Low Heating Income Heating Help

On Monday, low-income households with a person 60 or older or someone receiving disability benefits and services through the Division of Aging and Adult Services that need help covering the cost of heating their home this winter can apply for assistance.  The assistance is available to eligible households through the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program from Dec. 3 through Dec. 31. Beginning Jan. 2, all other low-income households may apply for assistance through March 29 or until funds are exhausted. The federally funded program helps low-income households with a one-time payment directly to their heating vendor.  Last year, the program provided approximately $32 million to help more than 128,000 households pay their heating bills from December 2017 through March 2018.  For more information, contact Wilkes Dept of Social Services.