LIHEAP Public Hearing

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Iowa Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program

DES MOINES – Iowans have an opportunity to inspect and comment on Iowa’s proposed FFY 2026 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) State Plan.
The LIHEAP program, is designed to aid qualifying low-income Iowa households (homeowners and renters) in the payment of a portion of their residential heating costs for the winter heating season, to encourage regular utility payments, to promote energy awareness and to encourage reduction of energy usage through energy efficiency, LIHEAP customer education, and weatherization. The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, through the Community Access and Eligibility Division’s Community Action Agencies Subdivision, administers Iowa’s LIHEAP program statewide and is authorized by Iowa law to contract and distribute Iowa’s LIHEAP program funds to Iowa’s sixteen Community Action Agencies to administer the program locally.

The proposed LIHEAP FFY2026 State Plan will be available online on the following website ( https://hhs.iowa.gov/programs/programs-and-services/liheap/liheap-resources ) through August 14, 2025. All comments must be emailed to the following address prior to August 14, 2025, to be considered:

Email Address: dcaa@hhs.iowa.gov
Subject: Comments – LIHEAP State Plan

A virtual public hearing on the proposed state plan will be held from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. on August 15, 2025. The link for this virtual hearing is below, or attendees can join by phone:
Topic: LIHEAP FY26 State Plan Public Hearing
Time: Aug 15, 2025, 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

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