The LIHEAP Databook
Executive Summary
The goal of the LIHEAP Databook is to give policymakers, advocates,
program directors and the media a succinct snapshot of the LIHEAP
program and its implementation.
The document includes an overview of the LIHEAP program from the
national perspective using FY 2001 data, and then a state-by-state
analysis of the LIHEAP program and the populations it serves. While
some data for FY 2002 or later is available, we chose to use FY
2001 data because it was the most recent year for which all the
data were available for same-year comparisons.
For each state, the following data is displayed:
- Number of eligible households
- Number of low income households served
- Percentage of households served with elderly, people with disabilities,
or young children
- Percentage of households served by income level
- A comparison of residential energy burdens between all households
and LIHEAP-assisted households, by census region
- The federal appropriations for each state for FY01
- The amount spent in the state on home heating and cooling assistance
for FY01
- The average LIHEAP benefit paid out to low income households
for heating assistance and, in 16 states, cooling assistance
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Or, click on any state below to see data about the LIHEAP program
in that state.
Data Sources
The primary data sources for this Databook are two reports created
by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration
for Children and Families, Office of Community Services Division
of Energy Assistance: LIHEAP Home Energy Notebook for FY 2001
(published February 2003) and the LIHEAP Report to Congress for
FY 2001 (published August 2003). These reports are published
annually and provide detailed information about the LIHEAP program
and its implementation. Data regarding low-income household residential
energy costs came from Roger Colton’s April 2003 report, Home
Energy Affordability Gap. This report is available online at
http://www.fsconline.com.
The Campaign for Home Energy Assistance intends to update this Databook
annually as federal data sources become available.
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