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The National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA) representing the state directors of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) today applauded the Senate’s action to include an additional $1 billion for LIHEAP in the Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2023.
NEADA’s executive director sat down with C-SPAN’s Washington Journal to discuss high energy prices this winter and assistance for families.
By NEADA’s Mark Wolfe and Cassandra Lovejoy
Senators Jack Reed and Susan M. Collins sent a letter last week to the Senate Committee on Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations, requesting emergency supplemental funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Households are facing historical prices for home energy, as highlighted in the letter. The emergency supplemental funding will help low-income households through …
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 provides funding for more than 100 programs to help the nation meet its climate goals and transition to a clean energy economy. An important subset of these programs provides $60 billion in grants, tax credits and other subsidies to meet the Administration’s environmental justice goals by helping lower income …
The Senate Appropriations Committee provided $4 billion for LIHEAP in the FFY 2023 appropriations bill for Labor/HHS/Education released today, an increase of $200 million over FFY 2022 funding. The bill includes a hold harmless that guarantees no state will receive less than 97 percent of the amount it received in 2022. This type of hold harmless has …
By NEADA’s Mark Wolfe and the Yale School of Medicine’s Dr. Peter Kahn
