The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is a program that is designed to help low-income families with winter heating costs. If approved, a family will have protection against disconnection until April 1st, 2025. Households may also receive a one-time payment towards their heating bills.
Applicants will need to provide the following documentation:
*All income must be from the same time frame. Please select one of the options and submit all applicable documentation.
Please fill out all the required information and upload all appropriate documents. Documents must be clear and easy to read for a speedy application review process. Incorrect information and incorrect or poorly uploaded documents can delay your application process.
If you have questions or issues with the application process, please contact us at energyassistance@impactcap.org or call 515-518-4770.
You must live in one of IMPACT's service counties in Iowa to use this online application. If you do not live in Boone, Jasper, Marion, Polk, or Warren County, please use this link to find your local community action agency.
ATTENTION: To assist with restoring your services as quickly as possible, please call or text 515-518-4770 or email energyassistance@impactcap.org immediately and inform our staff that your services have been disconnected.
We discourage continuing with your online application if your services have already been disconnected. If you choose to continue applying online please be aware that there will be a delay in the processing of your application.
Because you have more than 5 adults, we will have an IMPACT staff member call you to collect the additional adult household member's information. Please complete the application and add any children to the household.
Because you have more than 10 children in your household, we will have an IMPACT staff member call you to collect the additional children's information. Please continue the application.
Households can qualify in one of the following ways:
*You may be contacted by a member of our team to gather additional information or documentation.
Please upload your 2023 or 2024 IRS 1040 Tax forms for your household
INCOME DOCUMENTS MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING TO BE VALID:
Please upload all 2023 or 2024 W2s for each household member who had employment income.
Please upload all documentation for income received in the past 30 days for all household members.
This type of document verification may include:
Please certify that you understand the following and sign:
I am hereby making application for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), I understand that my signature or my verbal consent gives permission to the agency processing this application to use the information I have provided to determine my household's eligibility for these programs and for other programs administered by this agency for which I have applied. Further, I hereby give permission to the State of Iowa, the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the agency processing this application to obtain additional information from my energy supplier about my household usage and payment history. I also give permission to the State of Iowa to release application information to my energy supplier and to provide details about my account and usage to the LIHEAP Assistance Programs as necessary to facilitate the receipt of benefits.
My signature on this application or my verbal consent certifies, under penalty of the law, the following:
1) All information and documentation associated with this application is accurate and complete to the best of my ability.
2) I declare I am the only person in the household who has or will apply for these programs.
3) I understand that any willful misrepresentation of the information provided is subject to program disqualification and penalty of law.
4) If applicable, I authorize the weatherization of my house at no cost to me or my family. This includes authorizing the agency to contact my landlord for permission to weatherize the home when applicable. I understand that signing this application does not guarantee I will receive weatherization assistance