LIHEAP Grantee Training Conference
The 2019 LIHEAP Grantee Training Conference, hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will be held in Denver, Colorado, April 30-May 2019. Details are available at the conference website.
NEADA Submits Testimony in Support of $4.7 Billion for FY 2020
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 …
Letter to Sec. Azar in Opposition to Reallocation of $37 Million in LIHEAP Funds
The funds would go to help pay for the Unaccompanied Alien Children’s Program.
Administration Proposes to Again Zero Out Funding for LIHEAP for FY 2020
Eliminating LIHEAP would leave its 6.1 million recipient families with no way to heat and cool their homes.
New Study Reveals 6 Million Low-Income Households Need More Help to Pay Utility Bills
NEADA’s newest study looks at the impact LIHEAP has on the lives of its customers, and what they would do without this vital program. Access to affordable home energy is a matter of health and safety: homes that are too cold in winter or hot in summer put children at risk for respiratory diseases like …
LIHEAP Public Service Advertisement Campaign
Applications for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) have been flat or declining in many states for the last three years despite that the program is only reaching about 20 percent of the eligible population. To address the decline, we are developing a national campaign to increase public awareness of the program and encourage …
HHS Releases Full FY 2019 LIHEAP Allocation
October 26, 2018 Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the full $3.650 billion in Fiscal Year 2019 appropriations for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. The appropriation represents an increase from last year’s funding level of $3.637 billion. This is the first time in recent years that the full appropriation …