Community Action Partnership now accepting winter LIHEAP applications

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) --  The Community Action Partnership of Greater St. Joseph is now accepting applications for its Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).

The LIHEAP is a one-time credit that comes from the state to apply as payment for a primary heating source.

The program is a crisis fund that requires a termination or disconnection notice in order to apply for those funds. 

Last winter, CAPSJOE help 2,047 households with preventing disconnection or restoring terminated services.

CAPSJOE will be accepting winter LIHEAP applications on two different dates.

On Oct. 1, the organization will only accept applications for any member of the household over the age of 60 or any member of the household who has a disability.

On Nov. 1, the organization will accept applications from all other households.

Kayla Marmaud, community relations director said that are required documents you must bring with your application.

"So we require a Social Security card for our household members. The previous months income copies of gas and electric bills and then if they have all that with us, that helps speed up the process, the application process," she said

After the one time payment, if the household are disconnected or in threat of disconnection, they can bring disconnection notice in over the winter and CAPSJOE can help with up to $800 with additional crisis packages.

The application take about 30 days to apply. Ovtober applicants won't see credit until after Novemeber. November applicants won't see credit until decembee

person here sad this program is important for lowincome families in st joseph because the winter months re hard.

"heating and cooling bills kind of go up and it's just helping them to kind of take the stress off of them to be able to pay those bills and make sure that their stay warm in the winter.

ToThe winter program goes from Oct. until the end of May.

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