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(Cleveland)- Ninth District Opportunity, Inc. has announced home heating help for the elderly and homebound for the areas they service including White County. Households in which every member is age 65 or older or is homebound due to health reasons may apply for assistance with their home heating bills beginning November first.
The Georgia Department of Human Services will help pay heating cost for gas or electric.
When applying for assistance, persons will present verification of age for everyone in the home, verification of all household income received within the past 30 days, verification of Social Security numbers of everyone in the home, verification of citizenship and the most recent heating source and electric bill.
All eligible applicants are asked to contact Ninth District Opportunity, Inc.’s scheduling system beginning November first by phone at 855-636-3101 or through the website www.ndo.org/eap. Depending on the availability of funds, the regular program will open to the general public on December first.
Only households 65 years of age and older or homebound due to health reason may apply. Applicants that do not meet the required criteria will be denied.
Hey I’m trying to schedule an appointment for my grandmother who is 69 years old trying to see how to go about doing so. Thank you.
You must call the number to schedule an appointment.