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Linking Volunteers to Quality e-Learning Solutions
Regional Library for the Blind Serves Jefferson County Library Also Serves Low Vision Readers
Stay Warm This Winter in PA
This winter, record prices are expected for natural gas and home heating fuel. That's why Pennsylvania wants to help you prepare, so you can save energy, money and stay warm this winter. Whether it's assistance paying home heating bills or tips on weatherizing your home, there are resources and funds that can help you stay warm this winter. For more information, contact Jefferson County Area Agency on Aging, or visit www.staywarmpa.com
NEED Help with heating bills and emergency situations - Contact your local County Assistance Office at (814) 938-2990 or (800) 242-8214 or apply for LIHEAP online at www.compass.state.pa.us
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program helps low income families pay their heating bills. It's a grant, so you don't have to pay it back. LIHEAP offers both cash and crisis grants, and is open for applications around November and ends around March, call your assistance office for the exact dates. Cash grants help families pay their heat bill. the grant payment is sent directly to your utility company or fuel provider and it will be credited to your bill. Crisis grants help families that have a emergency and are in danger of being without heat, this includes: A fuel shortage, shut-off's, and broken heating equipment (like a furnace or leaking lines).
NEED Help with your electric bill, Call Community Action and ask them about their CAP Program. (814) 938-3302 or (800) 648-3381. Pennsylvania’s major gas and electric utilities are required to provide Customer Assistance Programs (CAPs), which generally provide a percentage of bill plan or a percentage of income payment plan, wherein low-income customers’ utility payments are based upon their incomes and/or utility bills. Some programs include utility arrearage forgiveness; others provide flat rate discounts or bill credits.You can check out 2008 Low-Income Energy Programs at http://www.liheapch.acf.hhs.gov/profiles/Penn.htm
Make your home more energy efficient - Contact Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development toll free at 1-866-466-3972.
Help with utility billing disputes and termination notices - The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) can help to resolve billing disputes with utility companies. Call 1-800-782-1110. For help with a termination notice, call the PUC at 1-800-692-7380. Consumers should first try to resolve problems directly with their utility company before calling the PUC.
Linking Volunteers to Quality e-Learning Solutions
Link & Learn Taxes, linking volunteers to quality-learning is the web-based program providing five courses: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Military and International, along with a refresher course for returning volunteers. This training prepares SPEC partners and volunteers to provide quality tax return preparation services in their local communities. This fun, interactive course teaches the basics to accurately prepare income tax returns for individuals AND users can obtain volunteer certification along the way at their own pace. Check out the following web page for details: www.irs.gov/app/vita/index.jsp
Regional Library for the Blind Serves Jefferson County Library Also Serves Low Vision Readers
Do you find yourself needing larger print to read? Does a friend or relative have trouble holding a book or turning pages? Large print books or books on tape may be the answer. The regional Carnegie Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (LBPH) can help.
Most of the library's customers are seniors who are not blind but have low vision. Conditions such as diabetes or macular degeneration are two of the causes. Others who use the library's services have severe arthritis or Parkinson's that make holding a book difficult.
Residents of Jefferson County can order books on tape or large print books by phone or online and receive them promptly by mail in special mailing containers. They can be returned to the library postage-free by dropping them off in the nearest mailbox or giving them to your postal carrier. Borrowing books by mail is completely free.
Registration for library service can be done by mail. All that's required is a signature by a professional, such as a family doctor, social worker, librarian or optometrist to certify your disability. For further information, call toll free 1-800-242-0586 or e-mail the library at lbph@carnegielibrary .
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