Human Services Inc is our local organization that handles the Decatur County Energy Assistance Program. For more information, please visit- Energy Assistance Program – HSI-Indiana
ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM APPLICATIONS:
Energy Assistance Program Applications will be available October 1, 2025 – April 20, 2026.
Crisis Assistance starts November 1, 2025.
NOTIFICATION LETTERS AND PLEDGES CANNOT BE SENT/MADE UNTIL NOVEMBER 1.
If your heat and/or electric utility goes into a Crisis status after submitting an EAP application, notify the office immediately. The definition of Crisis is a disconnect notice, disconnected, low (25% or less) or out of fuel, low (21 days of running out or less) or out of biofuel, and/or low pre-paid balance (within 10 days of being out of service.
ENERGY EMERGENCIES AFTER HOURS AND/OR OFFICE CLOSINGS
Please call 211 for further assistance or visit: Indiana 211
HSI External Referral
*This is a list of agencies that may be able provide additional resources.
OUR PURPOSE
LIHEAP
To assist income qualified households with the high cost of home energy by providing one time assistance to offset the cost of winter heating.
TYPE OF ASSISTANCE IS OFFERED
Energy Assistance Program (EAP):
Provides funds to assist income qualified households with electric and/or heating bills who have an energy burden primarily during the winter months.
EAP assists with a variety of heat sources including but not limited to: electric (prepaid and regular), natural gas, bulk fuel (propane, fuel oil), biofuel (wood, corn, pellets, etc.), and/or households that have one or both of the utilities included in the rent.
There are two types of funds available:
Regular EAP benefit: one-time benefit that is applied to a qualified household’s electric and heating utilities.
Crisis EAP benefit: benefit that is applied in addition to a Regular EAP benefit to a qualified household’s electric and/or heating utility if the household is in imminent danger of disconnection, already disconnected, or is already out of deliverable bulk fuel or about to run out of deliverable bulk fuel. Crisis will be applied based on the utility bills at time of application ONLY. If payment is not made while an application is in process and a disconnect bill is received, additional Crisis benefits will NOT be given. The application will be processed immediately, however, only the crisis benefits needed at time of application will be applied.
