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bucolic_frolic

(54,076 posts)
6. Meaning LIHEAP I think
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 08:46 AM
Apr 2025

So after taking health care and food away, now they'll freeze people to death.

503c refers to non-profit tax exempt organizations.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-admin-fires-staff-liheap-agency-utilities-assistance-program-rcna199177

The Trump administration on Tuesday eliminated the entire staff of a federal program that helps low-income households pay utility bills, sources said.

The staff of 10 employees accounted for only a small fraction of the 10,000 layoffs included in Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s purge of the Department of Health and Human Services. But those who work closely with the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, now fear for its future.

“Ultimately, I believe the program will crumble from within without the federal office there to manage it,” said Andrew Germain, who was director of fiscal operations and accountability for the Administration for Children and Families, the HHS division that leads dozens of programs from welfare assistance to child-abuse prevention.

Germain and his team were responsible for conducting oversight and providing technical assistance to such community services, including LIHEAP. He received an email from HHS around 5 a.m. ET Tuesday informing him that he would be placed on administrative leave until June 2. The Office of Personnel Management requires federal employees be given 60 days’ notice before the effective date of workforce cuts.

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Can anyone make sense of this? Prairie Gates Apr 2025 #1
i agree, im sorry will robinson, but that dose not compute . saving money on the backs of the poor AllaN01Bear Apr 2025 #2
What I get s that Trump has eliminated a program that helped people with heating? mucholderthandirt Apr 2025 #3
I would also like to see PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2025 #4
can yoiu do it better. AllaN01Bear Apr 2025 #5
Thanks for posting. I want to know what evil is being done to people delisen Apr 2025 #11
well said. hear hear. AllaN01Bear Apr 2025 #12
We've got a whole thread of people trying to DECODE the OP. Including me, & I'm good at it. Hekate Apr 2025 #16
If I had a clue what it means, I definitely could. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2025 #14
The person that wrote this doesn't need to do a damn thing... LuckyCharms Apr 2025 #17
Meaning LIHEAP I think bucolic_frolic Apr 2025 #6
that is correct, l heap. hem AllaN01Bear Apr 2025 #7
I think you are correct. Probably not only heating but cooling in the summer in the red areas. LiberalArkie Apr 2025 #8
thanks for the information. AllaN01Bear Apr 2025 #13
Okay, treat the posted text as a mystery to be solved. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2025 #15
It's never easy to see someone you care about Torchlight Apr 2025 #9
friend didnt loose his job, but this is sage advice for anyone . eggscllent and thank you AllaN01Bear Apr 2025 #10
i am deletingg this post. bye AllaN01Bear Apr 2025 #18
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