LIHEAP FY 2009 Funding
$49,007,158 - regular block grant
$3,871,078 - emergency contingency funds
LIHEAP Income Eligibility Level 130% Federal Poverty Level
LIHEAP FY 2009 Benefit
Heating: $286 maximum
LIHEAP Households Served (Estimate for FY 2008 Heating and Cooling)
123,000
LIHEAP Program Dates
Heating: December 1 - December 31
Cooling: July 13 - August 1 or until funds are depleted
Crisis: March 16 - March27
Life-threatening medical crisis: Year-round
Utility
Low-Income Rate Assistance
Oklahoma Gas & Electric
Eligible LIHEAP customers certified to OGE by the Department of Human services (DHS) receive a $10 credit per month on their bill. Contact your local Human Services Center to qualify for LIHEAP or call (405) 521-3444 or 1-866-411-1877 for more information.
Oklahoma Natural Gas
LIHEAP customers receive a reduced gas bill which averages $5.03 a month during the winter months (October through April) and $4.26 during the summer months (May through September).
1-800-664-5463
Low-Income Energy Efficiency
Oklahoma Gas & Electric
Hand-N-Hand
Free home weatherization for senior citizen homeowners unable to do the work themselves. For more information, call 405-553-3642.
Emergency Charitable Assistance
Please note these charitable funds are last resort emergency funds with limited resources and limited times of operation.
America Electric Power
Light A Life
Customer and AEP donations are distributed through the Salvation Army.
405-841-1303
Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative
Operation Roundup
Member donations provide funds to assist individuals and organizations with medical care, food, clothing, housing, educational assistance and other needed services that are not being met by other agencies.
Contact Bob Weaver or Darla Furr at 405-382-3680
Cherokee Electric Cooperative
Operation Warm
Customer contributions are used to assist the needy with their electrical bills. The funds collected through Operation Warm are administered through the Cherokee County Crisis Center. For more information, visit www.cherokee-electric.org/services/index.htm#Operation Warm.
Indian Electric Cooperative
Operation Round Up
Member donations assist organizations and individuals with a variety of worthy causes throughout the service area.
918-358-2514 or 1-800-482-2750 www.iecok.com/community/operation_round_up.asp
Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative
Operation Round-Up
In 1998, Northeast Electric launched the Operation Round-Up program. Collected money is placed into a benevolence fund and overseen by the Northeast Electric Cooperative Trust Foundation, Inc. The funds that accumulate in the foundation will be distributed to individuals and organizations which prove to be worthy of the funds. Proper application for funds must be made, and the governing board of trustees (separate from the cooperative's board) will determine who will receive assistance.
1-800-256-6405
Oklahoma Electric Cooperative
Operation Round-Up
Member donations provide assistance to individuals and organizations experiencing hardships. An applicant is not required to be a member of OEC to receive assistance but must live in OEC's service area.
Contact Patti Rogers at progers@okcoop.org or 405-717-4508 for application deadlines.
Download an application at www.okcoop.org/community//individual.pdf www.okcoop.org/community/oru.aspx
Oklahoma Gas & Electric
Lend-A-Hand
Customer contributions are forwarded to the Salvation Army which distributes the money to help pay for electricity, gas, fuel or firewood. For more information, please contact The Salvation Army office in your area. To locate the nearest office of The Salvation Army, call 405-840-0735.
Oklahoma Natural Gas
Share the Warmth
Customer donations assist persons over 62 and persons with disabilities in addition to others with inadequate cash resources for home-heating needs. Funds may be used to pay electric and propane if it is the main source of energy used to heat the home. Apply at the nearest Salvation Army.
1-800-664-5463 www.oneok.com/ong/customerservice/programs/ong_share_warmth.jsp
Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO)
LIGHT A LIFE Energy Fund
Contributions come from customers of PSO who also pay administrative costs. Donations from the community may go directly to the Salvation Army, which administers and distributes the fund.
918-599-2000
