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ComEd Reminds Customers to Apply for LIHEAP Bill Assistance by May 31 Deadline
Additional ComEd bill assistance options remain available beyond deadline CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- As the May 31 application deadline approaches for the
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nAdditional ComEd bill assistance options remain available beyond deadline\n\n\n CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nAs the May 31 application deadline approaches for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), a federal program that helps families with energy costs, ComEd encourages eligible Illinois families and individuals to apply now while funding is available.\n\n\nSo far this year, ComEd helped connect more than 93,000 eligible customers to more than $29 million in bill assistance. In all of 2022, ComEd connected 211,000 eligible customers to nearly $129 million in assistance.\n\n\n“While it’s important that eligible customers are aware of the coming LIHEAP application deadline, it’s also important to know that ComEd has bill-assistance options to help customers with past-due balances all year round,” said Melissa Washington, ComEd's chief customer officer and senior vice president of customer operations. “If you feel you could be struggling with bills, you can contact ComEd to find an assistance option that best fits your need, then learn about other programs that may help you avoid this situation in the future.”\n\n\nTo help remove barriers customers sometimes face when accessing assistance options, ComEd works with community action agencies across northern Illinois to help connect customers with bill-assistance options that get them back on track.\n\n\nEarlier this year, ComEd launched a series of community resource fairs, which bring together local businesses, community leaders and government agencies to provide, in one place, multiple support services to help families with their finances, health services or finding the skills and jobs they need to thrive.\n\n\nIn January, ComEd collaborated on the first resource fair with Project H.O.O.D. (Helping Others Obtain Destiny), a nonprofit that provides mentorship, training, and community resources for residents of Woodlawn and Englewood.\n\n\n\"As we seek to transform the lives of our community members, it is a great pleasure to work with ComEd and other support organizations to ensure that families are fed and have access to critical and timely resources,\" said Pastor Corey Brooks, founder and executive director of Project H.O.O.D., where ComEd also announced the launch of three, new bill-assistance programs:\n\n\n\nCatch Up and Save: A two-part program that provide...