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Florida Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Run by FloridaCommerce, through local community action agencies
Help paying home cooling and heating bills for Florida households with income up to 60% of state median income or 150% of the federal poverty level. The local agency pays the utility directly; apply by calling the provider for your county.
Amounts
How much you get
Paid directly to your utility by the local provider. FloridaCommerce doesn't publish benefit amounts; depending on funds in your county you may be able to get help more than once a year, but not every month.
Eligibility
Do I qualify?
You need to meet all 4 of these.
Your home is in Florida.
Total household income no more than 60% of Florida state median income or 150% of the federal poverty level: for example $32,155 a year for one person or $61,837 for four.
You must be responsible for paying the home heating or cooling bill, live in Florida, and be a U.S. citizen, qualified alien or permanent resident.
Gas or propane bills are covered only in winter and only when gas or propane is the home's main heating fuel. Water, sewer and phone bills aren't covered.
Equipment
What equipment counts
Applying
How to apply
You apply by phone.
- Find and call your county's LIHEAP provider.
Lines are busy and many agencies take calls only during set hours; keep trying.
- Provide documents.
Most recent energy bill, any final termination notice, proof of income for everyone in the household, photo ID, Social Security cards or numbers, and proof of citizenship or permanent residence.
- The agency pays your utility.
Most recent home energy bill
Final utility termination notice (if you have one)
Proof of income for all household members
Photo ID of the applicant
Social Security cards or numbers for all household members
Proof of U.S. citizenship or permanent residence
Forms and instructionsLow-Income Home Energy Assistance Program - FloridaCommerce
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 Florida Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) pay?
Amount not published. Paid directly to your utility by the local provider. FloridaCommerce doesn't publish benefit amounts; depending on funds in your county you may be able to get help more than once a year, but not every month.
Is there an income limit?
Total household income no more than 60% of Florida state median income or 150% of the federal poverty level: for example $32,155 a year for one person or $61,837 for four.
Is it still available?
Yes. It was open when we last checked, on October 27, 2026.
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.
When one of these pages changes, we re-check this page against it.
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