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Low-Income Households Can Apply for Heating Help Starting Dec. 3

After a monthlong delay caused by the federal shutdown, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services said applications for the 2025-26 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program will open Dec. 3, 2025 and run through Apr. 10, 2026.
Because of the shutdown, Pennsylvania's LIHEAP applications were delayed since Nov. 1 until federal block grant funds were issued last week by the Trump Administration.
About 300,000 Pennsylvanians use the program each year; 292,867 households received LIHEAP cash grants averaging $291, and 128,222 received LIHEAP crisis grants averaging $523.
To protect households during the delay, Gov. Josh Shapiro and the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission moved the winter shutoff moratorium to begin December 3rd, but it does not erase outstanding bills.
Apply at dhs.pa.gov/COMPASS or call 1-866-550-4355; typical cash-grant applications take about two weeks, and some preseason applications from the shutdown are already being processed.

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