LIHEAP-2026 Formula Grant Award Summary

The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities received a $296.39 million Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) formula grant (CFDA 93.568) from the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. The award funds assistance for eligible low-income Massachusetts households to reduce costs associated with home energy bills, energy crises, weatherization, and minor energy-related home repairs. As the state-level administering entity, the Executive Office distributes and oversees the program throughout Massachusetts while maintaining fiscal oversight and program coordination responsibilities.

The Executive Office sub-awarded LIHEAP funding to 24 community action agencies, nonprofit organizations, and local government entities across Massachusetts, including Valley Opportunity Council Inc., Making Opportunity Count Inc., Community Action Pioneer Valley, Quincy Community Action Programs, Community Teamwork Inc., South Shore Community Action Council, Greater Lawrence Community Action Council, Worcester Community Action Council, Self Help Inc., South Middlesex Opportunity Council, Citizens for Citizens Inc., City of Cambridge, People Acting in Community Endeavors, Community Action Inc., Community Action Programs Inter-City, LEO Inc., The North Shore Community Action Program, Action Inc., and Berkshire Community Action Council. These sub-recipients deliver direct energy assistance services, including bill payment support, emergency heating assistance, and weatherization improvements, to low-income households in their respective service regions, with parallel sub-awards issued in November 2025 for the Heating Emergency Assistance Retrofit Task Weatherization Assistance Program (HEARTWAP) supporting residential heating system repairs and energy efficiency improvements.