Here is some information to keep you warm and healthy this winter:

Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) – This program helps low-income New Yorkers save on electricity and other heating fuel in their homes or apartments.

Benefits:

• Cash grants are made available to those who need help paying their heating bills based on income, the home’s primary fuel source and the number and ages of household members
• Helps low-income homeowners repair or replace furnaces, boilers and other direct-heating elements required to keep the home’s primary heating source in working order
• Benefit amounts are based on the actual cost incurred for repair or replacement of the appliance, up to $6,000
• HEAP emergency benefits assist New Yorkers who are facing a heat or heat-related energy emergency and do not have the resources available to fix the crisis

Eligibility:

• United States citizens or qualified aliens
• Gross monthly income is at or below the current income guidelines for household size
• Food stamp recipients
• Temporary assistance recipients
• Code A Supplemental Security Income recipients