{"id":1968840,"date":"2023-07-10T16:49:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T20:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liheap-payments-direct-payment-worth-up-to-475-to-help-arkansas-residents-with-utility-bills-arrives-today\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T16:50:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T20:50:02","slug":"liheap-payments-direct-payment-worth-up-to-475-to-help-arkansas-residents-with-utility-bills-arrives-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liheap-payments-direct-payment-worth-up-to-475-to-help-arkansas-residents-with-utility-bills-arrives-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas residents receive $475 today to assist with utility bills through LIHEAP payments."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fliheap-payments-direct-payment-worth-up-to-475-to-help-arkansas-residents-with-utility-bills-arrives-today%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1968840&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Benefit Payments Arriving in Arkansas Counties<\/h2>\n<p>Exciting news for Arkansas residents! If you were approved for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), get ready for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liheap-payments-direct-payment-worth-up-to-475-to-help-arkansas-residents-with-utility-bills-arrives-today\/\" title=\"Arkansas residents receive 5 today to assist with utility bills through LIHEAP payments.\">benefit payments coming<\/a> your way on Monday. LIHEAP, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liheap-payments-direct-payment-worth-up-to-475-to-help-arkansas-residents-with-utility-bills-arrives-in-three-days\/\" title=\"Arkansas residents receive 5 in LIHEAP payments for utility bills in just three days.\">federally funded program aimed<\/a> at helping with cooling costs during the summer, serves all 75 counties in Arkansas. According to the Central Arkansas Development Council, payments will be sent out starting on Monday in 19 different counties.<\/p>\n<h3>Which Counties Will Receive Payments?<\/h3>\n<p>If you reside in any of the following counties, keep an eye out for your LIHEAP benefit payment: Calhoun, Clark, Columbia, Dallas, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Lonoke, Miller, Montgomery, Nevada, Ouachita, Pike, Pulaski, Saline, Sevier, and Union.<\/p>\n<p>Contracted through the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, LIHEAP offers a maximum relief amount of $475 for cooling, with a minimum payment of $48. The program will continue until the funds run out, aiming to assist Arkansans in reducing health risks and safety concerns associated with inadequate cooling methods during the hotter months.<\/p>\n<h3>Regular Benefit and Crisis Benefit Options<\/h3>\n<p>LIHEAP provides two options for benefit payments: the regular benefit and the crisis benefit. The regular assistance is a fixed benefit based on household size and income, applicable to energy sources such as electricity, gas, propane, pellets, and wood.<\/p>\n<p>For those facing financial hardships, the crisis benefit is available. According to LIHEAP Clearinghouse, which is in contract with the Department of Health and Human Services, the maximum crisis amount for the summer is $2,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-launches-environmental-justice-office\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Launches \u2018Environmental Justice\u2019 Office\">block grant program<\/a>, States, Territories, and Tribes have the flexibility to use LIHEAP funding to respond to natural disasters and extreme weather to meet the needs of their communities,\u201d states the LIHEAP program\u2019s webpage.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the Arkansas Energy and Environment website under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liheap-payments-direct-payment-worth-up-to-475-to-help-arkansas-residents-with-utility-bills-arrives-in-four-days\/\" title=\"Arkansas residents receive 5 in LIHEAP payments for utility bills in four days.\">assistance programs section<\/a>. Remember, LIHEAP applications will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis and will be open until Sept. 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arkansas residents in approved counties can anticipate Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program benefits on Monday. LIHEAP, a federally funded initiative aiding summer cooling costs, covers all 75 counties in Arkansas. Payments will be dispatched from Monday in 19 counties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1968841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1968840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1968840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1968841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1968840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1968840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}