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Alabama Weatherization Assistance Program
Run by Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA), Energy Division, with local community action agencies
Free energy-efficiency work for low-income Alabama households, based on an energy audit of the home, delivered by community action agencies in all 67 counties. Household income must be at or below 200% of the federal poverty level; elderly and disabled residents and families with young children are served first.
Amounts
How much you get
The work is free to eligible households. What gets done depends on an energy audit by trained professionals, which picks the most cost-effective ways to cut the home's energy use, plus health and safety checks.
Eligibility
Do I qualify?
You need to meet all 6 of these.
Your home is in Alabama.
Household income must not exceed 200% of the federal poverty level, counting income from the 12 months before you apply.
A household is also eligible if a member received cash assistance under Title IV or XVI of the Social Security Act (such as TANF or SSI), or the household received LIHEAP energy assistance, in the past 12 months.
Owners need proof of ownership. Renters can take part if the landlord signs a rental release form, which also bars raising the rent for a year because of the work.
What to doIf you rent, ask your landlord to sign the agency's rental release form.
Single-family and manufactured homes are eligible; the home must be stationary with a street address. Campers, non-stationary trailers and storage buildings aren't. Buildings of up to 4 units are audited like single-family homes; larger ones need DOE approval first.
A home weatherized before can be served again once 15 years have passed.
Equipment
What equipment counts
Applying
How to apply
You apply in person.
- Find the agency that serves your county.
ADECA's weatherization page lists the agency and weatherization coordinator for each region. ADECA itself doesn't take applications.
- Apply with that agency.
Show income for the past 12 months, and proof of ownership (or a rental release form signed by your landlord).
- Wait for your turn.
Agencies serve applicants with the most priority points first (for example elderly, disabled, young children, high energy use). If work doesn't start within 12 months, your eligibility is rechecked.
- Energy audit and health and safety checks.
- Crew does the work and a quality control inspector checks it.
Forms and instructionsAlabama 2026 Weatherization Assistance Program State Plan (ADECA) · Energy Division (ADECA)
Questions about applying334-242-4909
Stacking
Use it with
Your address
Next steps
Check that it covers your address. Then, if you want, ask for a contractor quote.
Is it available at your address?
Before anything else
Your quote request is in If a contractor we work with serves your ZIP, they can contact you. We take one request per person; contact us to change it.
Get an email if this program changes
We'll write if its amount, status or deadline changes. Nothing else.
FAQ
Questions
How much does Alabama Weatherization Assistance Program pay?
Work done at no cost. The work is free to eligible households. What gets done depends on an energy audit by trained professionals, which picks the most cost-effective ways to cut the home's energy use, plus health and safety checks.
Is there an income limit?
Household income must not exceed 200% of the federal poverty level, counting income from the 12 months before you apply.
Do renters qualify?
Owners need proof of ownership. Renters can take part if the landlord signs a rental release form, which also bars raising the rent for a year because of the work. If you rent, ask your landlord to sign the agency's rental release form.
Is it still available?
Yes. It was open when we last checked, on October 26, 2026.
Can I apply through ADECA?
No. ADECA doesn't accept or process applications; apply with the community action agency or commission that serves your county, listed on ADECA's weatherization page.
My home was weatherized years ago. Can I get help again?
Yes, after 15 years. Alabama allows reweatherization on a rolling 15-year basis.
Who gets served first?
Households with the most priority points. Points go to elderly (60 or over) heads of household, elderly or disabled members, families with small children, and other high energy users.
Plain words
Words used on this page
- Federal poverty level
- An income line set each year by the federal government, by household size.
References
Sources
This page is built from these official pages, run by the program itself.
- Alabama Weatherization Assistance Program (ADECA)
- Alabama 2026 Weatherization Assistance Program State Plan (ADECA)
- Energy Division (ADECA)
When one of these pages changes, we re-check this page against it.
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