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COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) – The Columbus Consolidated Government announced the launch of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Utility Assistance Program on Thursday. According to CCG, the program is designed to ...

Hundreds of Luzerne County residents applied for a heating and utility assistance program administered by the nonprofit Commission on Economic Opportunity on Tuesday, the day the program opened. As of ...

WILKES-BARRE – Luzerne County Council on Tuesday approved a reduction in the minimum income needed to qualify for a heating and utility assistance program through the nonprofit Commission on Economic ...

A recent state report shows that federal help for people struggling to pay utility bills is decreasing, reaching only a fraction of the Virginians who need it and covering only a fraction of the costs ...

When the Trump administration slashed the workforce of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, that included the entire staff managing Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP.

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — In an era of tight budgets and rising costs, the U.S. Army is finding smart ways to stretch every dollar. Thanks to the collaboration between two programs at the U.S. Army ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - With the record-breaking temperatures, we saw this past weekend, some people are expecting record breaking utility bills, but a new Texas program hopes to relieve some of those ...

In the first two weeks of the program, Center for Transforming Lives has distributed $45,000 to Tarrant County residents in need of emergency rental and utility assistance. In August, Tarrant County ...

HOUSTON — The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs Texas Utility Help program is accepting new online applications for energy bill assistance starting Friday morning. Qualified homeowners ...

Local families who normally receive federal assistance with utility bills are now thinking twice about turning up the thermostat. Utility companies are urging those families – and others who may need ...

uncharted Utility companies are urging those families and others who may need help for the first time to apply for additional programs or give them a call. “We saw an increase in phone calls by over ...