Senator Markey and Mass. officials request answers on LIHEAP staff cuts

Heatwave relief at risk as Trump administration layoffs stall $400 million in energy aid

A federal energy assistance program that helps low-income families pay utility bills is in limbo after Trump administration layoffs gutted the office responsible for distributing nearly $400 million in summer heat relief funds.Nina Lakhani reports for The Guardian.In short:The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) cannot distribute the final 10% of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds because it fired the 25-member st…

LIHEAP energy assistance program at risk after all staff laid off

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Senator Markey and Mass. officials request answers on LIHEAP staff cuts

BOSTON (WWLP) - Massachusetts Democrats have signed a letter along with Senator Ed Markey addressed to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Mass. officials plan response to President Trump’s tariffs The letter to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. addressed the sudden termination of federal workers who are responsible for administering the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Massachusetts has received over 181,000 requ…

Vermont waiting to hear more on federal LIHEAP staff being laid off

Two weeks after the entire staff overseeing a widely used home heating fuel assistance program were laid off, those who administer the program on the state level are without answers as to what happens next.

‘Betrayal of the American promise’: Trump admin. cuts citizenship assistance in Mass.

The affected nonprofit has ceased its citizenship clinics due to the federal funding cuts. Its leader said the Trump administration is "abandoning" green card holders.

Low-income home energy assistance program for cooling now open

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