Mid Central Community Action offers energy bill assistance

Posted on May 7, 2018
Mid Central Community Action
Mid Central Community Action is helping those in need. (WJBC file photo)

By Crystal Donaldson

BLOOMINGTON – Mid Central Community Action is continuing to offer energy bill assistance to those in need.

MCCA offers the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, to residents in both McLean and Livingston counties.

Livingston County residents are eligible for the ComEd CARE Residential Special Hardship.

“Our goal at Mid Central Community Action is to help people achieve a level of financial security,” said Matthew Drat from the MCCA. “But also after they achieve that, to sustain that. So let us help you.”

Drat said the organization also offers income support and financial coaches.

“There are several thousand households between McLean and Livingston County that we help annually through LIHEAP. About ten thousand households, whether they be an individual or a family, are helped annually through all the programs at Mid Central Community Action.”

Crystal Donaldson can be reached at [email protected].

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