Agencies accepting energy assistance applications

MIDDLETOWN — Community Action Agencies across Connecticut are now accepting energy assistance applications for the 20192020 heating season.

Connecticut residents struggling to pay their utility bills can apply for home heating assistance at their local Community Action Agency (CAA). Community Action Agencies are the only nonprofit agencies administering the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), a federal program (administered by the CT Department of Social Services) that provides home heating assistance to the state’s most vulnerable residents. The state’s CAAs administer the program locally in all 169 cities and towns.

Each Community Action Agency has application intake sites throughout their service regions, including some local town halls. Customers should check with their local CAA for a complete site listing, to make an application appointment, and confirm required documentation they will need to bring. Homeowners and/or renters may apply, and funds may be used to pay for whatever source of heating residents have in their homes. This includes wood, electric, oil, kerosene, or natural gas.

Beginning midNovember, CAAs will certify oil deliveries for those who heat with oil, propane, and deliverable fuels.

Each CAA’s energy department below contact number is below. Find local CAA and more information about energy assistance at www.cafca.org or by calling 8608329438.