{"id":649,"date":"2021-11-08T09:06:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T14:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/?p=649"},"modified":"2021-11-08T09:50:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T14:50:24","slug":"emergency-heap-begins-november-1st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/2021\/11\/08\/emergency-heap-begins-november-1st\/","title":{"rendered":"EMERGENCY HEAP BEGINS NOVEMBER 1st"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FOR\nIMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>\nEMERGENCY HEAP BEGINS NOVEMBER 1<sup>st<\/sup>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the weather will be turning\ncolder, we are looking forward to assisting our customers with their main heating\nutility and\/or furnace repair. Gallia Meigs C.A.A.&#8217;s Emergency HEAP Program\nwill begin Monday, <strong>November 1, 2021<\/strong>\nand will continue through <strong>March\n31, 2022<\/strong>. Appointments are still made through our IVR phone number\n(Interactive Voice Response System), which stills gives the customers access\n7days a week\/24 hours a day for making their appointment by phoning in. The number\nis toll free, 1-740-444-4371, and please listen till the end of the recording.\nAt the end you will be given a confirmation number. You must have that for your\nappointment to be completed. You will also have to have your social security\nnumber or client number and your gas and electric account number in order to\nmake your appointment. Please note, an appointment <strong>MAY NOT<\/strong> extend a scheduled utility shut-off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emergency HEAP provides\nassistance to households that have had utilities disconnected, face the threat\nof disconnection, or have 25% or less supply\nof bulkfuel, or less than 10 day supply of woodor coal. The program allows a\none-time payment per heating season to restore or retain home heating.\nThe potential dollar amount will be up to <strong>$175<\/strong>\nfor regulated utilities, up to <strong>$750<\/strong>\nfor un\u00adregulated utilities, up to <strong>$550<\/strong> for wood, coal or pellets and up to <strong>$900<\/strong> for propane\/fuel oil, etc., and up to 8 cylinders of propane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The income guidelines for Regular\nHEAP and Emergency HEAP are the same. However, Regular HEAP\nrequires the previous 12 months income while the past month income is acceptable\nfor Emergency HEAP. The 12-month period or one month period\nfor the help is determined from date of application making it possible\nfor some with decreased income during these periods to qualify later\nin the program. Examples of these types of situations could occur from layoff,\nstrike, retirement, disability or death of a spouse\nor household member and this year changes due to the COVID-19 virus.\nDocumentation verifying ALL household income\nmust be provided when applying for E-HEAP or Regular HEAP. Also a copy of the\napplicant&#8217;s most recent gas\/electric bill is required. It\nis also required that you provide social security cards, for <strong>ALL<\/strong> household members. &nbsp;You will also be asked for\nproof of landlord, including address and phone number. If the grandparents have\ncustody of the children in the home, we will need the\ncustody papers also.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following income levels by\nhousehold size should be used to determine eligibility. These income guidelines\nrepresent the 175% calculation and are revised annually. Allowable annual\nincome for a <strong>1 <\/strong>person household is <strong>$22,560<\/strong> <strong>2- $30,485 3- $38,430 4- $46,375 5-\n$54,320<\/strong> <strong>6-<\/strong> <strong>$62,265 7- $70,210 8-\n$78,155.<\/strong> Households with more\nthan eight members should add an additional <strong>$7,945<\/strong> per member to the yearly\nincome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both <strong>Emergency HEAP<\/strong> and <strong>Regular\nHEAP<\/strong> applications will be completed at our new main office,\nlocated at <strong>8317 SR 7 N, CHESHIRE, OH\n45620.<\/strong> &nbsp;However, again, we cannot\nassist with the <strong>Emergency HEAP<\/strong>\napplication process until <strong>November 1,\n2021<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IF YOU ARE\nAPPLYING FOR REGULAR HEAP AND\/OR PIPP ONLY-YOU MUST HAVE A SIGNED APPLICATION\nOF WE CANNOT PROCESS YOUR APPLICATION.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Required Documents:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Proof of Gross Income for Everyone in the Household\nfor the Past 3 months<\/strong><ul><li>Wages:&nbsp; Weekly \u2013 Last <strong>4<\/strong> paystubs\/ Biweekly \u2013 last <strong>2<\/strong>\npaystubs<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Utility Allowance\/Lease\n<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>SS\/SSI\/SSD \u2013 Bank\nStatement <em>or<\/em> <strong>Current<\/strong> Award Letter<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>PERS\/VA\/SERS\/PENSION\n\u2013 Copy of Current Award Letter<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>OWF\/TANF\/DA-\nPrint Out of the Last 3 Months or Bank Statement<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Child Support received\nor paid out, (documented proof for the last month)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Social Security Cards<\/strong> for Everyone in the Household<\/li><li><strong>Current Heating Bill or Statement<\/strong> (Columbia Gas\/Knox, Propane, Fuel Oil, Coal, or Wood)<\/li><li><strong>Current Electric Bill<\/strong> (AEP or Buckeye)<\/li><li><strong>If you pay <em>out\nof pocket<\/em> for HEALTH INSURANCE<\/strong>,\ndocumented proof for 3 months<\/li><li>Aflac, AARP, Blue\nCross Blue Shield, etc. <\/li><li><strong>Medicaid Card or Case Number<\/strong> (if applicable)<\/li><li><strong>Landlords\nName, Address, and Phone Number<\/strong> (if renting)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FOR\nAPPOINTMENT CALL 1-740-444-4371<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FOR\nWINTER E-HEAP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. WE WILL NOT BE HAVING FACE TO FACE INTERVIEWS;\nALL WILL BE BY TELEPHONE CALLS AT YOUR TIME OF APPOINTMENT. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. WE WILL HAVE A DROP BOXES FOR YOUR CONVIENCE TO\nDROP OFF ALL DOCUMENTATIONS BEFORE THE DAY OF YOUR APPOINTMENT. THIS IS LOCATED\nAT OUR MAIN OFFICE IN CHESHIRE.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. WE WILL HAVE 4 WALK-INS PER DAY, HOWEVER, UPON\nENTERING THE OFFICE, THERE IS A SIGN IN SHEET, PLEASE SING IN AND HAVE A SEAT\nTILL SOMEONE CALLS FOR YOU.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVIENCE THAT THE VIRUS HAS\nCAUSED. WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROCESS YOUR\nAPPLICATION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EMERGENCY HEAP BEGINS NOVEMBER 1st As the weather will be turning colder, we are looking forward to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,19,6,41,82],"class_list":["post-649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information","tag-gallia-meigs-community-action-agency","tag-galliameigscommunityactionagency","tag-gmcaa","tag-heap","tag-heating-assistance","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":653,"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions\/653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.galliameigscaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}