The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) is a federally funded energy assistance program. It can help you stay warm in the winter, thereby reducing the risk of health and safety problems.

New York's benefit program is structured in such a way that higher benefits are provided to those households that:

• have a larger percentage of their income spent on energy costs;
• have a vulnerable individual;
• have the lowest income.

Vulnerable individuals are defined as children under the age of 6, adults aged 60 or older, or disabled individuals.

Eligibility for the program is based on income and your housing situation. For more information, visit the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance.