ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The government-funded Home Energy Assistance Program (H.E.A.P.) has returned, just as the weather gets colder. Originally set to reopen at the start of November, the program was ...

If you heat your home with electricity, natural gas, oil, coal, propane, wood or wood pellets, kerosene or corn, HEAP can help you heat and cool your home by providing up to $996 in benefits.

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 ...

ONEIDA N.Y. — Oneida County officials say the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) for the 2025-26 season is delayed due to a lack of federal funding. Early outreach applications mailed in September ...

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.

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 ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT)- The Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) confirmed to NewsChannel 13 that November SNAP benefits have been fully paid, and December benefits will be issued on ...

With cold weather already here, the state must fund HEAP and take other actions to help New Yorkers keep the heat on. Credit: Getty Images. As temperatures drop, more than 1.5 million New Yorkers are ...

The annual application window typically opens in early November but will be “delayed indefinitely until the Trump Administration and Washington Republicans act to end the government shutdown and fund ...