Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Do You Need Help Paying Your Energy Bills?
You may qualify for assistance!
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps low-income residential customers pay for heating and cooling bills, even if heat is included as part of rent payments. LIHEAP provides assistance for all types of heat and may also provide emergency assistance funds for heater and water heater repairs. LIHEAP also provides grants in the winter so that eligible households can pay their heating bills and continue using heating equipment. The benefit amount depends on the number of people in the household, geographical location, and household gross income.
Applications for LIHEAP in New Jersey are accepted between October 1st, 2023, and June 30th, 2024.
NJ SHARES
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Energy is a basic need, just like housing or food. Access to energy is essential for cooking and boiling water, as well as providing light and heat—all of which are also prerequisites for good health.
NJ SHARES is committed to reducing and preventing energy insecurity, which is the inability to adequately meet household energy needs.
The Department of Energy estimates that one in three American households faces a challenge in paying energy bills or sustaining adequate heating and cooling in their home. Households living with energy insecurity routinely forgo basic needs such as food and medicine to pay their energy bill, keep their homes at unhealthy temperatures, receive disconnection notices, and experience shutoffs.
In order to ensure New Jersey residents are not without access to basic needs, NJ SHARES has formed unique partnerships with New Jersey’s regulated utility companies to provide a variety of different assistance programs and support.
