Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
LIHEAP can help you pay for home heating costs. Households with the lowest incomes and highest energy costs receive the greatest benefit.
Program benefits
- Provides direct payment to the energy supplier
- Shows how to use home heating energy efficiently and safely
- Advocates with energy suppliers and human service providers on behalf of consumers
- Offers crisis help for utility disconnections and necessary fuel deliveries
- Provides emergency heating system repair or replacement
How to apply
Apply now
Watch an
Energy Assistance Application Tutorial here.
Eligibility guidelines
To determine eligibility, the Minnesota Energy Assistance Program uses the past three months of household income before signing the application and/or last year's federal tax forms for self-employment income.
Important eligibility information:
- Energy assistance program income guidelines are based on 60% of the state's median income (SMI)
- The size of the grants are based on household size, income, fuel type and energy usage.
- The program is funded through the U.S. Department of Human Services and administered by the state Department of Commerce
- Funds are available for renters and homeowners
MN Energy Assistance Program: Maximum income guidelines
These are the income guidelines for the FFY23 program year, which is October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The maximum income guidelines increased from 50% SMI to 60% SMI in March 2023, due to supplemental federal LIHEAP funds awarded to Minnesota.
1
| $36,687.00 | $9,171.00
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2
| $47,975.00 | $11,993.00 |
| 3 | $59,263.00 | $14,815.00 |
| 4 | $70,552.00 | $17,638.00 |
| 5 | $81,840.00 | $20,460.00 |
| 6 | $93,128.00 | $23,282.00 |
| 7 | $95,245.00 | $23,811.00 |
| 8 | $97,362.00 | $24,340.00 |
| 9 | $99,478.00 | $24,869.00 |
| 10 | $101,595.00 | $25,398.00 |
| 11 | $103,711.00 | $25,927.00 |
| 12 | $105,828.00 | $26,457.00 |
| 13 | $107,944.00 | $26,986.00 |
| 14 | $110,061.00 | $27,515.00 |
| 15 | $112,177.00 | $28,044.00 |
| 16 | $114,294.00 | $28,573.00 |
| 17 | $116,411.00 | $29,102.00 |
| 18 | $118,527.00 | $29,631.00 |
| 19 | $120,644.00 | $30,161.00 |
| 20 | $122,760.00 | $30,690.00
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For additional household size income requirements, contact your community action office. To identify that telephone number, call our Customer Information Center at 612-372-4680 or toll-free at 1-800-729-6164.
