The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Division of Energy Assistance (DEA), announced this week that it is releasing $1 billion in state block grants for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for fiscal year 2023. Congress appropriated these funds under the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2023, which Congress included with the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 and signed it into law on December 29, 2022, by President Biden. Read more HERE.