The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is coordinated through Miami-Dade County's Self Help Division as part of their emergency assistance programs.

The program helps low-income individuals and families having financial difficulty paying their electric and gas utility bills.

Eligible applicants will receive a credit payment which would be applied to their existing utility bill.

LIHEAP provides assistance in three categories, which include:

Regular Energy Assistance designed to assist eligible participants with the ever increasing cost of their home energy expense.

The program provides a credit payment ranging from $150 - $300 dollars to be applied to their existing utility account.

Regular Energy Assistance is restricted to once a year; eligible participants must continue to pay their utility bill awaiting the credit payment to apply to their account balance.

This Service Center will ONLY be distributing and processing Regular Energy applications.

Eligibility and Requirements:

    The program is for Miami-Dade County residents only.
    The original and a photo copy of energy bill must be submitted.
    Include a photocopy of social security cards for all household members.
    Include a photocopy of identification (Current State of Florida Driver's License or Picture ID).
    Current SNAP
    If you receive Section 8 or Public Housing, bring a copy of your current utility subsidy/allowance.
    Provide proof of income for all household members, for the past 30 days including, but not limited to:
        Current Year Disability and/or SSI Benefit Statement
        Current Year Social Security Benefit Statement
        Consecutive Pay Stubs (weekly 4 stubs and monthly/biweekly 2 stubs)
        Company Letterhead verifying start date, pay rate, frequency of pay and average hours worked per week
        Current Pension Printout
        Current Child Support Verification Printout
        TANF Verification Printout
        Current Worker Compensation Benefits
        Notarized Letter verifying the dollar amount of how much and how often, if someone is assisting you (attach income documentation such as pay stubs for the person assisting you)
        Income self-declaration form. Form is available at our Community Resource Centers.