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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 …
On February 22, 2015 PBS Newshour ran a 20 minute segment on energy assistance and weatherization (see below first link). They interviewed several families in North Carolina that were struggling with high energy bills as well as the Bill Murdock, director of Eblen Charities, the nonprofit agency administering LIHEAP and Jack Heuer from Community Action …
States Call for Increased LIHEAP Funding to Address Cold Weather Conditions and Continuing High Energy Prices November 18, 2014 Contact: Mark Wolfe/202-333-5915 The National Energy Assistance Directors’ Association today called on Congress to increase funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to $4.7 billion for FY 2015 to address growing need for …