Liei-2026 - liheap infrastructure supplement

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Washington State Department of Commerce $1.764 million on October 1, 2025, under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Infrastructure Supplement (CFDA 93.568), with performance through September 30, 2027. The award funds energy assistance services to low-income households in Washington state through a network of community action agencies and local government entities.

Washington State Department of Commerce, serving as the pass-through administrator, distributed the funding to 26 sub-recipients effective March 26, 2026, and February 5, 2026. The sub-recipients deliver Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program services under FFY 2026 HHS and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act appropriations. Sub-grantees include Community Action Agency Inc. (Community Action Partnership), County of Snohomish, Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, Benton-Franklin Community Action Committee, County of Pierce, Olympic Community Action Programs, Opportunities Industrialization Center of Washington (Yakima Valley OIC), Blue Mountain Action Council, Chelan-Douglas County Community Action Council, Multi Service Center, Byrd Barr Place, Community Action Council of Lewis, Mason and Thurston Counties, Community Action Center, Coastal Community Action Program, Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners, Washington Gorge Action Programs, Opportunity Council, Community Action of Skagit County, Okanogan County Community Action Council, Rural Resources Community Action, Lower Columbia Community Action Council Incorporated, Kitsap Community Resources, The Metropolitan Development Council, Hopesource, Clark County, and Hopelink. These organizations provide bill payment assistance, utility crisis intervention, weatherization services, and related energy efficiency improvements to eligible low-income households across rural and urban areas of Washington state. The award is structured as a block grant following congressional appropriation and represents Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act supplemental funding to the base LIHEAP program. Place of performance is Washington state.