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Title  | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Clients may be eligible for steep discounts on utility bills Most people who contact our programs are probably easily eligible for the discounts, but only 30% of eligible households participate! Put another way, as many as 70% of the clients who contact your program may well be eligible for this savings. Most people are not even aware that the program is available to them. Discounts vary from company to company. For electric companies, the discounts range between 20% and 30%. | |||
 | Field Op Memo 2007-31: Food Stamp Heat and Eat (H-EAT) Fuel Assistance Program DTA's instructions to the field announcing the new H-EAT Fuel Assistance Program criteria including which current FS households will get the benefit, and how it will affect the calculation of food stamp benefits by using the Heating/Cooling SUA. | 6/28/2007 | |
| Increase in eligibility for electricity and gas discount rates! Email from Charlie Harak of NCLC regarding passage of law increasing eligibility for the utility discount rates from at or below 175% of the poverty level to at or below 200% of the poverty level. Note that in order to be eligible for the discounts, people must also be receiving some form of means-tested benefit. | 12/7/2005 | ||
 | Massachusetts Energy Assistance Programs Link Information about energy assistance programs and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Flyer will tell you who is eligible for help and where to go to get help in your community. For more information call the Heat Line at 1-800-632-8175 at the Massachusetts Department of Housing & Community Development. | ||
| | Utilities Advocacy for Low-Income Households Step by step advocacy guide for helping low-income households stop utility shut offs, arrange payment plans, secure assistance to pay arrears. This is the second edition,updated in 2007. | 8/3/2007 | |
| | What to Do When Utility Service is Disconnected Information for advocates from the National Consumer Law Center about what to do when a client is facing disconnection of utility service. | 3/1/2006 | |
