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U.S. Senator Warren announces millions in Mass. energy assistance for over 100,000 households, here is how to get a piece
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren announced that Massachusetts is getting an additional $37 million and the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe will receive an additional $55,000 through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), after the Biden Administration released $1 billion in LIHEAP aid to states nationwide.
“No family should have to choose between paying their energy bills and putting food on the table during the cold winter months,” said Senator Warren. “LIHEAP is a lifeline for our communities – and I’ll keep fighting to lower energy costs for families across Massachusetts so they aren’t faced with this impossible choice.”
This latest allocation brings Massachusetts’s FY 2023 appropriation for LIHEAP up to $196 million so far this year and the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s appropriation to $294,000.
LIHEAP is a federally funded program that helps low-income households with their home energy bills by providing payment and energy crisis assistance to pay for gas, electric, and other methods customers use to heat their homes. Nationwide, an estimated 5.3 million households received assistance with heating and cooling costs through LIHEAP. Over 130,000 Massachusetts households received LIHEAP funding last winter.
Eligibility for home energy assistance is based on several factors, including (but not limited to) household size and gross annual income of all household members 18 years and older. Those households making up to 60% of state median income are eligible, for instance a family of 4 making $81,561 would be eligible for the program. Your local agency can help you determine if you qualify, and eligibility and benefit information is available online here.
Earlier this month, Senator Warren joined Senators Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and thirty other senators in a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra urging the swift allocation of remaining emergency LIHEAP funds.
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Bob
March 3, 2023 at 8:39 pm
How. Much have the real estate magnets given to your shell companies?
Massachusetts “TAXACHUSETTS, pay to work.
Got a job you pay.
Die You pay
Dottie
March 4, 2023 at 8:45 am
Typical right winger making accusations without facts – just make it up!
Try looking up campaign contributions of Republicans on OPEN SECRETS.
Information matters, as does education!
You’re distracting from the topic of the article which will benefit low income residents.
David
March 4, 2023 at 9:48 am
Senator Warren and for that matter Senator Markey should allow for energy production in the USA to reduce the cost of oil and natural gas. Instead they use taxpayer money to ladle a bit to their hopeful and grateful future supporters. Meanwhile Mass residents pay record heating and electric bills. Most of us pay too much in taxes to benefit from any mere pittance of help from our democrat led governemnets.