Welcome to the Clearinghouse!
Welcome to the official federal hub for information on how LIHEAP operates across states, tribes, and territories, as well as other energy assistance and efficiency resources that complement LIHEAP services in these areas. Here, you can also access the National Energy Assistance Referral (NEAR) service, which connects households in need with their local LIHEAP office and other available resources.
Please visit the About page to learn more about the LIHEAP Clearinghouse.
FEATURED NEWS
October 31, 2024 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Community Services (OCS), Division of Energy Assistance (DEA) is pleased to announce the release of $3.7 billion of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding. This announcement includes approximately $3.6 billion of federal Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) regular block grant funding to LIHEAP grant recipients. This funding is provided under the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, which President Biden signed into law on September 26, 2024." This funding also includes an additional $100.108 million for FY25[i]. One hundred million of these funds became available through the president’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Appropriations Act (IIJA), (Public Law 117-58) and the remaining $108,197 became available from unobligated FY23 IIJA funds that were returned to HHS for redistribution.
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October 23, 2024 - OCS Announces Reallotment of Federal Fiscal Year 2023 Funds
August 1, 2024 - OCS Announces Resources to Address Wildfire and Extreme Heat Conditions
July 16, 2024 - Action Transmittal Released Covering LIHEAP State-Tribe Agreements
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This page contains resources on LIHEAP funding allocations, administrative practices, program delivery and benefit determination, and more.
- The LIHEAP Funding page links past and present allocation tables with breakdowns of award amounts grant recipients received to administer their programs.
- The LIHEAP State and Territory Plans, Manuals, and Delegation Letters page links planned program operation and policy documents as well as official designation letters.
- The Benefits page provides tables with information on benefit levels and benefit determination criteria. In addition, you can find the latest publications on benefit procedures as well as the latest benefit matrices for each grant recipient.
- The Eligibility page contains links to resources for eligibility determination, including tables with state-by-state information on income eligibility, categorical eligibility, and assets/resources tests, as well as guidance on topics such as defining income and household identity.
LIHEAP Funding Allocation Table
Model Plans, Manuals, and Delegation Letters
This page contains resources on LIHEAP funding allocations, administrative practices, program delivery and benefit determination, and more.
- The LIHEAP Funding page links past and present allocation tables with breakdowns of award amounts grant recipients received to administer their programs.
- The Tribal Plans, Manuals, Delegation Letters page links planned program operation and policy documents as well as official designation letters.
- The Tribal Benefits page provides tables with information on benefit levels and benefit determination criteria by tribal organization. In addition, you can find example benefit matrices for tribal grant recipients.
- The LIHEAP Grantee Resource Guide page hosts a tribal manual developed by tribes and federal staff which can be used as a guide for tribal procedures. It contains several examples of tribal programs and acts as a primer for LIHEAP.
LIHEAP Funding Allocation Table
Model Plans, Manuals, and Delegation Letters
Snapshots are summary views of each state grant recipient's key LIHEAP characteristics as well as details of other non-federal low-income energy programs found in the state.
Each snapshot contains information such as:
- State LIHEAP contact information
- Key LIHEAP funding, benefit, and assisted household statistics
- State and Local low-income energy program descriptions
- Utility low-income energy program descriptions
- Charitable low-income energy program descriptions
This page provides an overview of the disconnection polices found in each state with additional resources for consumers.
Each overview contains information such as:
- Weather-based policies
- Vulnerable population policies
- Additional disconnect policy information
- Resources for consumers
- Policy information source(s)
