Iowa’s winter heating help has been open since October 1 for households with someone 60 or older, and everyone else can start applying on November 1. The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, known as LIHEAP, takes applications for the rest of the winter, through April 30, 2027.
That makes two groups and three dates: an early window that opened October 1, a general opening on November 1, and a close on April 30. The dates come from the Iowa Utilities Commission and the state Department of Health and Human Services, which runs the program.
Older households went first
The early window is for households with at least one member who is 60 or older, or who has a disability. Iowa’s HHS page says those applications are accepted “on a first-come, first-served basis” from October 1. The Iowa Utilities Commission describes the same arrangement as early applications accepted during October…