HEAP Season Starting Soon

Sullivan County’s HEAP Office is staffed by these friendly and helpful employees! The team includes, from the left, HEAP Coordinator Rosemary Wolff, HEAP Account Clerk Mardette Wilcox, Social Welfare Examiner Jaime Vetere, and account clerks Rosalie Crespo, Amanda Ford and Ashley Boyd. Missing from the photo are Account Clerk Nicole Morris and Senior Social Welfare Examiner Dawn Anglin.

Liberty, NY – The 2026-2027 Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) season kicks off next week.

“HEAP’s Regular component – offering a one-time payment to help buy fuel to heat a home – begins Monday, November 2,” notes Sullivan County Social Services Commissioner Giselle Steketee. “But the Heating Equipment Repair & Replacement (HERR) and the Heating Equipment Clean & Tune (C&T) components have already begun. They provide funding to have trained professionals inspect, service and even replace furnaces, boilers, stoves and other heating equipment for the homeowner.”

Eligibility and benefits are based on income, household size, the primary heating source, and whether or not the household has a member who is under age 6, over age 60 or permanently disabled. You may qualify even if you think you won’t, so to apply for a 2026-2027 HEAP grant, go to https://mybenefits.ny.gov/mybenefits/begin or call 845-807-0142.

In-person applications are being accepted at Office for the Aging and the Department of Social Services, but please call ahead to confirm.

Applications can also be obtained from the County’s community partners (please call first):

• Action Toward Independence, 845-794-4228
• Independent Living, 845-794-3322
• Sullivan County Office for the Aging, 845-807-0241

Income thresholds for 2026-2027 Regular HEAP:

The Sullivan County HEAP Office can be reached at 845-807-0142 (hit option #2) or HEAP@sullivanny.gov. The fax number is 845-292-4651.