Wake County Human Services Offers Low-Income Energy Assistance


11/2/2005

Households who need help paying their heating bills this winter may apply for assistance from the North Carolina Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP). LIEAP gives families a one-time cash payment to help pay their heating bills. Applications for LIEAP will be taken for a limited time period, November 7 through November 18. Eligible households will receive a check in the mail in early February.

 

Wake County Human Services will be taking applications at the following locations Monday, November 7, through Friday, November 18:

 

Human Services-Swinburne Bldg.

220 Swinburne St.

Raleigh

Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

 

Eastern Regional Center

1002 Dogwood Drive

Zebulon

Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

 

Southern Regional Center

130 N. Judd Parkway NE

Fuquay-Varina

Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

To be eligible for LIEAP, families must meet all of the following criteria:

·         Household must meet an income test of 110 percent of poverty;

·         Household must be responsible for heating bills;

·         Household assets cannot exceed $2,200; and

·         Household must include a U.S. citizen or an eligible alien.

 

In addition to LIEAP, individuals needing emergency assistance with their winter heating bill, the Crisis Intervention Program (CIP) provides emergency financial assistance to help households that are in a heating or cooling crisis. To qualify, families must have income at or below 150 percent of the poverty. Appointments for CIP begin November 21 by calling 212-7000 and asking for energy assistance programs.

 



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