Applications are now being accepted for winter heating assistance through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
The Department of Human Services anticipates Rhode Island will get 26-million-dollars in federal funding.
Based on income, eligible applicants will receive a one-time payment of up to eleven-hundred-dollars per household.
Application information is available on the DHS website or from a local Community Action Agency.
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