The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the availability of additional funding to help eligible low-income families meet their home energy needs, bringing the total made available since October 1 to $3.9 billion. These funds will go to states, tribes and territories under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and are available under the terms of the latest continuing resolution. Texas was awarded 181,333,046 (FY 2011 Cumulative LIHEAP Allocations).
The block grant funds released yesterday supplement two previous releases of funds under continuing resolutions in Fiscal Year 2011.
A complete list of funds available to states today is below: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/news/press/2011/liheap_allocation.html
