Energy Assistance - Fuel and Cooling

How This Program Helps

The Energy Assistance program helps households with limited income who need help with heating or cooling related expenses.

Local social services offices provide help in three main areas:

Fuel Assistance
Cooling Assistance
Crisis Assistance

Fuel assistance helps with heating homes.

Cooling assistance helps with cooling homes and repairing or purchasing cooling equipment.

This program is fully funded by the federal government.

Data Notes

Final funding for FFY 2011 was not determined until April 2011 and awarded in May 2011. As a result, allocations for EAP Fuel and Crisis (fall and winter 2010-2011) were lower than the previous year.
The average payment per household amounts for 2021-22 were higher than usual due to the receipt of additional ARPA funds in this timeframe.

Data Sources

Virginia Management Case System (VaCMS)