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The House and Senate conferees today agreed to a full year appropriation for LIHEAP as well as other programs. The LIHEAP agreement will increase federal fiscal year (FFY) 2020 funding by $50 million to $3.74 billion. In addition, the bill includes a new hold harmless designed to address fluctuations in the formula that would provide …
Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) today sent a strong letter of support for LIHEAP to Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Patty Murray (D-WA), chair and ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies. The letter asks for the highest possible funding level for LIHEAP in the …
On Friday afternoon the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released approximately $3.32 billion in LIHEAP funding for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2020. The release represents approximately 90 percent of the FFY 2019 funding level of $3.68 billion. The 90 percent release is consistent with past years where Congress has not approved a …
A bipartisan group US Senators signed a letter dated October 16 requesting that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) release 2020 LIHEAP funds “as quickly and at as high of a level as possible.” Co-authored by Senators Jack Reed of New Hampshire and Susan Collins of Maine, the letter stresses the important …
The letter asks the Secretary to release funds no later than October 15, 2019.
In a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee leadership, NEADA urges the Senate to match the House bill funding level.
The House Appropriations Committee on May 8 approved the recommendations of the Subcommittee on Labor/HHS appropriations to add an additional $150 million bringing the total spending for LIHEAP to $3.84 billion! It also includes a hold harmless setting the funding floor at the FY 2018 level of $3.6 billion. This will address the concern of …
NEADA submitted testimony to Congress in support of $4.7 billion in funding for FY 2020. The testimony provides a rational for the increase in funding request as well as examples of how examples of households helped by LIHEAP. Specifically, the testimony states that the additional funding would allow states to increase the number of households …
