PRESIDENT CLINTON WILL TODAY RELEASE $300 MILLION IN LIHEAP
EMERGENCY FUNDS
IN RESPONSE TO HIGH HEATING FUEL PRICES
December 30, 2000
President Clinton will direct the Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) to release $300 million in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
emergency funds to all States to assist low-income households facing substantial
increases in home heating fuel prices. With this release of $300 million in
LIHEAP emergency funds, the President will have directed HHS to release a total
of $856 million in LIHEAP emergency funds since September to help States assist
low-income households in coping with high fuel prices during this winter. In
addition to this release, HHS released $156 million on December 18th and $400
million on September 23rd. The Department of Energy projects that heating oil
prices this winter will be 29 percent higher than last winter, and natural gas
prices will be 40 percent higher than last winter.
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