5 Year Total LIHEAP Block Grant Allotment FY 20032007

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5 Year Total LIHEAP Block Grant Allotment (FY
2003-2007) While LIHEAP is intended to assist
low-income families with their year-round home
energy needs, Congress often perceives it as a
heating assistance program only. This chart
underscores the funding inequity in the LIHEAP
program by comparing the Total Block Grant
Allotment (for FY 2003-2007) for the 27 cold
weather states, which accounted for only 47
percent of the eligible population yet received
69.5 percent of the allotment, with the 23 warm
weather states, which accounted for 53 percent of
the eligible population yet received only 30.5
percent of the allotment.
69.5 6,692,105,552
27 COLD WEATHER STATES 47 OF INCOME ELIGIBLE
HOUSEHOLDS Alaska Colorado Connecticut Idaho Illi
nois Indiana Iowa Maine Massachusetts Michigan
Minnesota Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New
Jersey New York North Dakota Ohio Oregon Pennsylva
nia Rhode Island South Dakota Utah Vermont Washing
ton Wisconsin Wyoming
23 WARM WEATHER STATES 53 OF INCOME ELIGIBLE
HOUSEHOLDS Alabama Arizona Arkansas California De
laware Florida Georgia Hawaii Kansas Kentucky Loui
siana Maryland Mississippi Missouri Nevada New
Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma South
Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia
30.5 2,945,300,068
Produced by the Southern Governors Association
Population figures are based on HHS
Administration for Children and Families
statistics (Average of 2001, 2002 and 2003
state-level estimate).
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5 Year Total LIHEAP Contingency Allotment (FY
2003-2007) While LIHEAP is intended to assist
low-income families with their year-round home
energy needs, Congress often perceives it as a
heating assistance program only. This chart
underscores the funding inequity in the LIHEAP
program by comparing the Contingency Allotment
(for FY 2003-2007) for the 27 cold weather
states, which accounted for only 47 percent of
the eligible population yet received 80.5 percent
of the allotment, with the 23 warm weather
states, which accounted for 53 percent of the
eligible population yet received only 19.5
percent of the allotment.
80.5 1,144,019,270
27 COLD WEATHER STATES 47 OF INCOME ELIGIBLE
HOUSEHOLDS Alaska Colorado Connecticut Idaho Illi
nois Indiana Iowa Maine Massachusetts Michigan
Minnesota Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New
Jersey New York North Dakota Ohio Oregon Pennsylva
nia Rhode Island South Dakota Utah Vermont Washing
ton Wisconsin Wyoming
23 WARM WEATHER STATES 53 OF INCOME ELIGIBLE
HOUSEHOLDS Alabama Arizona Arkansas California De
laware Florida Georgia Hawaii Kansas Kentucky Loui
siana Maryland Mississippi Missouri Nevada New
Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma South
Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia
19.5 276,408,164
Produced by the Southern Governors Association
Population figures are based on HHS
Administration for Children and Families
statistics (Average of 2001, 2002 and 2003
state-level estimate).
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5 Year Total LIHEAP Total Allotment (FY
2003-2007) While LIHEAP is intended to assist
low-income families with their year-round home
energy needs, Congress often perceives it as a
heating assistance program only. This chart
underscores the funding inequity in the LIHEAP
program by comparing the Total Allotment (for FY
2003-2007) for the 27 cold weather states, which
accounted for only 47 percent of the eligible
population yet received 71 percent of the
allotment, with the 23 warm weather states, which
accounted for 53 percent of the eligible
population yet received only 29 percent of the
allotment.
71 7,843,239,200
27 COLD WEATHER STATES 47 OF INCOME ELIGIBLE
HOUSEHOLDS Alaska Colorado Connecticut Idaho Illi
nois Indiana Iowa Maine Massachusetts Michigan
Minnesota Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New
Jersey New York North Dakota Ohio Oregon Pennsylva
nia Rhode Island South Dakota Utah Vermont Washing
ton Wisconsin Wyoming
23 WARM WEATHER STATES 53 OF INCOME ELIGIBLE
HOUSEHOLDS Alabama Arizona Arkansas California De
laware Florida Georgia Hawaii Kansas Kentucky Loui
siana Maryland Mississippi Missouri Nevada New
Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma South
Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia
29 3,214,506,845
Produced by the Southern Governors Association
Population figures are based on HHS
Administration for Children and Families
statistics (Average of 2001, 2002 and 2003
state-level estimate).