Kentucky households that struggle with winter heating bills can apply for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, known as LIHEAP, fall subsidy starting Nov. 9, 2026. Applications run through Dec. 18, or until the money is gone. No shutoff notice is needed to apply for this part of the program, and the benefit is paid straight to the household’s heating fuel vendor.
Kentucky runs LIHEAP through local Community Action agencies, which take the applications for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. One Community Action agency’s LIHEAP page puts the dates in one line: Fall Subsidy runs from 11/9/2026 through 12/18/2026 “or until funds are depleted.” That wording matters, because an application that arrives late in the window may find nothing left to pay it…