Liheap-2026 - low income home energy assistance

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Cabinet for Health Services of Kentucky $107.345 million in Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP, CFDA 93.568) formula grant funding on October 1, 2025, for the period through September 30, 2027. LIHEAP provides federally funded assistance to reduce costs associated with home energy bills, energy crises, weatherization, and minor energy-related home repairs for eligible low-income households.

The Cabinet for Health Services serves as the state-level recipient administering LIHEAP across Kentucky. Work is performed statewide across all 120 Kentucky counties through the Cabinet's primary office in Frankfort and subordinate operations distributed through Area Agencies on Aging, local health departments, community-based organizations, and regional development districts.

The Cabinet passed through LIHEAP funding to two sub-recipients effective July 1, 2026: Community Action Kentucky, Inc. (doing business as Kaca), a nonprofit serving as the state Community Services Block Grant grantee, and Kentucky Housing Corp, a state housing finance agency that administers permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and emergency shelter operations statewide. Both sub-recipients deliver low-income home energy assistance and weatherization services through networks of local nonprofit partners across Kentucky's 120 counties, targeting chronically homeless individuals, persons with disabilities, domestic violence survivors, and low-income households.

The assistance type is a formula grant. All prospective LIHEAP recipients must obtain public participation through inspection and comment on their proposed LIHEAP plans prior to submission and conduct public hearings regarding the proposed use and distribution of funds.