With heat waves lasting longer into fall than planned, utility bills stay high, Michigan and other states step into help
LIHEAP Action Day always has a spirit of celebration as community leaders, program administrators and local service providers from across the country travel to Washington, DC to educate their Congressional delegations about the impact of LIHEAP in their communities. As LIHEAP.org turns twenty years old, it’s inspiring and a little bit humbling to reflect on how the event that we helped conceive of and organize decades ago has grown to a massive movement including over 200 delegates from 35 states.
The Nor’Easter that slammed New England was a fitting reminder for why LIHEAP Action Day is a critical day for LIHEAP. Each year, advocates from around the nation gather on Capitol Hill in a unified effort to lobby their respective Congressional delegations about the importance of LIHEAP.
Note: The following opinion-editorial piece was submitted to the St. Louis Post Dispatch in coordination with the Office of Mayor Krewson in St. Louis, MO. “To have an advocate like Senator Blunt fighting for this program and these individuals is something our city, and communities across Missouri and the nation, should not take for granted.”
