Another program affected by the shutdown is LIHEAP, as cold weather quickly approaches. The federal government is pushing ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The government shutdown has left thousands of Rhode Islanders facing a gap in food assistance, and ...

The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, helps about 6 million U.S. households pay energy bills, buy fuel or ...

A $4 billion federal program that helps cover heating costs for millions of low-income families could soon run out of funds ...

Some federal assistance programs have started to run out of funding as the government shutdown continues for over a month.

Chapman relies on the $4.1 billion Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps millions of low-income households ...

Jacqueline Chapman is a retired school aide who relies on a $630 monthly Social Security check to get by. She was navigating ...

The LIHEAP delays are casting another spotlight on rising utility rates. Data centers, electrification and extreme weather ...

Long Islanders increased heating costs as federal assistance programs remain suspended and natural gas and oil heating prices ...

Pennsylvania must delay the opening of the 2025-26 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program season by one month — until Dec. 3 — due to the federal government shutdown, the Department of Human ...

New Yorkers who can’t afford heat in the winter may be out of luck as the government shutdown is threatening funding for the state’s Home Energy Assistance Program, according to ...