretary Kennedy, On behalf of the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA), representing the state directors of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), I would like to thank you for the prompt release of remaining program funds in May. As the next fiscal year (FY) approaches, I urge you to continue the …
The National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA) predicts that home heating costs this winter are expected to continue rising faster than inflation. This will place millions of families at risk of falling deeper in debt to their utilities and facing power shut-offs when they cannot afford to pay their utility bill. Prices for home heating …
As the United States faces yet another summer of record-breaking temperatures, the threat to low-income families is immediate and life-threatening. Earlier this week, more than 185 million Americans—stretching from the East Coast to the Central U.S.—were living under heat advisories. In the face of this crisis, the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA), which represents …
NEADA submitted testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies on June 13 that warned Congress that LIHEAP is in crisis. Between the entire federal staff that oversees the program being eliminated by the Trump Administration, delays in the final $387 million of fiscal year 2025 funding, and …
The President’s FY 26 Budget for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) would eliminate $4 billion in assistance to 6 million very low-income households that rely on LIHEAP to pay their home heating and cooling bills. The President’s proposal to gut federal support could not come at a worse time for the households served …
NEADA sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on April 15 urging him to release as soon as possible the remaining LIHEAP funds available from the FY2025 Full Year Continuing Resolution and Extensions Act. NEADA specifically requested that the final ten percent ($378 million) of the full appropriation be …
NEADA submitted testimony to the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies on April 9 that warned Congress that LIHEAP is in crisis. Between the Trump Administration eliminating the entire federal staff that oversees the program, delays in the final $387 million of fiscal year 2025 funding, and uncertainty surrounding …
