Georgia’s senators are among a group urging for the next pandemic relief package to include more help for people struggling to pay their electric bills.
U.S. Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff signed onto a letter with more than 40 other senators to Senate leaders asking for more funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, a program that helps people pay their utility bills.
“Across the nation, utilities are reporting significant increases in the number of families falling behind on their utility bills,” the senators wrote. “The National Energy Assistance Directors’ Association estimates that 15 to 20 percent of residential customers are at least 60 days behind on their electric and natural gas bills.”
President Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan is facing a much smaller $618 billion counterproposal by a group of 10 Republicans, and the plans widely vary in their details. See: Republicans.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The City of South Bend is introducing a program to help low-income residents pay certain utility bills, like drinking water and wastewater.
The City has partnered with REAL Services on the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to help qualifying low-income customers pay for electric and heating bills during the winter.
Customers who qualify for LIHEAP will be automatically enrolled in the Customer Assistance Program (CAP), which gives low-income customers a credit for sewer service on their monthly bills.
These customers could see a reduction from $10 to $19 on their monthly bills for a year.
Interested customers must apply for LIHEAP first through REAL Services by calling 574-232-6501.
King pushes for heating assistance to be included in future COVID-19 relief package
Maine Sen. Angus King and more than 40 other senators are urging Congressional leaders to boost funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
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FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2008, file photo, heating oil is delivered to a home in Barre, Vt. Author: Gabrielle Mannino (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 12:27 PM EST February 4, 2021 Updated: 3:03 PM EST February 4, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C., USA Amid a frigid Maine winter and the ongoing economic hardships countless Americans are experiencing due to the coronavirus pandemic, Maine Independent Sen. Angus King and more than 40 Democratic senators are urging to boost federal funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in the next pandemic relief package.
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Not entirely their fault it s only a short period of time since most of them were in high school, and the Public Charge requirement for legal immigration hasn t been enforced for some time.
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Contrary to the “Open Borders” myth, Americans have always tried to prevent the immigration of anyone likely to become a “public charge” – dependent on public charity. Massachusetts enacted the earliest public charge laws in 1645. But the Immigration and Naturalization Service reports that just 12 immigrants were deported on public charge grounds during the 1981-90 decade. Since then, the INS has stopped listing public charge as a separate category of reasons for deportation.