Order Code RS21605
Updated March 22, 2007
Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP):
Estimated Allocations
Libby Perl
Analyst in Social Legislation
Domestic Social Policy Division
Summary
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is a block grant
program under which the federal government gives annual grants to states, the District
of Columbia, U.S. territories and commonwealths, and Indian tribal organizations to
operate multi-component home energy assistance programs for needy households. This
report contains two tables that show estimated LIHEAP allocations to the states. Table
1
shows state allocations based on the amount appropriated for FY2006, the amount
currently appropriated for FY2007, the amount proposed to be appropriated for FY2007
in both H.R. 1591 and S. 965, and estimated state allocations based on the amount
proposed by the President for FY2008. Table 2 shows estimated state allocations at
other hypothetical appropriations increments. For detailed information on how the
LIHEAP formula allocates funds to the states, see CRS Report RL33275, Low-Income
Home Energy Assistance Allocation Rates: Legislative History and Current Law
, by
Julie M. Whittaker and Libby Perl. This report will be updated when proposed funding
levels change.
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is a block grant
program under which the federal government gives annual grants to states, the District of
Columbia, U.S. territories and commonwealths, and Indian tribal organizations to operate
multi-component home energy assistance programs for needy households.1 Established
in 1981 by Title XXVI of P.L. 97-35, LIHEAP has been reauthorized and amended
several times, most recently in 2005, when P.L. 109-58 reauthorized annual regular
LIHEAP funds at $5.1 billion per year from FY2005 to FY2007. The total LIHEAP
appropriation for FY2007 was $2.16 billion (P.L. 110-5). In FY2006, $3.161 billion was
1 For additional information on LIHEAP, see CRS Report RL31865, The Low-Income Home
Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP): Program and Funding
, by Libby Perl.

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appropriated for LIHEAP (P.L. 109-149 and P.L. 109-204), the largest amount ever
appropriated for the program.
The LIHEAP statute provides for two types of program funding: regular funds and
contingency funds. Regular funds are allotted to states according to methods prescribed
by the LIHEAP statute.2 The method of allotment may change based on the amount of
funds appropriated by Congress. In FY2007, $1.98 billion was allocated to regular funds,
and in FY2006, $2.48 billion of the total LIHEAP appropriation was distributed as regular
funds. The second type of LIHEAP funding, called contingency funds, may be released
and allotted to one or more states at the discretion of the President and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services (HHS). The contingency funds may be released at any point
in the fiscal year to meet additional home energy assistance needs created by a natural
disaster or other emergency.3 In FY2007, Congress appropriated $181 million for
contingency funds. The amount provided for contingency funds in FY2006 was $681
million.
FY2007 Funding and Proposed FY2008 Funding
For FY2007, Congress appropriated $1.98 billion in LIHEAP regular funds (P.L.
110-5). Column (b) of Table 1 shows the amount of funds allocated to each state at an
appropriation of $1.98 billion. A supplemental appropriations bill that is pending in the
House, H.R. 1591, would increase FY2007 regular fund appropriations by $200 million
for a total of $2.18 billion. Column (c) of Table 1 shows state allocations at an
appropriation of $2.18 billion. The Senate’s version of the FY2007 supplemental
appropriations bill, S. 965, would add $320 million to LIHEAP regular fund
appropriations, for a total of $2.30 billion in FY2007. Column (d) shows allotments to
the states at $2.30 billion. The President’s FY2008 budget requested $1.5 billion for
regular block grant funds. Column (e) of Table 1 shows the estimated amount of funds
each state would receive at an appropriation of $1.5 billion. Column (a) shows the
amount allotted to each state in FY2006, when $2.48 billion was appropriated for regular
LIHEAP funds.
Following Table 1, Table 2 shows estimated allocations to the states at various
hypothetical appropriations levels. These amounts are $1.75 billion, $2.0 billion, $2.25
billion, $2.5 billion, $2.75 billion, $3.0 billion, $4.0 billion, and $5.1 billion (the amount
at which the LIHEAP program was last authorized in P.L. 109-58).
