Kentucky’s one-time fall heating subsidy opens for enrollment on Monday, Nov. 9, and the window closes Friday, Dec. 18. The payment under the state’s plan runs from $21 to $250, and it goes straight to the household’s heating vendor rather than to the household.
Community Action of Southern Kentucky, one of the agencies that runs the program, posted the dates: “Kentucky LIHEAP Fall Subsidy will enroll households from November 9 – December 18, 2026.” Applications are first come, first served, or until funds are depleted.
$21 to $250, Paid to the Vendor
The enrollment notice does not name a dollar figure. The amounts come from Kentucky’s preliminary Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) plan for fiscal 2027, a detailed model plan from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services filed with the legislature in July. It sets the heating benefit at a minimum of $21 and a maximum of $250.
Because the plan is preliminary, the final amounts could differ. The plan does not say what each household will get; last year’s fall notice from the Kentucky Equal Justice Center said the amount depends on housing type, heating fuel type and household income…