(MI Gov. Rick) Snyder asks Senate to preserve federal heating assistance

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Source: Michigan Messenger

Snyder asks Senate to preserve federal heating assistance

‘Winters in Michigan can be brutally cold’
By Eartha Jane Melzer
08.22.11 | 9:47 am


Governor Rick Snyder, together with state utility companies and social service agencies, is warning that federal heating assistance cuts proposed by the Obama administration would have disastrous effects across Michigan.

Congress is now considering President Barack Obama’s proposal to cut funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) by 50 percent.

The block grant program is a major part of the safety net in Michigan and the proposed cut would leave the state with $120 million less to help subsidize heating costs for 1.2 million low income households.

In a letter to the Senate subcommittee that is looking at the plan, Gov. Snyder said that people in Michigan will suffer if the proposal is adopted, telling them that Michigan “would have to either reduce the number of eligible recipients, or reduce the level of assistance to a point that would not cover one month of heating for this coming winter. As you know, winters in Michigan can be brutally cold.”


Read more: http://michiganmessenger.com/51904/snyder-asks-senate-to-preserve-federal-heating-assistance

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