2 See Section 2604(a)-(d) of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act (Title XXVI of P.L.
97-35), as amended. The section is codified at 42 U.S.C. §8623(a)-(d) (2002).
3 Depending on how Congress appropriates them, contingency funds may remain available for
distribution in more than one fiscal year or they may expire with the fiscal year for which they
were appropriated.

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Table 1. LIHEAP State Regular Fund Allotments for FY2006 and
FY2007, and Estimated State Allotments for Proposals in H.R. 1591,
S. 965, and the President’s FY2008 Budget
($ in millions)
FY2006
FY2007
FY2007
FY2007
President’s
regular fund
regular fund
regular fund
regular fund
FY2008
allotments:
allotments:
proposal in
proposal in
regular fund
$2.48
$1.98
H.R. 1591:
S. 965:
request:
billiona
billionb
$2.18 billionc $2.30 billionc $1.50 billiond
State
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Alabama
31.310
16.769
22.252
25.443
12.647
Alaska
12.572
10.704
10.828
11.649
8.073
Arizona
15.142
8.110
10.762
12.304
6.116
Arkansas
22.765
12.796
16.980
19.414
9.650
California
153.184
89.963
119.378
136.493
67.847
Colorado
31.729
31.367
31.729
31.729
23.656
Connecticut
47.809
40.920
41.961
44.300
30.860
Delaware
10.141
5.431
7.207
8.240
4.096
District of Columbia
7.852
6.355
6.891
7.276
4.793
Florida
49.542
26.534
35.210
40.258
20.011
Georgia
39.170
20.979
27.839
31.830
15.822
Hawaii
2.555
2.113
2.242
2.367
1.593
Idaho
14.370
12.235
12.376
13.316
9.227
Illinois
145.959
113.259
128.104
135.246
85.415
Indiana
53.986
51.280
51.872
51.872
38.674
Iowa
36.762
36.343
36.762
36.762
27.409
Kansas
26.798
16.690
22.148
24.832
12.587
Kentucky
44.347
26.686
35.412
40.489
20.126
Louisiana
32.010
17.144
22.750
26.011
12.929
Maine
26.815
26.509
26.815
26.815
19.992
Maryland
58.499
31.332
41.576
47.537
23.629
Massachusetts
82.797
81.853
82.797
82.797
61.730
Michigan
108.770
107.529
108.770
108.770
81.094
Minnesota
78.363
77.469
78.363
78.363
58.424
Mississippi
26.843
14.377
19.078
21.813
10.843
Missouri
59.541
45.240
52.258
55.171
34.118
Montana
16.856
14.351
14.517
15.618
10.823
Nebraska
21.109
17.973
18.180
19.560
13.555
Nevada
7.112
3.809
5.054
5.779
2.873
New Hampshire
18.197
15.493
15.672
16.861
11.684
New Jersey
77.540
75.988
76.865
76.865
57.307
New Mexico
11.925
10.153
10.454
11.049
7.657
New York
250.974
248.112
250.974
250.974
187.116
North Carolina
69.038
36.976
49.066
56.101
27.886
North Dakota
18.310
15.590
15.770
16.966
11.757
Ohio
122.259
100.194
107.303
113.285
75.563
Oklahoma
28.780
15.415
20.455
23.387
11.625
Oregon
24.591
24.311
24.591
24.591
18.334
Pennsylvania
134.810
133.273
134.810
134.810
100.509

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FY2006
FY2007
FY2007
FY2007
President’s
regular fund
regular fund
regular fund
regular fund
FY2008
allotments:
allotments:
proposal in
proposal in
regular fund
$2.48
$1.98
H.R. 1591:
S. 965:
request:
billiona
billionb
$2.18 billionc $2.30 billionc $1.50 billiond
State
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Rhode Island
15.825
13.473
13.629
14.663
10.161
South Carolina
24.867
13.318
17.673
20.207
10.044
South Dakota
14.871
12.662
12.808
13.780
9.549
Tennessee
46.363
27.033
35.871
41.014
20.387
Texas
82.421
44.144
58.578
66.976
33.292
Utah
17.120
14.576
14.745
15.863
10.993
Vermont
13.639
11.613
11.747
12.638
8.758
Virginia
71.259
38.166
50.645
57.905
28.783
Washington
40.450
39.988
40.450
40.450
30.158
West Virginia
23.818
17.660
20.905
22.070
13.319
Wisconsin
70.538
69.733
70.538
70.538
52.590
Wyoming
6.854
5.836
5.903
6.351
4.401
Total
2,449.16
1,949.83
2,149.563
2,269.400
1,470.48
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS) calculations based on factors provided by the Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS) in December 2005.
