{"id":29589,"date":"2020-07-01T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=29589"},"modified":"2020-06-30T09:07:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T13:07:57","slug":"new-2020-summer-cooling-program-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/new-2020-summer-cooling-program-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW 2020 SUMMER COOLING PROGRAM CHANGES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"
PAULDING EVENTS: Wednesday July 29th from 12:00-2:00 p.m. West Ohio Food Bank food distribution at the Paulding County Fairgrounds, 501 Fairground Dr, Paulding. Clients will need to fill out paperwork at the pick up site.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

 Northwestern Ohio Community Action Commission will begin accepting applications for the HEAP Summer Crisis program July 1, 2020 and will continue through September 30, 2020<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program will offer the following assistance: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 electric bill payment and\/or <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 air conditioner or fan and\/or <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 central air unit repair (cannot exceed program max benefit amount) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Eligibility<\/strong>: Can help disconnects and those on PIPP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Temporary Suspended<\/strong>: Walk-in hours not available at this time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be eligible, the household must be within 175% of the Federal Poverty guidelines ($45,850 annual income for a family of four) and meet one of the qualifications below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Individuals with a Documented Medical Condition \u2013 A member of the household has a documented medical condition verified by a licensed physician, registered nurse practitioner, or physician assistant stating, \u201cDue to an illness, this client would benefit from continued electric service and\/or air conditioning.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Individuals Age 60 and Over \u2013 At least one member of the household is 60 years of age or older. No medical documentation needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Defaulted PIPP or 1st PIPP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Households whose electric has been shut off, disconnection notice, or is establishing new serve<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Appointment Requirements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Income for the past 30 days, electric and gas bill, social security cards for everyone in the household, and disability proof (if applicable) are required for every appointment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 NOCAC assisted over 918 households during our 2019 summer program year: 663 electric payments, 268 air conditioner units, 194 fans, and 10 central air unit repairs provided. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To schedule an appointment, please contact our toll free hotline number at 419-219-4641 or visit www.nocac.org\/emergency-services to schedule online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

 Northwestern Ohio Community Action Commission will begin accepting applications for the HEAP Summer Crisis program July 1, 2020 and will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Nocac-Ohio-Food-Bank.png?fit=666%2C466&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-7Hf","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 12:42:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}