All LIHEAP grants
Benefits are available until they are exhausted or until June 30 of the year immediately following the LIHEAP program year in which they were authorized.
Benefits may not be used for security deposits, late payment charges, tank setting fees, or meter installation fees.
Cash grants
Used to cover household fuel purchases only. Any unused amount of the grant should be credited to the household's account for future purchases and aid in the resolution of potential heating crisis.
Can be used to pay for fuel purchases that were made on or after October 1st of the heating season in which the benefits were approved.
Households enrolled in Customer Assistance Programs (CAP) will have their funds applied to past due CAP payments, their current CAP payment, and the remaining funds will be credited to future CAP payments. No funds may be applied to CAP customer's pre-program arrearages or actual usage amounts.
Can not be used for maintenance or repairs of heating systems.
Crisis grants
May be used to resolve energy supply shortage emergencies either by providing fuel to a household that is without fuel or in imminent danger of being without fuel, or to restore home-heating services to a household that is without heat, or in imminent danger of being without heat, due to a termination of service by a utility company.
Can be applied to reconnection fees, off-hour delivery charges, and minimal costs (i.e., $100 or less) to restart a furnace.
Reissued December 20,2016, replacing November 10, 2016