HHS releases $3.6B in delayed LIHEAP funds

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released approximately $3.6 billion in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding to states and tribes after shutdown delays, according to NEADA. States reported receiving HHS award letters Friday, enabling distribution to households as winter begins, while a bipartisan House letter this week urged Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to release the funds by Nov. 30 amid high arrears and rising energy prices.

HHS Energy Assistance and Utilities

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$3.6 billion in LIHEAP funding released Nov. 28, 2025
States and tribes received HHS award letters and can begin disbursements
Funding was delayed by the federal shutdown that ended Nov. 12
Bipartisan House letter pressed HHS to act by Nov. 30

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Long-awaited $3.6 billion in federal heating assistance released to states and tribes

PBS News by Susan Haigh, Associated Press November 28, 2025