{"id":1900,"date":"2022-07-25T14:55:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T21:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2022-07-25T14:55:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T21:55:01","slug":"eid-low-income-household-water-assistance-program-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/07\/25\/eid-low-income-household-water-assistance-program-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"EID Low Income Household Water Assistance Program \u2014 Now Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>EID<\/pre>\n<p>(PLACERVILLE, CALIFORNIA) July 25, 2022 \u2014 EID is enrolled in the federally funded Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP). This program offers low-income households a one-time payment for outstanding bills for residential water and\/or wastewater expenses.<\/p>\n<p>El Dorado Irrigation District (EID) is enrolled in the federally funded Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP). This program offers low-income households a\u00a0<b>one-time payment<\/b>\u00a0for outstanding bills for residential water and\/or wastewater expenses. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government awarded California funding to help households struggling to afford the costs of water and wastewater services.<\/p>\n<p>LIHWAP may be able to help you pay your EID water or wastewater residential utility bill, assist with an emergency or water crisis, such as a service disconnection, or prevent another adverse effect such as debt collection or lien placement.<\/p>\n<p>The amount of assistance will depend on the past due balance of your household\u2019s residential water and\/or wastewater bills.<\/p>\n<p>Households whose utility payments are included in their rent may also be eligible.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, program participation is limited to households receiving services from water and wastewater providers enrolled LIHWAP to receive the payment of assistance benefits.\u00a0<b>EID is enrolled and our customers are eligible to apply<\/b>. Visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eid.org\/customers\/low-income-assistance-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.eid.org\/customers\/low-income-assistance-program&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1658871143240000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Sr7_FsQXZWH0HKGXSFLSD\">District&#8217;s Low Income Assistance Programs<\/a>\u00a0webpage for additional information and resources.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>To apply, please contact the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) at (530) 621-6150, or visit their office located at the Placerville Senior Community Center at 937 Spring Street. Visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edcgov.us\/heap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.edcgov.us\/heap&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1658871143240000&amp;usg=AOvVaw12N1bwCk8hrvzRwYW4jTJi\">HHSA Home Energy Assistance Programs (HEAP) webpage<\/a>\u00a0for more information and eligibility requirements.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Federally Funded Program for Income-Eligible Households<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1902,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions\/1902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}