LIHEAP stands for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
and is funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services. LIHEAP provides financial assistance to help very low-income households pay for the costs of heating their homes. The Passamaquoddy Tribe has to abide by the requirements and guidelines issued by the US Department of Health and Human
Services for the LIHEAP program when distributing funds.

More information about LIHEAP can be found on this website:

 www.acf.hhs.gov or more specifically:

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/programs/liheap

LIHEAP funds are distributed by the US Department of Health and Human Services to states and to tribes within states. Because the funding is state-based, a tribe can serve only residents of the state in which it is headquartered. This is the reason why LIHEAP funding is available only to Maine residents.

The Tribe-State agreement restricts services to Passamaquoddy Tribe members only.

As soon as the Tribe is notified that funding is available, the Tribal office will once again this year send a notice to each of our Tribal households to inform the Tribal Community that the funding is in hand. The notice will also list application deadlines. It is the household’s responsibility to contact the Tribal office for an application. As noted, applicants must be Tribal members who reside on the Reservation. Applicant households must not exceed income limits
set by the LIHEAP program.

Katrina Elder – Heap Director

Telephone: (207) 796-6108