Download or read book The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program LIHEAP written by Melinda Gish and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides background on the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program (LIHEAP), originally established in 1981 by Title XXVI of P.L. 97-35 and reauthorized several times. It is a block grant program under which the federal government gives states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories and commonwealths, and Indian tribal organizations (referred to as grantees) annual grants to operate multi-component home energy assistance programs for needy households.

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Download or read book The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program LIHEAP written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program (LIHEAP), established in 1981 (P.L. 97-35), is a block grant program under which the federal government gives states and other jurisdictions annual grants to operate home energy assistance programs for low-income households. For FY2006, Congress twice appropriated funds for LIHEAP. First, Congress appropriated approximately $2.161 billion, of which $1.98 billion is regular funds (allotted to all states) and $181 million is emergency contingency funds (allotted to one or more states at the Administration's discretion). The funds were appropriated in the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act (P.L. 109-149). Congress added funds to LIHEAP for FY2007 in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, P.L. 109-171, enacted February 8, 2006; Congress then made the funds available for FY2006 through S. 2320, which the President signed into law on March 20, 2006 (P.L. 109-204). The Deficit Reduction Act had appropriated $1 billion for LIHEAP for FY2007 -- $250 million for regular funds and $750 million for contingency funds. However, P.L. 109-204 changed the allocation of funds -- $500 million for regular funds and $500 million for contingency funds -- in addition to making them available for FY2006. Thus, a total of $3.161 billion was appropriated for LIHEAP for FY2006, $2.48 billion for regular funds and $681 million for contingency funds. The President's budget proposed $1.782 billion for LIHEAP in FY2007, all of which would be allocated to regular funds. On June 20, 2006, the House Appropriations Committee reported H.R. 5647, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act for FY2007, which would provide $1.93 billion in regular LIHEAP funds and $181 million in contingency funds. The Senate Appropriations Committee's version of the Appropriations Act (S. 3708) would provide $1.98 billion in regular funds and $181 million in contingency funds. The Administration has made three contingency fund distributions. The most recent occurred on September 12, 2006, when just under $80 million was distributed to 14 states for winter heating needs. In two previous distributions, the Administration released $600 million in contingency funds: of this amount, $500 million went to 25 states on March 24, 2006, and on January 5, 2006, $100 million went to all states, the District of Columbia, and the territories. Approximately $21 million in contingency funds remains available. (See Table 2.) In FY2004, the most current year for which data is available, some 5.0 million households received LIHEAP heating/winter crisis assistance, with an average benefit of $277, compared with an estimated 4.8 million households in FY2003. Approximately 308,000 households received cooling aid in FY2004 and 88,000 received summer crisis assistance (compared to 493,000 and 71,000 in FY2003). The average cooling/summer crisis benefit was $192. This report will be updated as legislative or program activities warrant.

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Download or read book Final Report written by Iowa. Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and Weatherization Program Interim Study Committee and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Low income Home Energy Assistance Program LIHEAP State Plan Detailed Model Plan written by California. Department of Community Services and Development and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program LIHEAP written by Drew H. Henson and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, also known as LIHEAP, with a focus on funding, program rules and eligibility. LIHEAP was established in 1981 as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, and is a block grant program under which the federal government makes annual grants to states, tribes, and territories to operate home energy assistance programs for low-income households. States may use LIHEAP funds to help households pay for heating and cooling costs, for crisis assistance, weatherization assistance, and services (such as counseling) to reduce the need for energy assistance.

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Download or read book Hearing on the Reauthorization of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program LIHEAP written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Human Resources and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program LIHEAP Allocation Rates written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) provides funds to states so that they may help low-income households pay home energy expenses. States may use LIHEAP funds to assist families with heating and cooling costs, provide crisis assistance, and pay for weatherization projects. The LIHEAP statute provides for two types of funding: regular block grant funds and emergency contingency grants. All regular funds that Congress appropriates are allocated to the states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories and commonwealths, and Indian tribal organizations, whereas contingency funds may be released to one or more states at the discretion of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) based on emergency need. Regular LIHEAP funds are allocated to the states according to a formula that has a long and complicated history. In 1980, Congress created the predecessor program to LIHEAP, the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP), P.L. 96223. Because Congress was particularly concerned with the high costs of heating (as opposed to cooling), funds under LIEAP were distributed according to a multi-step formula that benefitted cold-weather states. Later in 1980, Congress further amended the LIEAP formula in a continuing resolution, P.L. 96-369, but did nothing to change the emphasis on heating expenditures in cold-weather states. Congress enacted LIHEAP in 1981 (P.L. 97-35), replacing LIEAP, and specified that states would continue to receive the same percentage of regular funds that they did under the LIEAP formula. When Congress reauthorized LIHEAP in 1984 (P.L. 98-558), it changed the program's formula by requiring the use of more recent population and energy data and requiring that HHS consider all energy costs of low-income households alone (a change from the focus on heating needs of all households). The effect of these changes meant that funds would be shifted from cold-weather northeastern and midwestern states to southern and western states. To prevent a dramatic shift of funds, Congress added two "hold-harmless" provisions to the formula. The result of these provisions is a current law, three-tiered formula, the application of which depends on the amount of regular funds that Congress appropriates. The Tier I formula is used to allocate funds when the total LIHEAP regular fund appropriation is less than or equal to the equivalent of an FY1984 appropriation of $1.975 billion. Above an appropriation of $1.975 billion, funds are allocated according to Tier II of the formula, which includes a hold-harmless level to prevent some states from losing LIHEAP funds. Finally, Tier III applies to appropriations at or above $2.25 billion, and includes a second hold-harmless provision, the holdharmless rate. Because total LIHEAP regular appropriations have not exceeded the equivalent of an FY1984 appropriation of $1.975 billion since FY1986, states continue to receive the same percentage of LIHEAP funds that they did under the old LIEAP formula (effectively Tier I of the current formula). This report will be updated as legislative or program activities warrant.

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Download or read book LIHEAP written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is to provide home energy assistance to eligible low income households. The North Dakota Department of Human Services and the County Social Service Boards administer the LIHEAP program. Services that are available through LIHEAP are explained within this brochure.