This hearing took place on Friday, August 23, 2024. The State's notice is kept here as it was published.
Please take notice that the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources, Office of Low-Income Energy Conservation, will conduct a Stakeholder Public hearing regarding the New Jersey Model Plan for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services FFY2025 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and changes to the State LIHEAP Handbook.
The purpose of this consultation is to accept comment on the following proposed decreases due to the loss of pandemic funding for the program and include the changes in the State LIHEAP Handbook: furnace repairs from up to a maximum of $3,500 to up to a maximum of $2,000; emergency assistance (crisis assistance) from $1,500 to $800; cooling assistance from $500 to $300; non-heat electric emergency payment from up to $400 to up to $300; service reconnection fee from up to a maximum of $400 to up to a maximum of $100.
The program also intends to change the application intake end date to reflect that applications will be processed and benefited on a first come, first serve basis, and to add language addressing live-in aides and how they impact eligibility, under the eligibility section of the LIHEAP Handbook.
The Public Hearing will be held in Room 129, DCA Building at 101 South Broad Street, Trenton, NJ 08625 on Friday, August 23, 2024, at 10:30 AM. The hearing is held pursuant to Section 2605 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, as amended by the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1986.
Comments may be mailed to: Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources, Office of Home Energy Assistance, Fidel Ekhelar, LIHEAP Supervisor, 101 South Broad Street, P.O. Box 811, Trenton, NJ 08625-0811.