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The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps
pay the winter heating bills or summer cooling bills of low-income
and elderly people. During extreme weather conditions, people living
in poverty and low-income elderly should not have to choose between
buying fuel to heat or cool their homes and buying food for
themselves and their families. Since two-thirds of the families
receiving LIHEAP assistance have incomes of less than $8,000 a year,
the program clearly helps the people who need help the most.
LIHEAP has raised income level qualifications to make more families
eligible for Energy Assistance. To qualify, your gross
household income must be less than the following amount for the
number of people in your home.
| Size of
household |
Household income |
| 1 person |
$15,315 |
| 2 people |
$20,535 |
| 3 people |
$25,755 |
| 4 people |
$30,975 |
| 5 people |
$36,195 |
| 6 people |
$41,415 |
| 7 people |
$46,635 |
| 8 people |
$51,855 |
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or households with more than eight people, add $5,220
for each additional member |
Call
the Assistance Office at 248-6746 to apply. Make sure that you
have your Snedeker Energy account number or our letter indicating
that we will be your supplier.
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