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WASHINGTON (AP) The Biden administration is distributing an additional $4.5 billion in funds to help low-income Americans cover heating costs during a second pandemic winter, with cold-weather states receiving the largest share, according to a state-by-state breakdown released Friday.
The funding boost part of last year's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan coronavirus relief package more than doubled the normal funding level of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP. These funds represent the largest appropriation in a single year since the program was established in 1981.
The Associated Press obtained an advance copy of the state allocation breakdown, which shows a clear prioritization of cold-weather states with higher heating costs. For example, Minnesota received nearly $274 million in home energy assistance for needy residents. Meanwhile, Texas, which has a population five times larger, received just $10 million more. New York state, with a population of less than 20 million people compared with Texas' 29 million, received just under $876 million.
President Joe Biden's administration also announced commitments from seven major utility companies across the country to guarantee no shutoffs for customers seeking assistance and to identify and notify recipients eligible for government aid.
https://krcgtv.com/news/nation-world/white-house-highlights-effort-to-cover-winter-heating-bills
Midnight Writer
(21,765 posts)my next heating bill will cost me.
Last one was the highest I have ever had, and it wasn't even a very cold month.
Thankfully, I don't need assistance, but these high bills still sting.
I'm feeling for folks who are not as lucky as I am.
CaptainTruth
(6,591 posts)... & some senior citizens had their heat turned off & froze to death in their homes? Remember how seniors packed into Republicans offices & refused to leave because the offices had heat but their homes didn't, due to Bush's delay?
I remember it, & I'll never forget it.
I found an article about some of it...
Bush freezes families
[link:https://peoplesworld.org/article/bush-freezes-families/|]
mountain grammy
(26,621 posts)I think that was compassionate conservatism. Im sure George prayed on it to prove his compassion.
I paid to fill a friends propane tank when the LEAP payment didnt come. Probably what George prayed for.