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Assist low-income households in managing energy costs and maintaining safe, affordable utility service through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and the Universal Service Fund (USF).
LIHEAP Overview
Assists with heating and medically necessary cooling costs during designated program periods. Provides regular seasonal benefits and may offer emergency assistance for households facing shut-off or fuel shortages. Payments are typically made directly to the utility company or fuel supplier, ensuring continuity of service.Available to both homeowners and renters who meet income and residency requirements.
USF Overview
Offers monthly credits on electric and/or gas bills to reduce ongoing energy costs. Designed for households that spend a significant portion of their income on energy. Helps prevent service interruptions and promotes long-term affordability.
Provides homelessness prevention and housing stabilization assistance for eligible Salem County residents. Offers assessment, case management, rent, utility, security deposit, and limited mortgage assistance, referrals, and connections to community resources, based on eligibility and funding availability.
Assist low-income households in managing energy costs and maintaining safe, affordable utility service through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and the Universal Service Fund (USF).
LIHEAP Overview
Assists with heating and medically necessary cooling costs during designated program periods. Provides regular seasonal benefits and may offer emergency assistance for households facing shut-off or fuel shortages. Payments are typically made directly to the utility company or fuel supplier, ensuring continuity of service.Available to both homeowners and renters who meet income and residency requirements.
USF Overview
Offers monthly credits on electric and/or gas bills to reduce ongoing energy costs. Designed for households that spend a significant portion of their income on energy. Helps prevent service interruptions and promotes long-term affordability.
Assist low-income households in managing energy costs and maintaining safe, affordable utility service through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and the Universal Service Fund (USF).
LIHEAP Overview
Assists with heating and medically necessary cooling costs during designated program periods. Provides regular seasonal benefits and may offer emergency assistance for households facing shut-off or fuel shortages. Payments are typically made directly to the utility company or fuel supplier, ensuring continuity of service.Available to both homeowners and renters who meet income and residency requirements.
USF Overview
Offers monthly credits on electric and/or gas bills to reduce ongoing energy costs. Designed for households that spend a significant portion of their income on energy. Helps prevent service interruptions and promotes long-term affordability.
Provides HIV prevention, testing, and support services for individuals and families affected by HIV and those at risk. Delivers case-managed services that include medical and non-medical case management, housing placement assistance, mental health and substance use counseling, and legal advocacy, and offers community health worker support, health education, and wellness programming
Provides utility assistance to residents by offering financial support for heating, cooling, and other bills to prevent service interruptions. Does not handle emergency services. Process takes two to three weeks. Amount is determined on a case-by-case bases depending on the situation.
Assists veterans and their families facing homelessness or those at risk with housing stability. Offers eligible veterans financial aid for rental and utility security deposits, as well as initial rental payments.
Does NOT provide emergency financial assistance or hotel stays.
Assist low-income households in managing energy costs and maintaining safe, affordable utility service through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and the Universal Service Fund (USF).
LIHEAP Overview
Assists with heating and medically necessary cooling costs during designated program periods. Provides regular seasonal benefits and may offer emergency assistance for households facing shut-off or fuel shortages. Payments are typically made directly to the utility company or fuel supplier, ensuring continuity of service.Available to both homeowners and renters who meet income and residency requirements.
USF Overview
Offers monthly credits on electric and/or gas bills to reduce ongoing energy costs. Designed for households that spend a significant portion of their income on energy. Helps prevent service interruptions and promotes long-term affordability.
Provides a lifetime limit of 12 months of emergency assistance to prevent homelessness to recipients of General Assistance. Benefits include, but are not limited to shelter and household furnishings, temporary rental assistance or back rent or mortgage payments and utility payments (such as heat, water, and electric)
Administers a utility assistance program offering a $225 annual benefit to eligible individuals under PAAD or receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI), covering both utility customers and tenants with utility bills included in rent. Lifeline encompasses three programs: the Lifeline Credit Program, providing a $225 credit on electric and gas bills; the Tenants Lifeline Assistance Program, offering a $225 check to qualifying tenants; and the Special Utility Supplement, providing up to $18.75 monthly to SSI recipients.
Assists low-income households in managing energy costs and maintaining safe, affordable utility service through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and the Universal Service Fund (USF).
LIHEAP Overview
Assists with heating and medically necessary cooling costs during designated program periods. Provides regular seasonal benefits and may offer emergency assistance for households facing shut-off or fuel shortages. Payments are typically made directly to the utility company or fuel supplier, ensuring continuity of service. Available to both homeowners and renters who meet income and residency requirements.
USF Overview
Offers monthly credits on electric and/or gas bills to reduce ongoing energy costs. Designed for households that spend a significant portion of their income on energy. Helps prevent service interruptions and promotes long-term affordability.