Project Warmth
Get Emergency Heat Assistance
Receive an emergency, one-time grant to pay your heating costs.
Get Heat Help Now
Get heat assistance through Project Warmth for yourself or a loved one. Dial 211 or call the United Way at 888-774-7633.
Help from the United Way of Long Island
Project Warmth is an emergency assistance program administered by United Way of Long Island to help low-income families and individuals with energy emergencies. You may be eligible to receive a one-time grant to pay for heating costs.
Are you eligible?
To receive funds from Project Warmth, you must:
- Be a resident of Nassau or Suffolk Counties, or the Rockaways
- Show financial need
- Provide an acceptable explanation for any unpaid energy bills
- Applicants must have first exhausted or been denied emergency HEAP assistance.
- Have not topped off your oil tank in any previous year
Project Warmth is available until funds are exhausted.