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Are you in need of Project Warmth assistance?
Assistance Eligibility Requirements
Project Warmth Participating Agencies
Information about Project Warmth
The Need
The Fund
Project Warmth 2006-07 Report to the Community
Listen to the Project Warmth Radio PSA
Contact Information
(include, but are not limited to):
- Applicant must have residency in Nassau County, Suffolk County or the Rockaway area in Queens (LIPA service area).
- Applicant must show a heating and/or fuel-related electric bill in his or her name and address that is in termination, pending disconnect or severely overdue (for any fuel source) or be financially unable to secure heating oil/propane/kerosene etc. when the tank is empty or near empty.
- Applicant must demonstrate financial hardship and provide an acceptable explanation for arrears.
- Applicant may only receive fuel and/or fuel-related electric assistance once per program year.
- Applicants eligible for Emergency HEAP must apply to HEAP prior to applying to Project Warmth. Upon receiving a termination notice, the applicant must immediately apply for Emergency HEAP. An Emergency HEAP approval provides gas/electric customers with a 30-day hold on terminations, allowing for time to apply for Project Warmth and make deferred payment arrangements with the vendor.
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Inelidgible conditions include:
- Bill not in applicant’s name or applicant not in residence at billing address.
- Declining to apply for HEAP assistance when qualified.
- Nonactive account.
- Non fuel-related electricity accounts (heat included in rent).
- Current bill with no past due amount, or if a HEAP grant satisfies the past due amount.
- SSI recipients who may receive an “SSI guarantee” at the Dept. of Social Service to eliminate the emergency situation.
- Topped oil tank during a prior Project Warmth grant period.
Applications are not sent out or received by mail. PLEASE NOTE, a referral is not a guarantee of acceptance. The Project Warmth agency staff will determine eligibility based on the documentation provided by the applicant and more detailed application requirements than are listed above.
Fore more information, contact United Way of Long Island at 631.940.3757.
The following organizations
APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED
BHEP Alliance
PO Box 121
Bellport, NY 11713
631-286-9264
Catholic Charities
90 Cherry Lane
Hicksville, NY 11801
516-733-7045
Contact: Central Intake & Referral
*will assign Parish Outreach
Central Islip Civic Counsel
68 Wheeler Rd.
Central Islip, NY 11722
631-348-0669
Circulo de la Hispanidad
26 West Park Ave.
Long Beach, NY 11561
516-431-1155
Colonial Youth and Family Services
1235 Montauk Hwy.
Mastic Beach, NY 11951
631-281-4461
Begin January 7, 2008
Community Action of Southold Town
74365 Main Rd.
PO Box 159
Greenport, NY 11944
631-477-1717 fax: 631-477-8815
EAC
175 Fulton Ave. Ste. 401
Hempstead, NY 11550
516-565-4327
Hours: 9:00-12:30 & 1:30 – 2:30
East End Disabilities Associates
107 Roanoke Ave.
PO Box 1609
Riverhead, New York 11901
631-369-7345 x 125
Family & Children’s Association
124 Greenwich St.
Hempstead, NY 11550
516-483-5323 x 116
Family Service League
Manor Field Family Center
90 E. 5th St.
Huntington Station, NY 11746
631-425-9695
Family Service League
208 Roanoke Ave.
Riverhead, NY 11901
631-369-0104
Family Service League
1444 5th Ave.
Bay Shore, NY 11706
631-647-3100
Family Service League
1490 William Floyd Parkway
E. Yaphank, NY 11980
631-924-3741
Monday and Tuesday
Long Island Council of Churches
1644 Denton Green
Hempstead, NY 11550
516-565-0390
Hours: 10:00-12:30 & 1:30-4:00
Long Island Council of Churches
407 Osborne Ave.
Riverhead, NY 11901
631-727-2210
Margert Community Corp.
325B 37th St.
Far Rockaway, NY 11691
718-471-3724
The Ministries
3680 Route 112
Coram, NY 11727
631-736-4800
Fridays only
PRONTO of Long Island
128 Pine Aire Drive
Bay Shore, NY 11706
631-231-8290
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
249 Broadway
Bethpage, NY 11714
516-822-3132
*will assign conference for intake
South Fork Community Health Initiative
200 Pantigo Road
East Hampton, NY 11937
631-329-6340
- For many Long Islanders, choosing between putting food on the table and paying for heating bills has become an unfortunate reality. Many Long Islanders are facing an even tougher time this winter as energy prices continue to rise.
- There are 165,000 people who live below the federal poverty level on Long Island.
- Project Warmth helped 1,603 families with heating emergencies last year. Those families included 2,434 children and 2,659 adults/seniors.
- More than 17,000 Long Island families have been assisted with one-time Project Warmth grants since 1995.
- The families assisted through Project Warmth have encountered hard times for a variety of reasons—unemployment, serious illness, disability, divorce or the loss of a spouse.
- Project Warmth truly helps these families get back on track with their utility payments—in fact, 82 percent of families who received assistance during the 2005-06 heating season did not request help for a fuel emergency again this past winter.
- Project Warmth also helps the families connect with other local resources that can lead to permanent solutions to their financial difficulties, including budget/debt counseling, supplemental food programs or job training services.
- Project Warmth is open for grants from December 1 through March 31.
- For more information, call 631.940.3757 or download a Project Warmth Fact Sheet.
- Project Warmth, Long Island’s Energy Fund, has been administered by United Way of Long Island since 1995.
- Last year, Project Warmth assisted more than 1,600 families, including more than 2,400 children.
- Project Warmth major sponsors are National Grid/KeySpan. LIPA is also a lead sponsor. Long Island Radio Group is Project Warmth’s media sponsor. Additional Broadwater Energy, Flushing Savings Bank,
Horace and Amy Hagedorn Long Island Fund, Northville Industries and New York State Senator Kemp Hannon.
- Project Warmth is an opportunity for Long Islanders to help others in their communities who have heating emergencies and have nowhere else to turn.
- Contribution envelopes are included in LIPA customer bills, November through January.
- Last year, Project Warmth contributions raised $433,555 through community, corporate and government donations.
- Long Islanders can make contributions to Project Warmth through the yellow envelopes in their energy bills or by sending donations directly to the Project Warmth at 819 Grand Boulevard, Deer Park, NY 11729. Contributions can also be made online at www.unitedwayli.org or by calling United Way of Long Island at 631.940.3757.
Project Warmth was able to assist more tha 1,600 families to stay warm last winter, helping them to focus on other pressing needs of their loved ones. Download the Project Warmth 2006-07 Report to the Communtiy.
Listen to the Project Warmth Radio PSA
For more information, contact Lois Grant, project coordinator, at lgrant@unitedwayli.org or 631.940.3746.
Note: If you are a household seeking Project Warmth assistance, please contact a participating agency directly. The project coordinator does not process applications.
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