LIHEAP as a Textbook Case of Government Befuddlement

✍ Scribed by Mark J. Kaiser; Allan G. Pulsipher

• Book ID: 104373850
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 529 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1040-6190
• DOI: 10.1016/s1040-6190(02)00318-4

✦ Synopsis

T he Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 established the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance block grant program to help eligible households meet home energy costs. States can provide assistance to low-income households through various program components, including home heating and cooling assistance, energy crisis assistance, and home weatherization: 2

Home energy assistance consists of helping low-income households pay heating and cooling costs. Grantees provide assistance in the form of cash, vouchers, coupons, and twoparty checks to eligible 70