Federal Block Grant Award Summary

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families awarded Washington State Department of Commerce a $830,437 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Infrastructure Supplement Block Grant effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, under CFDA 93.568. This infrastructure-focused component of LIHEAP funds improvements to delivery systems, program administration, and energy-related infrastructure supporting low-income households. The award represents HHS's commitment to enhancing state capacity to assist eligible low-income families with home energy costs, energy crises, weatherization improvements, and minor energy-related home repairs.

Washington State Department of Commerce distributed these infrastructure funds through sub-awards to 17 community action agencies and local government entities across the state, including Community Action Agency Inc., Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, Opportunities Industrialization Center of Washington, Benton-Franklin Community Action Committee, Olympic Community Action Programs, Multi Service Center, County of Snohomish, Chelan-Douglas County Community Action Council, Community Action Council of Lewis, Mason and Thurston Counties, County of Pierce, Byrd Barr Place, Community Action Center, Blue Mountain Action Council, Coastal Community Action Program, Washington Gorge Action Programs, Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners, and Opportunity Council. These sub-awardees delivered frontline LIHEAP services including bill payment assistance, energy crisis intervention, weatherization and efficiency upgrades, and utility assistance to low-income households throughout Washington, functioning as the primary administrative and service delivery infrastructure for the state's low-income home energy assistance network.