heating assistance
Cold-weather financial aid
Heating assistance is financial aid that helps low-income households pay for fuel or utility bills during cold months.
Government programs and nonprofits provide heating assistance to prevent families from losing heat in winter: She applied for heating assistance after losing her job.
The term appears most often in social services contexts.
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- utilityFunctional worth or purpose
- energy billCharge for power consumed
- winterYear's coldest quarter
- cold snapBrief period of bitter chill
bills · cold · warmth · subsidy · weatherization · energy · low-income · propane · utility company · natural gas · thermostat · insulation · blankets · social services · social worker · elderly · fuel · emergency
- benefitsadvantage, healthcare coverage, dental insurance, benefit, health screening
- Social Programswelfare office, unemployment benefits, disability benefits, TANF, family allowances
- assistance programsfood stamps, welfare checks, TANF, Medicaid, Medicare
- government benefitsfood stamps, unemployment insurance, Social Security, disability benefits, veterans benefits
- public assistancefood stamps, welfare office, public housing, cash aid, disability benefits
- social assistancepublic aid, social services, welfare rights, income support, disability support
heating, assistance, assist, heater, heated, heats, unheated, overheat, overheating