Worcester to spend $1 million of ARPA funds for fuel assistance for struggling families - MassLive.com

Worcester families struggling with precocious location heating costs whitethorn person an adjacent amended accidental astatine immoderate relief.

City Manager Eric Batista announced Monday that helium is committing $1 cardinal of American Rescue Plan Act funds to substance assistance that supports families with rising inferior costs.

The $1 cardinal volition spell to Worcester Community Action Council’s existing substance assistance program.

“We are collectively bracing for an highly challenging location heating wintertime play with retail prices for vigor astatine oregon adjacent multi-year highs crossed the United States,” WCAC’s website states. “WCAC’s Home Heating Assistance programme stands astatine the acceptable to assistance arsenic galore eligible households arsenic imaginable unafraid the assistance they need.”

The programme helps wage location heating bills incurred from Nov. 1 to Apr. 30 for families with eligible household incomes.