HARCATUS has heating assistance available for Tuscarawas residents - Times Reporter

DOVER − The Ohio Department of Development and HARCATUS Tri-County Community Action Organization Inc. person assistance disposable to assistance with location vigor bills.

The Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) helps Ohioans astatine oregon beneath 175% of the national poorness guidelines wage their heating bills. Ohioans who are threatened with disconnection, person been disconnected from their inferior service, transferring services, establishing caller services, person a PIPP default with a disconnection announcement astatine oregon beneath 25% fuel, whitethorn besides beryllium eligible for the HEAP Winter Crisis Program, which started Nov. 1.

Ohioans tin sojourn energyhelp.ohio.gov to use online, download a transcript of the application, oregon find interaction accusation for a section vigor assistance provider. Individuals volition request to person copies of the pursuing documents to see with their application:

• Most caller inferior bills
• A database of each household members (including commencement dates and Social Security numbers)
• Proof of income for the past 30 days for each household members (12 months for definite income types)
• Proof of U.S. citizenship oregon ineligible residency for each household members
• Proof of disablement (if applicable) HEAP benefits are applied to an individual’s vigor measure aft Jan. 1.

If you request contiguous assistance with your vigor bills, delight interaction your section vigor assistance provider. A database of providers tin beryllium recovered astatine energyhelp.ohio.gov. Applications for the HEAP Winter Crisis programme indispensable beryllium received by March 31. The past time to use for the regular HEAP payment is May 31.

For much accusation connected the programs, sojourn energyhelp.ohio.gov oregon to docket your wintertime situation assignment with HARCATUS, telephone 855-806-9650.