Tribal LIHEAP Program Duration: Heating, Cooling, and Crisis

[Last updated: 3/27/2025]

Link to: State and Territory LIHEAP Program Duration: Heating, Cooling, and Crisis

Note: The table below, based on information from tribes' LIHEAP model plans and additional research by the LIHEAP Clearinghouse, lists planned FY 2025 opening and closing dates for each grant recipient's LIHEAP component. Generally, grant recipients take and process LIHEAP applications during the time periods cited, although the actual application period can vary depending on the amount of funding available. Receipt of LIHEAP emergency contingency funds can also affect the duration of application periods.

STATE TRIBE HEAT COOL Winter
CRISIS
Summer
CRISIS
Year-
Round 
CRISIS
Wx Comment
AL Ma-Chis Lower Creek Indian Tribe 10/01 - 03/15 06/01 - 09/30     year-round year-round  
AL Mowa Band of Choctaw year-round year-round     year-round    
AL Poarch Band of Creek Indians 10/01 - 03/31 04/01 - 09/30 10/01 - 03/31 04/01 - 09/30 year-round year-round  
AL United Cherokee Ani'Yun'Wiya Nation 10/01 - 05/31 06/01 - 09/30 10/01 - 05/31 05/01 - 09/30 year-round year-round Dates of operation may vary depending on the weather.
AK Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association 11/01 - 04/30   11/01-04/30        
AK Aniak Traditional Council 10/01-04/30   01/01-04/30       We would like to run our LIHEAP Regular Assistance Program from 10/1/24 to 4/30/25 our funds are expended for our regular assistance by January mid February and clients apply for Winter Crisis assistance after they have used the regular assistance and it all depends on how our winter months are for them to use Crisis Assistance.
AK Association of Village Council Presidents year-round   10/01 - 05/31     year-round  
AK Bristol Bay Native Association year-round   year-round     year-round  
AK Chuathbakuk Traditional Council year-round   10/01 - 04/30        
AK Cook Inlet Tribal Council year-round       year-round year-round  
AK Kenaitze Indian Tribe year-round       year-round   Kenaitze Indian Tribe does not administer a cooling assistance program. Na’ini Family & Social Services warm transfer (refer) un’ina (those who come to us) to Kenaitze/Salamatof Tribally Designated Housing Entity or other external agencies for weatherization assistance.
AK Orutsararmiut Native Council year-round       year-round year-round  
AK Seldovia Village Tribe year-round       year-round    
AK Sitka Tribe of Alaska year-round       year-round year-round  
AK Tanana Dena'Nena'Henash year-round year-round year-round year-round   year-round Heating assistance: November through March are the coldest months for Tanana Chiefs Conference service area. Temperatures can drop below -60 degrees and stay that way for extended periods. Colder temperatures begin in August and can last through May. Tanana Chiefs Conference will provide wood and oil throughout the Fiscal Year 2025. Cooling assistance: Only 1% of funding is set aside to assist elders and vulnerable population as the temperatures can reach 90 degrees or more during the summer. Crisis Assistance: This will be utilized on a case by case basis, throughout most of the fiscal year, with direction from the Tribe to eligible households, serving elders and vulnerable population first. Weatherization Assistance: Available to eligible households throughout most of the year. Requests will be made at time of initial application for energy assistance, however, assistance will be provided primarily during summer months for easier repairs. Additionally, cost of heating fuel has significantly increased and this will increase financial hardship for our region and beneficiaries
AK Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority 11/01 - 06/30   11/01 - 06/30        
AK Yakutat Tlingit Tribe year-round       year-round    
AZ Cocopah Indian Tribe   year-round     year-round   We currently do not offer heating assistance. Being located in the Southern part of Arizona we do not get snow and our temperatures range
from 70 - 80 degrees in the winter season. Our summer temperatures range from 90 to 120 degrees. All of our Housing units have central air
conditions and our average monthly expense is now $450.00. due to the climbing cost of power/energy.
AZ Colorado River Indian Tribes 10/01 - 03/30 04/01 - 09/30     year-round year-round  
AZ Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community year-round year-round     year-round    
AZ Navajo Nation (AZ-MN-UT) year-round year-round year-round year-round year-round year-round Dates of operation will be based on availability of carryover funds.
AZ Pasqua Yaqui Tribe year-round year-round     year-round    
AZ Quechan Indian Tribe 10/01 - 03/15 04/01 - 09/30     year-round    
AZ Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community year-round year-round 10/01 - 09/23 year-round   year-round  
AZ San Carlos Apache Tribe 10/01 - 03/31   10/01 - 03/31        
AZ White Mountain Apache Tribe 10/08 - 03/15 04/02 - 08/31 11/01 - 03/20        
CA Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California year-round year-round year-round year-round year-round    
CA Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians year-round year-round     year-round    
CA Bishop Paiute Tribe 10/01 - 04/30 05/01 - 08/31     year-round year-round  
CA Enterprise Rancheria year-round year-round     year-round    
CA Hoopa Valley Tribe 10/01 - 04/30 05/01 - 09/30     year-round    
CA Hopland Band of Pomo Indians year-round year-round year-round        
CA Karuk Tribe year-round year-round     year-round year-round  
CA Mooretown Rancheria 10/01 - 03/15 03/16 - 09/30     year-round year-round  
CA Northern California Indian Development Council year-round year-round     year-round    
CA Pinoleville Pomo Nation year-round year-round year-round year-round year-round year-round  
