Apply soon for heating bill help
The Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS) is accepting applications for the Low Income Energy Program through March 30. LIEAP provides an annual benefit to help qualifying households pay winter heating bills. People with disabilities, elderly and families with children are the primary groups assisted.
The average benefit provided is $292.75. Total benefits issued to date are a little more than $8.4 million.
To qualify, applicants must be responsible for direct payment of their heating billls. Income eligibility guidelines are set at 130 percent of the federal poverty level. The level of benefit varies according to household income, number of persons living at the address, type of dwelling, type of heating fuel and utility rates. Applicants must demonstrate they have made payments on their heating utility bill two out of the last three months and those payments must be equal to 10 percent of the household’s gross income or $40, whichever is less.