The federal government has released about $3.6 billion in delayed funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, ...
Federal funding that millions of Americans use to help pay their heating bills in the winter is arriving weeks behind ...
The government-funded Home Energy Assistance Program (H.E.A.P.) has returned, just as the weather gets colder. Originally set to reopen at the start of November, the program was delayed due to the ...
Earlier this week, the ongoing government shutdown obtained a dubious honor — at 39 days and counting, it has become the longest government shutdown in the nation’s history. The shutdown began Oct. 1 ...
HARTFORD, Conn. — Jacqueline Chapman is a retired school aide who relies on a $630 monthly Social Security check to get by. She was navigating the loss of her federal food aid benefits when she ...
Funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, had been delayed for weeks by the federal government ...
From 2020 to 2021, there were three separate stimulus checks — or Economic Impact Payments — sent out to eligible U.S. households. These checks totaled up to $3,200 per income tax filer and up to ...
WAYS TO GET HELP. THE 2024 2025 LIHEAP PROGRAM IS CLOSED. WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING NEW APPLICATIONS. THAT’S THE MESSAGE WE HEARD WHEN WE CALLED THE LOW INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, BETTER KNOWN ...
The clock is ticking for four major social safety net programs that keep tens of millions of struggling Americans — including millions of children and senior citizens — fed and warm, as well as ...