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LIHEAP & ARP: Colorado Spotlight

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March 8, 2023

Colorado used American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds to increase Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) support, helping 85,000 households with winter heating fuel and paying arrearages for 30,000 households. It also provided an extra $600 to each eligible household. Colorado has seen a 10% increase in LIHEAP applications every year for the past three years, so ARP funding was crucial to helping families.

This video highlights the impact of the American Rescue Plan on the important services the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) provides across the state of Colorado in interviews with a direct beneficiary of the program and program administrators. Watch the video to see how this expanded LIHEAP support helped Coloradoans