email the
Emergency Assistance Director
EFSP
Emergency Food and Shelter Program
- Must meet income guidelines
- May assist with a deposit for moving into a new
home, or eviction notice from your landlord

Winter Crisis
Program
(Emergency HEAP)
Begins November 1 and ends March 31 each year
provides
assistance, once per heating season, up to $250.00
to income eligible households that:
- are disconnected, or need a deposit to be to have
their utility turned on
- have written notice of gas and or electric
disconnection
- have less than a 10 day supply of bulk fuel
- need wood or coal
DO
YOU NEED ASSISTANCE COMPLETING
THE WINTER HEAP APPLICATION??
Tri-County Community Action and the Area Agency on
Aging
will assist persons age 60 or over who need assistance.
For more information, please call your local office
or our
Toll Free number listed below.
All assistance is subject to availabilityof funding at the time.
Summer
Cooling Program
Begins June 1 and ends
August 31 each year
The program will assist eligible households, with
the following:
Income
eligible senior citizen households, 60 or older, may receive
assistance of up to $175 for their electric utility:
- Seniors do not need a disconnect notice or need to
be placed on the Percentage of Income Payment Plan in order to
qualify.
- Seniors may also receive an air conditioner if they
provide a physician’s statement verifying they have a respiratory
illness. Air Conditioners are available to those who have not
received one through the Summer Cooling Program within the past
three years.
Income
eligible households who do not have a senior citizen,60 or older, as the head of household
may qualify for up to $175 for their electric utility:
Air Conditioners are only available to those who
have not
received one through the Summer Cooling Program
within the past
three years.
To schedule an appointment, please call the HEAP department in the county where
you reside Monday thru Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.:
:
TOLL FREE 1-866-256-4497 |
| Champaign County (Urbana) |
937-652-2246 |
| Logan County (Huntsville) |
937-593-0034 |
| Shelby County (Sidney) |
937-492-8118 |
please refer
to the guidelines page for more information
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