WASHINGTON — Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), David Trone (MD-06), and Glenn Ivey (MD-04) announced $74,410,147 in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funding for Maryland’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
The federal dollars, made possible in part by the lawmakers’ efforts to pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will help reduce costs associated with home energy bills, energy crises, weatherization, and energy-related repairs for low-income families to cool and heat their homes.
“Access to heat is a health and safety issue. With colder months approaching, these federal funds arrive at a critical time and will help ensure that Maryland families can stay safe and warm this winter,” said the lawmakers.
This year, Maryland’s LIHEAP received a boost of more than $1.8 million from the lawmakers’ passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which provided $100 million to support homeowners in need nationwide for fiscal year 2024. The remainder of the funds were provided by the LIHEAP block grant program authorized by annual appropriations legislation and administered through the Office of Community Services (OCS) at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the Department of Health and Human Services. The lawmakers also have consistently worked to secure funding for this program through the appropriations process.
Go away old man and quit giving our tax dollars to your criminal element
You do realize there are more and more low income families in Maryland year after year right?
Democrats made everyone’s energy cost go through the roof. Now they try to step in and pretend they are the heros.
Democrats didn’t raise your energy bill, your energy provider did
Do you really let your failed government rule your life? They have zero effect in mine