County of Summit Announces HEAP Services Available Through Akron Summit Community Action, Inc.


The Summit County Department of Job and Family Services is directing citizens in need of home energy assistance to Akron Summit Community Action, Inc. (ASCA Inc.), a local agency offering energy assistance programs to Summit County citizens.

Akron Summit Community Action, Inc. is a private, non-profit corporation dedicated to providing a wide range of diverse and comprehensive services that address the needs of low-income residents of Summit County. There energy assistance programs are:

The Emergency Home Energy Assistance Program (E-HEAP) assists low-income households that are threatened with a utility shut-off notice or that have run out of bulk fuel, such as oil or propane. The Winter Crisis Program (WCP) assists low-income households in danger of having their gas or electric utilities disconnected, have already had service disconnected, or those with less than a ten day supply of bulk fuel. Applications for Emergency HEAP will be accepted November through March.

Through the Summer Crisis Program (SCP), assistance is made to eligible households with an electric utility payment and/or provision of an air conditioner. The Summer Crisis Program is available from June through August.

Throughout the year, Akron Summit Community Action, Inc. also enrolls or re-verifies gas and electric utility customers in the Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP). PIPP is an extended payment
arrangement that requires regulated gas and electric companies to accept payments based on a percentage of the monthly household income.

For more information about any of these programs, please contact the Akron Summit Community Action’s Energy Assistance Program at 330-253-8806, or click on www.aksumcom.org .

Summit County citizens in need of home energy assistance services are being asked to call the Akron Summit Community Action’s 24 Hour Appointment Line at 1-866-504-7400.