Ninth District Opportunity, Inc. 2009 Heating Program

Households in which every member is age 65 and older, or in which every member is completely unable to leave the home due to health reasons may apply for assistance with their home heating bills beginning on November 2, 2009. The Georgia Department of Human Resources will help pay heating costs for Propane, natural gas, electricity or kerosene. One time payments will be made by checks issued to the home energy suppliers on behalf of eligible households. Eligibility for the program is based on the income of everyone living in the home. All eligible households must be responsible for their home heating bill. Depending on the availability of funds, the regular program will be open to the general public on December 2, 2009.

When applying for assistance, persons will be required to present verification of age for everyone in the home, verification of all household income received within the past 30 days (check stubs, public assistance checks, unemployment checks, etc.), verification of Social Security Numbers for everyone in the home and the most recent home heating bill.

All interested applicants are asked to contact Ninth District Opportunity Inc. at 706-896-4783 after 9:00 AM on the date of the program for which they qualify (November 2 or December 2) . No walk-ins please.

Additional information will be made available online at www.ndo.org.