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
A full list of local grants distributed is available on ADECA’s website.
Grayson Everett is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @Grayson270
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