WorkWORLD
|
|
||||
| Get Latest WorkWORLD |
|
||||
|
|||||
|
|
www.workworld.org |
workworld@vcu.edu |
Low-income families needing energy assistance are served by programs available through the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) and/or the Citizens Energy Oil Heat Program.
DHCD programs include the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), the Heating Emergency Assistance Retrofit Task Weatherization Assistance Program (HEARTWAP), and the Low Income Sewer and Water Assistance Program (LISAWAP).
The LIHEAP program helps to pay for the cost of heating and pays benefits of fixed amounts based on household income. An additional benefit is available to eligible households that have a high energy burden. The WAP is designed to assist low-income households reduce their heating bills by providing home energy efficiency services. The HEARTWAP is designed to provide heating system repair and replacement services to low-income households. The LISAWAP provides a benefit of up to 25% of an eligible household’s combined sewer and water bills.
Financial eligibility for all of these programs is determined in accordance with the Department's Fuel Assistance Eligibility Chart. See LIHEAP Financial Eligibility for a table showing maximum gross income for various family sizes.
The Citizens Energy Corporation, a non-profit organization, administers the Citizens Energy Oil Heat Program. It works in partnership with over 390 local oil dealers, the statewide network of fuel assistance agencies, and the American Red Cross of Massachusetts Bay to allow families to purchase one-time deliveries of discount home heating oil. The heating oil initiative helps buffer needy families from volatile heating oil prices.
For more information about DHCD administered programs, visit the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development's Energy Assistance web page at
http://www.mass.gov/dhcd/components/cs/Fuel/default.htm
More information about the Citizens Energy Oil Heat Program is available from the Citizens Energy Corporation website at
http://www.citizensenergy.com/
Energy Assistance Programs - Citizens Energy Oil Heat Program Local Agencies - Massachusetts
Some information for this topic was drawn from the DHCD website at:
http://www.mass.gov/dhcd/components/cs/Fuel/default.htm
Additional information was drawn from the Citizens Energy Corporation website at
http://www.citizensenergy.com/
WorkWORLD™ Help/Information System
Share/Save: Click the button or link at left to select your favorite bookmark service and add this page.
This is one topic from the thousands available in the WorkWORLD™ software Help/Information System.
Complete information about the software is available at: http://www.WorkWORLD.org
See How to Get WorkWORLD page at: http://www.WorkWORLD.org/howtogetWW.html
NOTE: Sponsored links and commercial advertisements help make the WorkWORLD™ website possible by partially defraying its operating and maintenance expenses. No endorsement of these or any related commercial products or services is intended or implied by the Employment Support Institute or any of its partners. ESI and its partners take no responsibility for, and exercise no control over, any of these advertisements or their views or contents, and do not vouch for the accuracy of the information contained in them. Readers are cautioned to verify all information obtained from these advertisements prior to taking any actions based upon them. The installed WorkWORLD software does not contain advertisements of any kind.
Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, Virginia Commonwealth University. All rights reserved.