Feb 6, 2021
ST. CLAIRSVILLE The Community Action Commission of Belmont County is assisting income-eligible households with winter heating needs through March 31.
Eligible households, with less than a 10-day supply, may receive a one-time delivery of bulk fuel or propane valued at up to $900. Utility customers may receive assistance up to $175 for regulated utility customers and up to $750 for unregulated utility customers to prevent disconnection of service, restore service or establish service.
Regulated utility customers may also sign up for the Percentage of Income Payment Plan, which is a payment plan based on monthly income.
Income eligibility guidelines for PIPP follow 150 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines and HEAP follow 175 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines. Staff is also available to electronically file state HEAP applications. To apply for the program, clients are required to schedule an appointment with the HEAP office by calling (740) 695-2405. Wa
Community Action’s positive impacts
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Clinton County Community Action has been in operation since 1965 serving the low-income residents of Clinton County providing services to meet a multitude of needs.
Over the years, Community Action has operated a range of different programs with the following being a recap of what services were provided during 2020. Community Action has continued to provide these services during the COVID-19 crisis.
• The agency manages four senior housing projects – Blanchester Senior Villas, located on Madalyn Loftin Drive in Blanchester; Clinton Commons I, located on Commons Lane in Wilmington, Clinton Commons II, located on Jeanie Wilson Way, located in Wilmington and Community Commons on Community Drive, also located in Wilmington. In addition, the agency manages two family housing projects – Clinton Glen, located off Thorne Avenue and Wilmington Apartments located on Howard Street, both complexes are in Wilmington.
By Kevin Bessler - Illinois Radio Network
Several Illinois-regulated utility companies volunteered extra protection for vulnerable residents this year.
Ameren Illinois, ComEd, Liberty Utilities, Nicor, North Shore and Peoples Gas declared they would cease disconnections to all residents this winter. Illinois implements statutory winter rules every year, but the voluntary moratorium will offer better protection, an Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) release said. In a normal year, there is a winter moratorium that is in place from December first through March thirty-first, and there are a lot of different qualifiers and details to how the moratorium works, and so what is different this year is that there is a clear-cut commitment from utilities that we regulate, ICC Chairwoman Carrie Zalewski told the Illinois Radio Network.
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