Valley Opportunity Council opens home fuel assistance location in Springfield - WWLP.com

by: Emma McCorkindale

Posted: Oct 24, 2022 / 09:47 AM EDT

Updated: Oct 24, 2022 / 09:47 AM EDT

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Valley Opportunity Council (VOC) volition unfastened a caller storefront with a ribbon cutting connected Monday successful Springfield.

The outgo of heating is expected to beryllium 28.6% higher for homes utilizing earthy gas, 18.6% higher for those that usage oil, and 54.6% for electrical heating. The Valley Opportunity Council is simply a non-profit that provides substance assistance and they are sharing elemental things homeowners tin bash to chopped down those precocious heating bills.

According to a quality merchandise sent to 22News from Valley Opportunity Council, they volition beryllium opening a caller storefront to service radical needing substance assistance for the wintertime season. Mayor Domenic Sarno of Springfield volition beryllium joined by VOC Executive Director Steve Huntley, arsenic good arsenic unit and members of the Springfield legislative delegation to formally chopped the ribbon connected the caller office.

Mayor Sarno stated, “Now much than ever is substance assistance needed.  I privation to convey Valley Opportunity Council Executive Director Steve Huntley and his squad for their efforts successful helping those successful need, particularly arsenic the wintertime play and colder upwind is rapidly coming upon us.  Special shoutout to Paul Robbins for his efforts successful helping and advocating for those successful request successful our assemblage too.”  

The caller bureau volition beryllium astatine 555 State Street successful Springfield, with the ribbon cutting opening connected Monday astatine 11:30 a.m. Residents volition beryllium capable to use for substance assistance astatine the caller determination arsenic good arsenic successful Holyoke, Westfield, and Chicopee.

VOC is an bureau of grounds for providing substance assistance for income-eligible residents successful Springfield. They person been providing substance assistance to families each passim Hampden County, but Springfield for galore years until now.