{"id":124142,"date":"2023-10-24T18:04:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T22:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=124142"},"modified":"2023-10-24T18:04:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T22:04:59","slug":"northampton-countys-emergency-fuel-assistance-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=124142","title":{"rendered":"Northampton County\u2019s Emergency Fuel Assistance Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Northampton County Area Agency on Aging will begin its Emergency Fuel Assistance Program on November 1, 2023. This program is for once-a-season fuel assistance of $780.<\/p>\n<p>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\/4 full or less. For assistance with gas or electric heat, a shut-off notice is required.<\/p>\n<p>To apply, contact the Northampton County Information &amp; Referral Emergency Services 610-559-3270 or 610-829-4800.<\/p>\n<p>When a referral is received, a Northampton County Area Agency on Aging staff member will schedule a home visit to determine eligibility.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO: Low-Income Seniors Who Reside in Northampton County<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT: Emergency Fuel Assistance Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN: Begins on November 1, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nBrittney Waylen<br \/>\nDeputy Director of Administration &amp; Public Information Officer<br \/>\nCounty of Northampton<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; The Northampton County Area Agency on Aging will begin its Emergency Fuel Assistance Program on November 1, 2023. This program is for once-a-season fuel assistance of $780. In order &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=124142\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Northampton County\u2019s Emergency Fuel Assistance Program<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122147,"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":[69,5738,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-northampton-county","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/NC-Northampton.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124142"}],"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=124142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/122147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}