DCA PRESS RELEASE

DCA

DCA PRESS RELEASE

DCA Notifies Households with Overdue Electric and Natural Gas Bills that Utility Relief Is Available

 

Dear Community Leader,

Please share the following information with your family, friends and neighbors. Please post this information on all your Social Media platforms and Websites.

Our dear friends and community leaders at  NJ Department of Community Affairs – NJ DCA, shared (see below DCA PRESS RELEASE) information that DCA mailed 350,000 households with overdue electric and natural gas bills to notify them that they are potentially eligible for assistance to pay their utility arrearages. The Department urges people who receive a letter to act quickly and immediately apply for help since the assistance is available for a limited time only.

PROGRAM DETAILS:

Approximately $375 million in federal funding has been allocated for utility arrearages.

For those households that are current on their utility bills, but are still in need of assistance, the LIHEAP and New Jersey Universal Service Fund (USF) program application period opened on October 1, 2021. New Jersey residents can apply online by visiting https://njdca-housing.dynamics365portals.us/en-US/dcaid-services/. To find out if they’re eligible for this assistance, people can use the completely anonymous online screening tool called DCAid by visiting nj.gov/dca/dcaid.

For more information about DCA – Energy Assistance, visit NJ Department of Community Affairs

We are in this together and dedicated to providing a source of stability in these uncertain times. Together, we will pull through this and emerge stronger.

Thank you for ALL you do, and please stay Safe, stay Strong, and stay Healthy!!!

 

David Vinokurov

Customer Outreach Specialist