Energy Assistance Program offered in Chatham County; when to apply - WSAV-TV

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) volition beryllium accepting appointments successful Chatham County this Sunday.

LIHEAP helps families enactment lukewarm successful the wintertime and chill successful the summertime months.

To get an appointment, imaginable applicants for the Energy Assistance Program indispensable telephone 912-721-7910 starting astatine 7 p.m. connected Sunday.

Keep successful mind: calling is the lone mode to marque an assignment and appointments are limited.

To qualify, definite income guidelines and different requirements indispensable beryllium met to suffice for assistance. A family’s yearly income indispensable beryllium successful accordance with the Fiscal Year 2023 LIHEAP Eligibility Guidelines.

Documents needed by qualified applicants are arsenic follows:

1. Current Heating Bill (must supply some electrical and state measure unless the location is full electric)

2. Social Security Card for each subordinate of the household (Medicaid Card oregon SSN Printout volition not beryllium accepted)

3. Picture ID (i.e. Driver’s License, State Photo ID, adjacent if the the ID is expired etc.)

4. Proof of Income for the past 30 days for each big subordinate of the household. Proof of income tin include, but is not constricted to 2022 Social Security Award Letter (if you person an assignment successful 2023 you indispensable bring your 2023 Social Security Award Letter), a paycheck stub, a missive granting nationalist assistance and unemployment benefits for each applicable members of the household.

Appointments volition beryllium held astatine the Economic Opportunity Authority Cuyler Building located astatine 618 West Anderson Street.

The LIHEAP is administered by the Georgia Department of Human Services and operated by the Economic Opportunity Authority for Savannah-Chatham County, Inc.