Emergency Assistance is designed to assist with families' sporadic emergency needs, such as a utility cut-off (electric or water) or an eviction notice. The family must have a child under the age of 18, within a certain degree of kinship, living in the home, a verifiable emergency and enough monthly income to maintain the household expenses.

For more information, please call 910-219-4820.

Crisis Intervention Program (CIP) / Low Income Energy Assistance (LIEAP)

CIP is a program for households in a heating or cooling related emergency who have income less that 150% of the poverty level. LIEAP is a program that issues eligible households a credit on their heating bill, once per year. Applications for LIEP begin each year in December, for aged and disabled applicants and in January for all other applicants.

For more information, please call 910-219-4820. View the public notice here.

The public hearing will be Friday, August 20, 2021 from 1pm-2pm via webinar. Please register here.