If you heat your home with electricity, natural gas, oil, coal, propane, wood or wood pellets, kerosene or corn, HEAP can help you heat and cool your home by providing up to $996 in benefits.

Hochul noted that the state's major utilities will be required to guarantee the discount to all enrolled households, regardless of what the federal government decides. The application process opens on ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Winter chill has arrived in New York, but a heating assistance program is under threat due to federal funding. New York’s Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) is set to begin ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT)- The Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) confirmed to NewsChannel 13 that November SNAP benefits have been fully paid, and December benefits will be issued on ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — As Central New York braces for colder weather, just days after the first snowfall of the season, some families are already feeling the impact of the federal government shutdown, even ...

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The annual application window typically opens in early November but will be “delayed indefinitely until the Trump Administration and Washington Republicans act to end the government shutdown and fund ...

OSWEGO COUNTY, N.Y. — The Oswego County Department of Social Services (DSS) announced Tuesday that Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) payments are on hold due to the federal government shutdown.

LANCASTER, N.Y. — Thousands of New Yorkers rely on federal heating aid to stay warm in the winter. But with the government shutdown still in place, that help is also on hold. Energy bills typically ...

On Wednesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul called on Congress to end its prolonged federal government shutdown and act quickly to approve funding to support New York’s federally funded Home Energy Assistance ...