LIHEAP is a Federal program that helps low income households pay for heating and/or cooling their homes. 

In particular, LIHEAP seeks to make home energy more affordable for two groups of low income households that have the highest home energy needs: 

o  vulnerable households which include frail older individuals, individuals with disabilities, and very young children. These households face serious health risks if they do not have adequate heating or cooling in their homes.

o high energy burden households which include those households with the lowest incomes and highest home energy costs. These households face safety risks in trying to heat or cool their homes if they can not pay their heating or cooling fuel bills.

Consequently, households with the highest home energy needs are more likely to face health and safety risks. For more information, you may wish to visit this site:  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/liheap/consumer_information/index.html#health