Low Income Energy Assistance Program - LIEAP
GET HELP WITH HEATING BILLS
Davidson County Department of Social Services Director, Dale Moorefield, announced that applications will be accepted for North Carolina’s Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) from December 1, 2011 through March 31, 2012. For eligible applicants, this program provides a one-time cash payment to help pay for heating-related costs.
There are several changes to the program this year as mandated by the North Carolina General Assembly. Highlights of the program include:
- No automatic eligibility. Anyone interested in receiving LIEAP assistance must make an application.
- Applications taken based on priority. Identified priority groups are households in which ALL persons are age 60 or above OR households with at least one disabled person receiving SSI, SSA, or VA disability AND receiving services through the Division of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS).
- Payments made directly to vendors. No check will be mailed directly to the applicant or household member. Payments are $400.00 for eligible households that heat with fuel oil, kerosene, or LP gas and $200.00 for households heating with coal, electricity, natural gas, or wood.
Applicants will need the following information in order to apply:
- all household income information for the month prior to the month of application (wages, tips, UIB, child support, etc);
- information about the household's savings accounts or checking accounts;
- information about the household's property, stocks, bonds, and other assets;
- name, date of birth, and social security numbers for each household member;
- vendor information (i.e. utility account number or name of the oil/gas company to be used)
Any elderly or disabled person who wishes to apply may call the Davidson County Department of Social Services for assistance or send a representative to the agency to apply for them. A note will be needed for the representative to act on someone else’s behalf. Households will meet income eligibility if the total countable income for the household is equal to or less than 130% of the current poverty level at the time of application. Monthly income eligibility for a household of 1 is $1,180; household of 2 is $1,594; household of 3 is $2,009; household of 4 is $2,422.
Applications will be taken based on priority groups (as funding allows):
December 1, 2011 – March 31, 2012 for household with all members 60 and older OR any household member receiving services through DAAS (Division of Aging or Adult Services)
February 1, 2012 – March 31, 2012 for all other households (as funding allows)
Application Location:
DSS – Lexington Office, 2nd floor, 913 Greensboro Street in Lexington
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday
DSS – Thomasville Office, 2nd floor, 211 W. Colonial Drive in Thomasville
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday
For more information contact: Kathy Replogle at 242-2504
Bobby Richardson at 242-2580
Venessa Dillon at 242-2565
Gennean Kirkendall at 474-2768
NC LIEAP Information