ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Applications for the Home Energy Assistance Program are now open for New York, after the application period was pushed back by a month due to the federal government shutdown.

New York state officials expect to open this year’s Home Energy Assistance Program, or HEAP, as soon as the first week of December, after weeks of delays caused by the federal shutdown. The benefit ...

While government-funded programs continue to pick up the pieces from the 43-day government shutdown, regional leaders gathered Nov. 25 to point Binghamton-area residents to relief while they await ...

The Ohio Department of Development and Lifeline, Inc., wants to reassure Lake County residents that seasonal assistance continues to be available to alleviate the burden of costly energy bills.

Older Ohioans struggling with high energy bills can apply for assistance through the Home Energy Assistance Program, according to a community announcement. The program, managed by the Ohio Department ...

The federal government on Tuesday said it will release $3.7 billion in congressionally approved funding to restart a low-income heating assistance program that had been paused during the government ...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WBNG) -- In the wake of the recent government shutdown, the federal government has yet to release critical funds for the nation’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Winter chill has arrived in New York, but a heating assistance program is under threat due to federal funding. New York’s Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) is set to begin ...

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. The US government is open again, but many low-income ...