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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 …
Home heating costs this winter will remain unaffordable for millions of lower income families. NEADA estimates an 8.7% increase from last year’s home heating costs for the full winter season. According to NEADA’s research, the cost of home heating is, on average, going to come to $941 for the whole winter. This cost is an …
Today NEADA sent a letter to Congressional leadership to request LIHEAP supplemental funding of $1.6 billion for FY 2025. This is the same level of supplemental funding that was requested last year by the Administration. These supplemental funds will maintain program support for families receiving LIHEAP assistance and will help address rising energy prices.
Today NEADA sent a letter to HHS Secretary Becerra requesting the quick release of FY 2025 LIHEAP funds so that grantees have the funds they need to start their programs. Considering that there has not been a final FY 2025 funding appropriation, we have requested that HHS release 90% of the FY 2024 appropriation, as …
Home heating costs this winter will remain unaffordable for millions of lower income families. The National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA), representing the state directors of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), today released its projections of home heating costs for the upcoming winter heating season. Prices for home heating this winter on …
The latest quarterly analysis by NEADA shows the extent to which the combination of high energy costs, high temperatures, and reduced federal support is setting millions of families back financially.
NEADA sent a letter today urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to recognize extreme heat and wildfire smoke as “major disasters” under the Stafford Act. Recategorizing these increasingly common and deadly climate change impacts would unlock emergency funds that could help protect families from utility shut offs during periods of extreme heat, preventing families …
