From staff reports
The Department of Human Services announced Monday that supplemental Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) payments are eligible to households that received LIHEAP benefits during the 2021-22 season.
These supplemental payments will be sent to the eligible household in order to pay current bills to their vendor or utility provider. Any remaining funds are then applied to any past due amounts or will be kept on the account for a future delivery or utility credit.
DHS will issue supplements to two groups of households that received a LIHEAP Cash or Crisis benefit in the 2021-22 LIHEAP season.
The first is houses that receive deliverable fuels, such as propane or kerosene. They can receive a cash supplement of $500. This is the traditional summer fill supplement and will be sent to the deliverable fuel vendor that received the most recent LIHEAP benefit in early August.
All households eligible to receive a supplement will be sent a notice informing them that the supplement is being issued, the amount of the supplement and the name of the vendor that is getting the supplement on the household’s behalf.
The notice also states that this supplement will not impact eligibility for LIHEAP in the upcoming 2022-23 LIHEAP season.
More information on LIHEAP can be found at www.dhs.pa.gov.
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