Note: These estimates take into account current program practice where HHS sets aside funds out of the
regular LIHEAP fund appropriation for the territories, training and technical assistance, leveraging incentive
grants, and the Residential Energy Assistance Challenge Option Program (REACH). This has implications
for the total amount of funds going directly to the states. For example, an appropriation of $1.98 billion is
estimated to result in $1.95 billion in regular LIHEAP funds going directly to the states, after the amounts
for these set-asides are subtracted from the total appropriation.
a. The total regular fund appropriation for FY2006 was $2.48 billion, $1.98 of which was appropriated in
P.L. 109-149, and $500 million in P.L. 109-204. Initially, P.L. 109-149 appropriated $2.0 billion for
regular funds, but the amount was subject to a 1% across-the-board rescission, resulting in a $1.98 billion
appropriation (P.L. 109-148). In addition, both training and technical assistance and the leveraging
incentive and REACH funds were reduced by 1% in column (a).
b. Congress approved a year-long continuing resolution for FY2007 (P.L. 110-5), which was enacted on
February 15, 2007. The law provides that LIHEAP receive the same amount of funds for FY2007 that were
appropriated for FY2006 in P.L. 109-149, as reduced by a 1% rescission (P.L. 109-148). The HHS FY2008
budget justifications for the LIHEAP program reserve $27.225 million for leveraging incentive grants and
$297,000 for training and technical assistance.
c. Amounts for leveraging incentive grants ($27.225 million) and training and technical assistance
($297,000) have been removed.
d. The President’s FY2008 request would set aside $27.225 million for leveraging incentive grants and
$297,000 for training and technical assistance.

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Table 2. LIHEAP Estimated State Allotments
at Hypothetical Regular Fund Appropriations Levels
($ in millions)
$1.75 billion
$2.0 billion
$2.25 billion
$2.5 billion
$2.75 billion
$3.0 billion
$4.0 billion
$5.1 billion
State
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
Alabama
14.792
16.939
24.054 31.971
40.576
47.024
67.511
87.205
Alaska
9.442
10.812
11.392 12.673
13.955
15.236
20.363
26.002
Arizona
7.153
8.192
11.633 15.461
19.623
22.741
32.649
42.233
Arkansas
11.287
12.925
18.354 22.948
25.269
27.589
36.872
47.082
California
79.353
90.872
129.040
154.416
170.031
185.646
248.107
316.814
Colorado
27.668
31.684
31.729
31.729
31.729
34.080
45.546
58.158
Connecticut
36.094
41.333
43.320
48.194
53.067
57.941
77.435
98.878
Delaware
4.791
5.486
7.791 10.355
11.738
12.816
17.128
21.871
District of Columbia
5.605
6.419
7.115
7.915
8.715
9.516
12.717
16.239
Florida
23.405
26.802
38.060
50.587
64.204
74.406
106.823
138.181
Georgia
18.505
21.191
30.092
39.997
50.763
58.830
84.460
109.253
Hawaii
1.864
2.134
2.315 2.575
2.836
3.096
4.138
5.284
Idaho
10.792
12.359
13.021 14.486
15.951
17.416
23.275
29.721
Illinois
99.901
114.403
132.254 147.132
162.011
176.890
236.404
301.871
Indiana
45.232
51.798
51.872 54.420
59.924
65.427
87.440
