Improved heating assistance through LIHEAP Chillicothe News There is now improved assistance offered to qualifying Missourians through Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Energy Crisis Intervention Program. “We are very pleased to announce this improvement to the Energy Crisis Intervention Program, especially given the extreme winter weather our state is currently facing,” Governor Mike Parson said. “Since many Missourians remain in crisis for subsequent months, paying only the minimum to keep a low-income household out of crisis tends to prolong the situation. Now, we can make it faster and easier to resolve a household’s crisis situation.” The governor announced the changes on Feb. 16, after temperatures had fallen below zero, with and without windchills, for nearly two weeks across the state.