Cool off your utility bill with help from local agencies

Nearly two dozen agencies will receive $1.2 million in grants to help low-income households with energy costs, Gov. Kay Ivey announced.

The agencies manage the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program and are ready to receive applications from residents who meet certain guidelines.

“As these record hot summer months continue, many low-income residents may struggle to afford higher electric bills along with other expenses,” Ivey said. “These grants provide additional funding to assist in lowering cooling costs for many of them.”

The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs is administering the grants from funds made available by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

The grants are supplemental to grant funds of $26 million awarded through the state’s yearly LIHEAP allocation in May.

The grant recipients and counties are:

Community Action Agency of Northwest Alabama (Colbert, Franklin and Lauderdale) 256-766-4330
Community Action Partnership of Middle Alabama (Autauga, Chilton, Elmore and Shelby) 205-755-1204
Community Action Committee Inc. of Chambers-Tallapoosa-Coosa (Chambers, Coosa and Tallapoosa) 256-825-4287
Alabama Council on Human Relations (Lee) 334-821-8336
Community Action Partnership of Huntsville-Madison and Limestone Counties (Madison and Limestone) 256-851-9800
Mobile Community Action (Mobile and Washington) 251-457-5700
Montgomery Community Action Committee and Community Development Corporation (Montgomery) 334-263-3474
Community Action Partnership of North Alabama (Cullman, Lawrence, Marion, Morgan and Winston) 256-355-7843
Community Action Agency of Northeast Alabama (Blount, Cherokee, DeKalb, Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall and St. Clair) 256-638-4430
Organized Community Action Program (Bullock, Butler, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Lowndes and Pike) 334-566-1712
Community Action Agency of South Alabama (Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Marengo, Monroe and Wilcox) 251-626-2646
Community Action Agency of Talladega, Clay, Randolph, Calhoun and Cleburne (Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph and Talladega) 256-362-6611
Community Service Programs of West Alabama (Bibb, Choctaw, Dallas, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Perry, Sumter and Tuscaloosa) 205-752-5429
Walker County Community Action Agency (Walker County) 205-221-4010
Southeast Alabama Community Action Partnership (Barbour, Coffee, Geneva, Henry and Houston) 334-347-0881
Pickens County Community Action Committee and Community Development Corporation (Pickens) 205-367-1283
Macon-Russell Community Action Agency (Macon and Russell) 334-727-6100
Community Action of Etowah County (Etowah) 256-546-9271