Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. administers the LIHEAP program.Town News Content Exchange Vermont’s Congressional Delegation is again seeking answers from the Trump Administration about the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) program — this time over its proposed elimination. The…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Vermont Congressional Delegation, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and U.S. Representative Becca Balint (VT-At-Large), pushed back on the Trump Administration’s plans to eliminate the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and terminate employees at the Department…

Vermont’s Congressional delegation has called on Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to restore staff that administers the federal Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). In a letter to Kennedy dated April 4, they state the program is “a lifeline for more than 26,000…

LIHEAP provides heating assistance for more than 26,000 Vermonters WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Vermont Congressional Delegation, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and U.S. Representative Becca Balint (VT-At Large) called on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to immediately reinstate the…