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$34.9 Million in Federal Heating Assistance Coming to the State of Maine

by The Associated Press - November 9th 2012 09:43pm - Read more Local News

Augusta - Maine is getting $34.9 million in federal heating assistance funds this winter.

U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe announced Thursday that Maine's allocation represents 90 percent of the state total funding for the previous year.

The Republican along with Democratic Rhode Island U.S. Sen. Jack Reed secured language in the current continuing resolution that specifies that the administration shall allocate funding at last year's levels. Last year, Maine received $38 million in aid from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

Snowe says the money is "invaluable for our state's most vulnerable families who will struggle to pay heating bills."

Last year Congress provided nearly $3.5 billion in LIHEAP funds for low-income households, helping 8.9 million households.

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Everyone in every Maine community, especially the communities with high rates of welfare dependent residents, had plenty of money to waste on buying and setting off fireworks last summer,Labor Day, and even as recent as on Halloween......now are for the most part, the ones crying they can not afford heat.
skowhegan resident skowhegan resident 11/09/2012 10:12 am

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