LIHEAP FY 2026 and IIJA funds are expected to be released before December 1, 2025.
Bipartisan group of senators calls for release of funding for low-income heating ‘immediately’
Bipartisan group of senators calls for release of funding for low-income heating ‘immediately’
November 18, 2025
Signed into law H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026. This law extended funding for OCS programs, including LIHEAP.
Bipartisan group of senators calls for release of funding for low-income heating ‘immediately’
Bipartisan group of senators calls for release of funding for low-income heating ‘immediately’
Bipartisan group of senators calls for release of funding for low-income heating ‘immediately’
November 14, 2025
A bipartisan group of senators called on the Trump administration to “immediately” release funds aimed at helping low-income Americans heat and cool their homes. Most of the letter’s signatories were Democrats...
The government shutdown is delaying an assistance program families use to heat homes
Bipartisan group of senators calls for release of funding for low-income heating ‘immediately’
The government shutdown is delaying an assistance program families use to heat homes
November 6, 2025
As millions of Americans face a gap in food assistance due to the federal government shutdown, some families also worry about how they'll pay their winter heating bills. The shutdown has delayed federal funding for LIHEAP...
Killer heat and no help: Loss of federal aid for utility bills could prove deadly.
Bipartisan group of senators calls for release of funding for low-income heating ‘immediately’
The government shutdown is delaying an assistance program families use to heat homes
July 1, 2025
Without the funds, the risk of heat stroke and even deaths will be "very high, especially for the elderly" if they cannot afford air conditioning, said Karla Lopez del Rio, executive director of Community Action Partnership of Riverside County.
Bipartisan bill seeks to restore federal staff responsible for administering LIHEAP.
Trump guts low-income energy assistance as summer heat descends and electricity prices rise
Trump guts low-income energy assistance as summer heat descends and electricity prices rise
June 9, 2025
Reps Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) introduced a bipartisan bill to reverse the April 1st US Department of Health and Human Services layoffs, which included the entire federal LIHEAP staff.
Trump guts low-income energy assistance as summer heat descends and electricity prices rise
Trump guts low-income energy assistance as summer heat descends and electricity prices rise
Trump guts low-income energy assistance as summer heat descends and electricity prices rise
May 13, 2025
The Conversation: The U.S. is headed into what forecasters expect to be one of the hottest summers on record, & millions of people across the country will struggle to pay their power bills as temperatures & energy costs rise...
Trump budget slashes education, foreign aid, environment, health, and public assistance
Trump guts low-income energy assistance as summer heat descends and electricity prices rise
Trump budget slashes education, foreign aid, environment, health, and public assistance
May 2, 2025
CNN: The administration is calling for the elimination of the roughly $4 billion LIHEAP program, which helps about 6 million Americans afford their utility bills. It said the program is unnecessary because states have policies...
Trump's FY26 budget plan would cut all utilities assistance for 6 million households.
Trump guts low-income energy assistance as summer heat descends and electricity prices rise
Trump budget slashes education, foreign aid, environment, health, and public assistance
April 18, 2025
USA Today: As many as 5.9 million households may have to go without heat or air conditioning soon if Health and Human Service’s proposed budget gets passed, the National Energy Assistance Directors Association warns...
First Look: Leaked Budget Document Previews Potential Cuts to HHS Grants
‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies
First Look: Leaked Budget Document Previews Potential Cuts to HHS Grants
April 18, 2025
FFIS: A “budget passback” document, dated April 10, recently made its way into the public sphere. It appears to represent the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) funding recommendations for the reorganized Department of Health...
Draft budget plan proposes deep cuts across federal HHS health programs
‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies
First Look: Leaked Budget Document Previews Potential Cuts to HHS Grants
April 17, 2025
AP News: A draft budget proposal circulating among federal officials would dramatically deepen cuts at the nation’s top health agency, eliminating some public health programs entirely and serving as a roadmap for more mass firings...
‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies
‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies
‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies
April 2, 2025
CNN: A massive wave of job cuts got underway at HHS Tuesday, with some employees receiving early-morning emails saying their jobs were eliminated and some unable to access the building when they arrived at work....