URGENT ACTION NEEDED: LIHEAP GUTTED – 56,000 WV HOUSEHOLDS RISK LOSING UTILITY BILL HELP

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made the shocking decision to fire everyone working on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which helps low-income Americans pay their energy bills.

Urge Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice to take action to protect vulnerable individuals and families in jeopardy of losing vital assistance to maintain safe living conditions before summer heat moves into the state.

In West Virginia 56,108 households relied on LIHEAP last year to keep their heat on - Protect our citizens and save LIHEAP.

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We are ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGED by the Trump Administration and DOGE’s reckless decision to fire the entire federal staff managing the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). LIHEAP is the primary program to help low-income individuals to pay their heat and electric bills when they can’t afford them and are at risk of losing service.

What does this mean for West Virginia?

56,108 households relied on LIHEAP last year to keep their heat on.

1,879 utility shut offs were prevented in our state alone.

$54.6 MILLION in assistance that helped keep the lights and heat on—is now at risk.

Nationwide, LIHEAP prevented 2.75 million disconnections.

This isn't just a budget cut—this is a direct attack on our most vulnerable neighbors. The termination of every federal LIHEAP staffer was part of Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s 10,000-person purge at the Department of Health and Human Services, leaving the future of this essential program in chaos.

What’s at stake now?

$378 million in summer cooling assistance is in limbo.

No oversight means West Virginians who depend on crisis assistance for electricity and medical needs could be left behind.

Our most vulnerable neighbors—seniors, children, and families—are at risk. Enough is enough. Our congressional leaders need to stand up for West Virginians and protect them from the impacts of skyrocketing energy bills.

Sincerely, [Your information here]