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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
The House Subcommittee on Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations approved their funding bill for FY 2023. The bill increases funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) from $3.8 billion in FY 2022 to $4 billion for FY 2023. These additional funds will help states address rising home energy costs, which are expected to remain high …
Treat cooling the same way we treat heating
Electricity prices are expected to increase significantly this summer
On May 25, a bipartisan group of 43 Senators sent a letter to Senators Patty Murray, Chair, and Roy Blunt, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Related Agencies requesting “the highest level of funding possible” for LIHEAP in fiscal year 2023. The letter highlights the importance of …
NEADA submitted written testimony last week to the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education in support of fiscal year (FY) 23 funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and Low Income Home Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP). NEADA requested that the subcommittee provide $5.1 billion for LIHEAP to address …
Struggling US families face a wave of power shutoffs
