Winter Survival: How To Get Help With Your Heating Bills
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If you, a loved one, or even just an acquaintance can’t afford to keep your home at livable temperatures this winter, help is out there!
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Seriously, if any of us have a customer, student, neighbor, patient, or client who is struggling to heat their home this winter, let’s do our best to get them help. And if you’re forgoing gifts this holiday season in lieu of making or requesting donations, perhaps one of the following organizations might benefit…
NATIONAL:
STATE:
- Alaska: Heating Assistance Program
- Colorado: Colorado Department of Human Services LIHEAP, Denver Heat Cost Assistance
- Connecticut: Connecticut Energy Assistance Program
- Georgia: Heating Energy Assistance Team, Energy Assistance Program
- Illinois: Utility Bill Assistance
- Iowa: North Iowa LIHEAP
- Kansas: Salvation Army Share The Warmth
- Kentucky (Louisville): LG&E WeCare Program, Project Warm, LIHEAP, and Community WinterHelp, Inc
- Maine: LIHEAP, Low-Income Assistance Plan, Central Heating Improvement Plan, Weatherization Assistance
- Massachusetts: National Grid Low-Income Qualifications
- Michigan: Salvation Army/Consumers Energy PeopleCare
- Minnesota: Heating Assistance Program, Ramsey and Washington Counties Energy Assistance Program
- Missouri: HeatShare, Operation Weather Survival, Dollar More, Sharing The Warmth, Heat-Up St. Louis, Springfield ProjectShare, and many more
- New Hampshire: Fuel Assistance
- New Jersey: The TRUE Program, LIHEAP
- New York: Neighborhood Heating Fund, Home Energy Assistance Fund, NYC Utility Assistance Program, NYC Heat Line
- North Carolina: Duke Energy Share The Warmth
- North Dakota: Energy Share, LIHEAP
- Ohio: Home Energy Assistance Program, Percentage of Income Payment Plan, Winter Crisis Program, Home Weatherization Assistance Program, HeatShare Programs, Extended Payment Plus
- Oklahoma: Salvation Army Share The Warmth
- Oregon: HEAT Oregon
- Pennsylvania: LIHEAP
- Rhode Island: Energy Assistance Funds
- South Carolina: Duke Energy Share The Warmth
- Utah: Home Energy Assistance Training, Home Energy Assistance Target
- Vermont: Fuel Assistance
- Virginia: Energy Assistance
- Wisconsin: Home Energy Assistance Program
- Wyoming: LIHEAP, Energy Share of Wyoming, Wyoming Weatherization Services
I’ll keep adding to the list of resources – please share any that you’re aware of. Thanks!