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Home Energy Assistance Programs

MCOHA is the state's agency to apply for its sponsored programs.  Low-income energy households that are having difficulty paying their heating and cooling bills can contact our office for help. Eligibility for the programs, along with the grant amount, varies based on family size and household monthly income. Home Energy Assistance is a household benefit – one check per residence covers the entire family or economic unit.

Helping Hands

Programs Include:

  • The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is a federally funded program available to households with limited income. You may be eligible for LIHEAP if you pay your fuel supplier directly for your heat, or your heat is included in unsubsidized rent.  

  • Gift of Warmth is also available, which provides additional funds to qualifying clients of NJ Natural Gas.

  • NJ Shares helps PSE&G, GPU Energy, Elizabethtown Gas, and New Jersey Natural Gas customers with their energy bills. To receive this additional benefit, customers must have received a shutoff notice, a written notice of arrears, or a bill showing a balance in arrears.

Being a single mom MCOHA has helped me a lot, especially around the cold months when I need oil and I just didn't have the money for it. I always knew that I could go to MCOHA and they would help me."

- HEA Client

Apply To Our Programs

These are the most frequent documents needed to apply to our different Home Energy Assistance Programs. Please contact us to help you determine which ones you specifically need.

The below two applications forms are for the PAGE program - one is for Spanish-speaking clients and one for English-speaking clients. Be aware that PAGE is a completely different program than LIHEAP. Clients MUST apply for LIHEAP before they can apply for PAGE. The completed applications can be sent to MCOHA in one of these ways:

 

1. By email to: energy@mcoha.org

2. By regular mail to:  95-97 Bassett Highway, Dover NJ 07801

3. In person or drop off: 95-97 Bassett Highway, Dover NJ 07801

 

No faxed PAGE applications can be accepted.

  • PAGE Program Application (Spanish)

  • PAGE Program Application (English)

  • Dr.'s Certification for Cooling Benefit

(Cooling benefit during Summer time)

  • Landlord-Tenant Agreement - WX

(Weatherization)

  • Affidavit of No Income for Household Member - WX

       (Weatherization)

  • Affidavit of No Income for Applicant - WX

      (Weatherization)

  • Recertification Application

(For LIHEAP, USF, Cooling, Weatherization)

  • Crisis Intervertion Form

(For LIHEAP, USF, Cooling, Weatherization)

  • Zero Income Statement

(For LIHEAP, USF, Cooling, Weatherization)

  • Tennant Lease Verification Form

(For LIHEAP, USF, Cooling, Weatherization)

  • Emergency Assistance Benefit Request

(For LIHEAP, USF)

  • Home Energy Assistance Application

(For LIHEAP, USF, Cooling, Weatherization)

  • Certification of Family Contribution

(For LIHEAP, USF, Cooling, Weatherization)

  • Certification of Heating Account Under Another Person's Name

(For LIHEAP, USF, Cooling, Weatherization)

  • Certification of No SS Number

(For LIHEAP, USF, Cooling, Weatherization)

  • Certification of No Child Support

(For LIHEAP, USF, Cooling, Weatherization)

  • Certification of Child Support

(For LIHEAP, USF, Cooling, Weatherization)

  • Owners Certification Statement - WX

(Weatherization)

  • Gift of Warthm Application

(For LIHEAP, USF, Cooling, Weatherization)

  • Certification of Earned Income

(For LIHEAP, USF, Cooling, Weatherization)

  • Affidavit for Removal of Household Member

(For LIHEAP, USF, Cooling, Weatherization)

  • Affidavit for Proof of Residency for Household Member

(For LIHEAP, USF, Cooling, Weatherization)

  • Certification of Rental Income

(For LIHEAP, USF, Cooling, Weatherization)

  • Certification of Alimony

(For LIHEAP, USF, Cooling, Weatherization)

Important Things To Know

Everyone can and should get tested for COVID-19, regardless of their immigration status.

All residential evictions and foreclosures are suspended during this crisis.

Resources to help you are available through the State of New Jersey.

Resources are also available for Undocumented people during the COVID-19 crisis.

Calculate easily if you are eligible to receive your stimulus check, and how much you should expect

If you lost your job  as a result of COVID-19, you can apply for unemployment:

USCIS will be closed until at least May 3, 2020.

Payments to federal student loans will automatically stop from March 13, 2020, through Sept. 30, 2020

If you lost your job or had hours reduced as a result of COVID-19, you can search for a new one:

Get Financial Assistance through the Alice Recovery Fund.

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