{"id":108776,"date":"2021-10-27T21:33:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T01:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=108776"},"modified":"2021-10-27T21:33:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T01:33:40","slug":"emergency-fuel-assistance-is-available-for-low-income-seniors-who-reside-in-northampton-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=108776","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Fuel Assistance is available for low income seniors who reside in Northampton County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Lamont McClure and the Northampton County Area Agency on Aging will begin its Emergency Fuel Assistance Program on November 1, 2021.\u00a0This program is for once-a-season fuel assistance of $380.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>In order to be eligible, an individual needs to be 60-years of age or older, reside in Northampton County, and have already applied for and received or been denied Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) benefits. Their fuel tank needs to be at 1\/8 full or less. For assistance with gas or electric heat, a shut-off notice is required.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>To apply, contact the Northampton County Information &amp; Referral Emergency Services 610-559-3270 or 610-829-4800.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>When a referral is received, a Northampton County Area Agency on Aging staff person will schedule a home visit to determine eligibility.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nBecky Bartlett<br \/>\nDeputy Director of Administration<br \/>\nNorthampton County Government Center<br \/>\n669 Washington Street<br \/>\nEaston, PA 18042<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/\">https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Lamont McClure and the Northampton County Area Agency on Aging will begin its Emergency Fuel Assistance Program on November 1, 2021.\u00a0This program is for once-a-season fuel assistance of $380. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=108776\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Emergency Fuel Assistance is available for low income seniors who reside in Northampton County<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/NC.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108776"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/106363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}