Low-income energy assistance: State responses to funding reductions

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6846851

Appropriations for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program have declined each year since FY 1986, from a level of about $2.0 billion to about $1.5 billion in FY 1988. The President's budget for FY 1989 has proposed a further reduction to about $1.2 billion. The reduction was proposed in recognition of the hundreds of millions of dollars in oil overcharge settlements available to states for this and certain other activities. GAO reviewed 13 states for information on the availability and use of oil overcharge funds; federal allotments to LIHEAP, total LIHEAP funding, and a projection of possible FY 1989 funding; the number of LIHEAP households provided heating assistance; heating benefit levels per household; LIHEAP transfers to and from other block grants; and perceptions of interest groups of past and proposed LIHEAP budget cuts.

• Research Organization: General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA). Human Resources Div.
• OSTI ID: 6846851
• Report Number(s): GAO/HRD-88-92BR
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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