State offers home heating assistance
The state’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) grant program is now accepting applications.
LIHEAP provides grants to help low-income families pay heating bills in the winter. It also offers crisis grants for families that experience heating emergencies, such as a broken furnace, fuel shortage or utility termination.
Information regarding LIHEAP and other home heating assistance programs is available by contacting county assistance offices, utility companies and community service agencies.
Residents also can apply for LIHEAP grants online at the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Access to Social Services (COMPASS) website at www.compass.state.pa.us.
More information on the program is available by calling the toll-free LIHEAP hot line at 866-857-7095.
Eligibility for LIHEAP season is set at 150 percent of the federal poverty income guidelines.
The numbers below show eligibility based on household size. Each additional person in the household adds $6,090 to the maximum income allowed.
This is the household size and the maximum income:
1 person, $17,505; 2 people, $23,595; 3 people, $29,685; 4 people, $35,775; 5 people, $41,865; 6 people, $47,955; 7 people, $54,045; 8 people, $60,135; 9 people, $66,225; 10 people, $72,315.
