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Thousands of workers at the Department of Health and Human Services suddenly found themselves unemployed this week.
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LIHEAP, which assists approximately 6.2 million low-income households, is crucial for ensuring safe housing temperatures during extreme weather conditions.
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The Trump administration has abruptly laid off the entire staff running a $4.1 billion program to help low-income households across the United States pay their heating and cooling bills.

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Federal job cuts may threaten a low-income energy assistance program
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Trump’s latest cuts put energy aid for low-income households in jeopardy
The Trump administration this week eliminated the entire staff of a federal program that helps low-income households pay utility bills.
Future uncertain for Kansas energy assistance program
Cuts at the federal level could impact a state program that helps lower-income people and families heat and cool their homes. On Tuesday, April 1, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) fired everyone who had been working on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP),
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Trump administration cuts entire federal heating assistance staff
About 20 people in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program office, which serves thousands of Maine households, were among the roughly 10,000 DHHS staffers laid off.
Entire staff fired at office that helps poor Americans pay for heating
The move threatens to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps to offset high utility bills for some 6.2 million people nationwide.
Trump guts LIHEAP, threatening $378M in energy assistance already approved by Congress
State energy assistance programs have funding to continue short-term operations but the elimination of federal staff threatens the long-term stability of a popular program, experts say.
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The elimination of the entire staff of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program has left Connecticut lawmakers and officials confused and worried.
Trump administration fires staff of program that helps low-income homes pay for heat
The Trump administration has laid off the entire staff of a $4.1 billion program that helps low-income households nationwide pay for heat
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Low-Income Heating Program Loses Its Staff in HHS Cutbacks
A spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services said it will continue to comply with statutory requirements.
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Funds for MN heating assistance put in tougher spot amid federal cuts
As many Minnesotans dig out from an early Spring snowstorm, the future of a federal program that helps low-income households pay their heating bills is less certain. State-level voices cite new spending cuts under the Trump administration.
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Trump's latest cuts threaten low income energy aid as Rep says 'Americans will die'
Known as the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program or LIHEAP, the program has served as a lifeline for low-income households struggling to afford their energy bills
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