PRESQUE ISLE – Aroostook County Action Program (ACAP) will be administering the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) again this year. LIHEAP provides financial help to eligible low-income households to offset the high cost of home heating. Eligible households are entitled to one LIHEAP benefit per heating season.
ACAP staff will be contacting those households who were eligible for LIHEAP last year to begin processing this year’s application or to schedule an appointment to take an application. These previously eligible households should hear from ACAP by the end of August.
All other households that would like to schedule an appointment to complete an application for fuel assistance can call an intake site at the ACAP office nearest them beginning Aug. 20. Arrangements can also be made to visit homebound individuals. Anyone who would like to obtain additional information about LIHEAP can call ACAP Community Services at 1-800-585-3053 or 768-3053. At this time, the benefit amount is unknown and funds are not expected to become available until October. Further information regarding income guidelines and household size will be available at a later date.