Winter heating assistance available for Lorain County residents - News 5 Cleveland WEWS

LORAIN, Ohio — If you're a Lorain County nonmigratory who is without vigor oregon facing a shutoff notice, determination is assistance disposable to get you done the winter.

According to the Lorain County Community Action Agency, residents who are astatine oregon beneath 175% of the national poorness enactment can get assistance betwixt present and March 31, 2023.

Help is disposable if 1 of the pursuing affects you:

• Heat has been disconnected
• A disconnection announcement has been received
• You request to found caller service
• You request to wage to transportation service
• Bulk substance users person little than a 10-day proviso of wood, coal, pellets, propane oregon oil
• Defaulted connected PIPP payments

Residents successful exigency situations volition beryllium capable to speech with a subordinate of the LCCAA unit implicit the phone. Residents who are facing a pending shutoff volition request to docket an appointment, which indispensable beryllium astatine slightest 2 days anterior to the scheduled disconnection. If you miss oregon reschedule the assignment you whitethorn beryllium disconnected.

The bureau is offering in-person services for elder residents astatine the Lorain County Office connected Aging successful Elyria. Walk-in appointments for seniors are disposable Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

You volition request the pursuing documentation to instrumentality portion successful the program:

• Income accusation for each household members 18 years of property oregon older for the past 30 days
• Any subordinate reporting “no income” indispensable implicit a nary income form
• Social Security numbers for each household members
• Proof of citizenship for each household members
• Most caller electrical and state bills

Documentation indispensable beryllium dropped disconnected astatine the LCCAA office, 936 Broadway Ave., Lorain. You tin besides fax documents to 440-457-0337.

CLICK HERE if you are without vigor and request to marque an appointment, oregon telephone 440-245-1870.

Maximum benefits for the programme are:

• $175 for regulated state and electrical utilities
• $750 for unregulated state and electrical utilities
• $900 for bulk fuel, propane, heating lipid oregon kerosene
• $550 for ember oregon wood

The programme volition besides screen up to $500 successful heating portion repairs.

If you haven't received a disconnect announcement but are struggling to wage your bill, further assistance whitethorn beryllium disposable done the Home Energy Assistance Program. CLICK HERE for much info regarding that program.

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