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HHS Provides $844 Million to States to Help
Low-income Households With Energy Costs
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the release of
$844 million to states to help low-income citizens with their heating
bills during October, November and December of this year. These
funds represent grants to states, tribes and territories under the
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
HHS is releasing such a large allocation of LIHEAP funds now in
order to ensure that states have resources available to support
their energy assistance programs as the weather turns colder. Special
consideration has been given to the coldest states.
A list of first-quarter allocations under LIHEAP follows:
| Alabama |
$5,692,937 |
| Alaska |
$3,290,884 |
| Arizona
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$1,668,897 |
| Arkansas
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$4,354,646 |
| California
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$19,080,662 |
| Colorado
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$13,335,031 |
| Connecticut
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$6,962,843 |
| Delaware
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$1,848,367 |
| Dist.
of Col. |
$2,162,682 |
| Florida
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$9,029,119 |
| Georgia
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$7,139,635 |
| Hawaii
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$449,376 |
| Idaho
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$4,113,650 |
| Illinois
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$65,524,617 |
| Indiana
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$29,664,624 |
| Iowa |
$21,025,901 |
| Kansas
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$709,657 |
| Kentucky
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$9,081,750 |
| Louisiana
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$5,834,445 |
| Maine
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$14,955,581 |
| Maryland
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$10,662,721 |
| Massachusetts
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$34,810,507 |
| Michigan
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$62,061,545 |
| Minnesota
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$44,818,699 |
| Mississippi
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$4,889,524 |
| Missouri
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$15,395,936 |
| Montana
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$7,447,942 |
| Nebraska
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$7,644,449 |
| Nevada
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$810,161 |
| New Hampshire
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$8,963,368 |
| New Jersey
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$25,834,086 |
| New Mexico |
$3,351,678 |
| New York
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$143,490,303 |
| North
Carolina |
$7,814,200 |
| North
Dakota |
$5,777,272 |
| Ohio |
$38,360,063 |
| Oklahoma
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$5,061,380 |
| Oregon
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$8,245,701 |
| Pennsylvania
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$68,032,399 |
| Rhode
Island |
$4,580,057 |
| South
Carolina |
$4,532,454 |
| South
Dakota |
$6,439,614 |
| Tennessee
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$9,199,618 |
| Texas
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$15,022,982 |
| Utah |
$7,352,446 |
| Vermont
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$6,718,363 |
| Virginia
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$6,818,903 |
| Washington
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$13,387,812 |
| West Virginia
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$6,010,083 |
| Wisconsin
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$22,544,766 |
| Wyoming
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$2,170,127 |
| State
Total |
$834,174,463 |
| Tribes
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$8,577,785 |
| Territories
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$899,865 |
| TOTAL
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$843,652,113 |
Note: All HHS press releases, fact sheets and other press materials
are available at http://www.hhs.gov/news.
Page Last Updated: January 27, 2010
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