Gateway Community Action Partnership announces that the deadline to apply for Low Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) will be May 31 and deadline to apply for Emergency Assistance natural gas, electric, oil, propane and other deliverable fuels will also end May 31.

  Only eligible LIHEAP recipients (issued or pending a HEA benefit) can apply for Emergency Assistance. Applicants must provide an actual shut off notice with an amount that would prevent the disconnection of service from the utility company. Renters, as defined by LIHEAP, are not eligible to receive any type of Emergency Assistance.Note that renters as defined by

LIHEAP are households who pay for their heating included in non-subsidized rent, therefore not eligible to receive EA. Anyone who rents a unit and pays for full heating costs is eligible to receive HEA and therefore emergency assistance.

  Renters who live in public subsidized housing with heating costs included in the rent are not eligible to receive HEA or any emergency assistance. The maximum amount of Emergency Assistance for natural gas, electric, oil, propane and other deliverable fuels is a one-time assistance of up to $450. 

  The maximum amount of Emergency Assistance to prevent disconnection on non-heating electric accounts remains up to $200.

  Agencies will grant the maximum emergency assistance benefit amount when the shut off notice indicates that an amount over $450 is needed to prevent service disconnection. The maximum amount of EA will be approved only when and if the agency receives assurance from the utility company that the said maximum EA amount will prevent a service disconnection.

To apply for LIHEAP, USF, Cooling Assistance or Weatherization please contact your local Gateway Community Action Partnership office.

Office hours are as follows for walk-in applicants: Monday Thru Friday 8:30 a.m. To 4:30 p.m.

Cumberland County                             Gloucester County                   Salem County

110 Cohansey Street                             901 N. Delaware Street              14 New Market Street

Bridgeton, NJ  08302                            Paulsboro, NJ  08066               Salem, NJ  08079

856-451-6330                                         856-423-0040                             856-935-0944

We have a new satellite office for Vineland residences ONLY located at the

Cumberland County One Stop Career Center

275 N. Delsea Drive

Vineland, NJ  08360

856-696-5660 ext. 222

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LOW INCOME HOME ENERGEY ASSISTANCE

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