111.654
Iowa
32.057
36.710
36.762 36.762
36.762
36.762
47.595
60.776
Kansas
14.722
16.859
23.940 27.014
29.746
32.477
43.405
55.424
Kentucky
23.539
26.956
38.278 44.704
49.224
53.745
71.828
91.718
Louisiana
15.122
17.317
24.591 32.685
41.483
48.075
66.623
85.072
Maine
23.383
26.777
26.815
26.815
26.815
27.561
36.834
47.034
Maryland
27.636
31.648
44.941
59.733
73.382
80.121
107.078
136.730
Massachusetts
72.199
82.680
82.797 82.797
84.738
92.520
123.648
157.890
Michigan
94.847
108.616
108.770 108.770
108.770
116.941
156.286
199.566
Minnesota
68.332
78.251
78.363 78.363
78.363
78.363
78.363
90.280
Mississippi
12.682
14.522
20.622 27.410
34.788
40.316
57.881
74.871
Missouri
39.904
45.697
53.950 60.020
66.089
72.159
96.436
123.142
Montana
12.659
14.496
15.273 16.991
18.709
20.428
27.300
34.861
Nebraska
15.853
18.155
19.127
21.279
23.431
25.583
34.190
43.658

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$1.75 billion
$2.0 billion
$2.25 billion
$2.5 billion
$2.75 billion
$3.0 billion
$4.0 billion
$5.1 billion
State
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
Nevada
3.360
3.847
5.463 7.262
9.216
10.681
15.334
19.836
New Hampshire
13.666
15.650
16.488
18.343
20.198
22.053
29.472
37.634
New Jersey
67.026
76.756
76.865
78.163
86.068
93.972
125.589
160.368
New Mexico
8.956
10.256
10.805
12.021
13.236
14.452
19.314
24.663
New York
218.850
250.618
250.974
250.974
253.185
276.436
369.444
471.752
North Carolina
32.615
37.350
53.038
70.494
88.265
96.371
128.795
164.462
North Dakota
13.751
15.747
16.591
18.457
20.324
22.190
29.656
37.869
Ohio
88.377
101.207
110.779 123.242
135.705
148.167
198.018
252.854
Oklahoma
13.597
15.570
22.110 29.388
34.672
37.856
50.593
64.604
Oregon
21.444
24.557
24.591 24.591
24.591
24.906
33.286
42.504
Pennsylvania
117.555
134.619
134.810 134.810
146.256
159.688
213.415
272.515
Rhode Island
11.884
13.610
14.339 15.952
17.565
19.178
25.631
32.728
South Carolina
11.748
13.453
19.103
25.391
32.226
37.347
53.618
69.357
South Dakota
11.168
12.790
13.475
14.991
16.507
18.023
24.086
30.756
Tennessee
23.844
27.306
38.775 46.736
51.462
56.188
75.093
95.888
Texas
38.938
44.590
63.319 84.160
106.814
123.787
177.718
229.887
Utah
12.857
14.724
15.513 17.258
19.003
20.748
27.729
35.407
Vermont
10.243
11.730
12.358 13.749
15.139
16.529
22.091
28.208
Virginia
33.664
38.551
54.744 72.762
80.357
87.737
117.256
149.727
Washington
35.272
40.392
40.450
40.450
40.450
40.450
50.121
64.001
West Virginia
15.577
17.839
21.582 24.010
26.438
28.866
38.578
49.261
Wisconsin
61.509
70.438
70.538
70.538
70.538
70.538
82.545
105.404
Wyoming
5.148
5.895
6.211
6.910
7.608
8.307
11.102
14.176
Total
1,719.868
1,969.529
2,219.19
2,468.852
2,718.513
2,968.175
$3,966.821
$5,065.33
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS) calculations based on factors provided by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in December 2005.
Note: For each of these estimates, $27.5 million for leveraging incentive grants, $300,000 for training and technical assistance, and the estimated grants to the territories have been
removed from the total hypothetical grant amounts.