Low-income home energy assistance program for Blaine, Camas, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Twin Falls, Lincoln, and Minidoka counties.

LIHEAP is a program that provides a cash benefit once a season to help low-income customers who meet 160% of the federal poverty guidelines with their winter heating costs.

The benefits are paid directly to the heating salesman.

The payment of benefits is based on income, the number of people in the household, the type of heating, living conditions, and the region of the state in which they live.

The South Central Community Action Partnership also provides weather assistance.

For more information, call (208) 733-9354 ext.
1, or by e-mail to randy@sccap-id.org.

Hours of Operation:

Monday - Thursday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance program is called LIHEAP. They assist low income people and families with their heating and cooling bills. This program is therefore, a year long program that is available 12 months a year. To qualify for the LIHEAP assistance, you need to qualify. We provide the current Federal Poverty Rates nationwide below.

You are automatically qualified for LIHEAP assistance if you participate in the SNAP food stamps program, TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or the SSI program through Social Security.

Federal Poverty Guidelines for 2024

Persons In Family	Earnings (100% Fed Poverty Guideline)
1	$15,060
2	$20,440
3	$25,820
4	$31,200
5	$36,580
6	$41,960
7	$47,340
8	$52,720

*Alaska and Hawaii have different rates for HUD federal poverty guidelines.
These numbers above represent 100% of the Federal Poverty Rate. In order to get legal aid from some offices, they use a sliding fee scale. When they use a sliding fee scale, the 100% rate can be different than 100%. In those cases, using for example a 200% federal poverty level, you will only need double the 100% number listed above to 200%.

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