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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

We do live in New England, we have cold weather, and people do need their heat kept on,” said Gov. Lamont’s budget spokesman, ...