City Offers Limited Electricity Bill Assistance for Low-Income Seniors, Persons with Disabilities, and Veterans - Corpus Christi

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – In effect to the increasing request to enactment susceptible individuals struggling to wage energy bills, the City of Corpus Christi’s Limited Utility Assistance Program volition judge applications from low-income seniors, persons with disabilities, and veterans needing assistance with their energy bills. Assistance is constricted to nary much than $500 per household.

Utilizing $130,000 of backing from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant allocation, the programme is expected to service astir 260 households.

Applications are being accepted now, and the exertion process volition adjacent erstwhile 350 applications person been received. Once applications are received, they volition beryllium screened for eligibility, with payments made straight to the energy inferior institution providing work to the household. 

Eligible seniors, persons with disabilities, and veterans indispensable person a combined household income astatine oregon beneath 50 percent of the country median income. For a one-person household, that income bounds is $27,150. The bounds for a household of 4 indispensable beryllium beneath $38,750 a year.

Applications are disposable online astatine cctexas.com/gmd, astatine City-operated elder centers, and the Neighborhood Services Department astatine City Hall. Applications are besides disposable to radical successful the Senior Companion Program.

Applications tin beryllium submitted by email to utilityassistanceprogram@cctexas.com oregon dropped disconnected astatine the Neighborhood Services Department, 2^nd Floor City Hall, 1201 Leopard Street, Corpus Christi, TX 78401. Applications are not accepted astatine City-operated elder centers.

For much information, telephone 3-1-1 oregon sojourn cctexas.com/gmd.

Media representatives tin contact Public Information Officer Gabriela Morrow astatine 361-826-3583 oregon email gabrielam@cctexas.com.