Ninth District Opportunity will begin taking applications for its home heating assistance program on November 1st. Households in Habersham and 19 other North Georgia counties in which every member is age 65 and older or homebound due to health reasons may apply.
Qualifying households may receive a one- time payment of up to $350 to their primary heating vendor.
When applying for assistance, you must present verification of age for everyone in the home, verification of all household income received within the past 30 days, verification of Social Security numbers for everyone in the home, verification of citizenship, and your most recent home heating bill.
To apply, contact Ninth District Opportunity, Inc.’s scheduling system by phone at 855-636-3101 or through the website www.ndo.org/eap. Applicants that do not meet the required criteria will be denied.
If enough funds are available, the program will open to the general public on December 1st.
For more information visit https://www.ndo.org/web/heating.html.
