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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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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