CA Pit River Tribe year-round year-round     year-round    
CA Quartz Valley Indian Reservation year-round       year-round    
CA Redding Rancheria 10/01 - 03/30 04/01 - 09/30     year-round    
CA Riverside-San Bernardino Indian Co. Health, Inc year-round year-round year-round year-round year-round year-round  
CA Round Valley Indian Tribes year-round year-round year-round year-round      
CA Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians 10/01 - 03/31 04/01 - 09/30 12/01 - 03/31 04/01 - 09/30 year-round    
CA Southern Indian Health Council, Inc. year-round year-round year-round year-round year-round    
CA Yurok Tribe year-round       year-round    
ID Coeur d'Alene Tribe 10/01 - 05/31 06/01 - 09/30     year-round year-round Dates coincide with the State of Idaho.
ID Nez Perce Tribe 10/01 - 03/01 03/01 - 09/30     year-round    
ID Shoshone Bannock Tribes 10/01 - 04/30 07/01 - 09/30 10/01 - 03/15 07/01 - 09/30 year-round year-round Crisis Assistance will still be operational till March 15th and will go longer than March 15th if funding is available. Our Crisis assistance is year round and is not separated by summer or winter crisis assistance. It will be broken down respectively to reflect winter and summer crisis.
KS United Tribes of Kansas & SE Nebraska year-round   year-round        
ME Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians 10/01 - 04/30   10/01 - 04/30     10/01 - 04/30  
ME Mi'kmaq Nation year-round       10/01 - 07/31 10/31 - 09/30 I had checked off both "Winter Crisis Assistance" and "Year Round Crisis Assistance". There is a real need for year round crisis assistance as our clients need assistance to catch up their exorbitant winter electric bills through the summer months so they have the electricity available for the upcoming winter to run their furnaces. The State of Maine has a moratorium on winter disconnects that often leaves our clients behind or under disconnects come warmer weather. We do not do cooling assistance as the need is not very great here in Northern Maine.
ME Passamaquoddy Tribe - Indian Township year-round       year-round    
ME Passamaquoddy Tribe - Pleasant Point year-round       year-round year-round  
ME Penobscot Indian Nation year-round       year-round   Intake Schedule for FY 2025:
1. Applications shall be taken from elderly households as follows:
Monday, October 7, 2024: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Senior Meal Site
Tuesday, October 8, 2024: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Senior Meal Site
Wednesday, October 9, 2024: 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 10, 2024: 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
• Applications shall be taken from households with special needs members and households with children aged two (2) or younger as follows:
Tuesday, October 15, 2024: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Thursday, October 17, 2024: 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
• Applications shall be taken from all segments of the service population as follows:
Monday, October 21, 2024: 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 22, 2024: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 23, 2024: 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 24, 2024: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Monday, October 28, 2024: 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, October 29, 2024: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024: 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 31, 2024: 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Thereafter, applications will be taken by appointment only until Thursday, March 20, 2025. Under no circumstances will any appointments
be available after Thursday, March 20, 2025.
MA Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council 10/01 - 03/31 04/01 - 09/30 10/01 - 03/31 04/01 - 09/30 year-round    
MI Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians year-round year-round year-round year-round year-round year-round  
MI Inter-Tribal Council of MI, Inc. year-round       year-round year-round  
MI Keweenaw Bay Indian Community year-round       year-round    
MI Little River Band of Ottawa Indians year-round       year-round year-round  
MI Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians 11/04 - 06/02 05/01 - 09/30 11/04 - 09/30 11/04 - 09/30 11/04 - 09/30   The progam only runs year-round crisis.
The program does not run a weatherization program.
MI Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians 11/01 - 09/30 06/01 - 09/30     11/01 - 09/30 11/01 - 09/30  
MS Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians year-round year-round     year-round    
MT Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes (Fort Peck) 10/01 - 04/30 06/01 - 09/30     year-round year-round Heating: All individual desiring to participate in LIHEAP will fill out an application form to determine eligibility prior to receiving regular benefits.
Cooling Assistance: Qualified households can apply for assistance to help relieve hot temperatures. 
Winter Crisis: Which we refer to as emergency assistance, repairs/replace furnace, heaters, 
Year-round crisis: ECIP household in a crisis getting disconnected. 
Weatherization: Assistance with minor home repairs to save energy.
MT Blackfeet Tribal Business Council 10/01 - 04/30       year-round year-round  
MT Chippewa Cree Tribe year-round year-round     year-round year-round Later end dates due to extreme change in weather in Montana. Snow in May and June.
MT Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes 11/01 - 04/30 06/01 - 08/31 11/01 - 04/30 06/01 - 08/31   11/01 - 08/31  
MT Fort Belknap Indian Community 10/01 - 04/30 06/01 - 09/30     year-round year-round  
MT Northern Cheyenne Tribe year-round       year-round    
NJ Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indians of New Jersey year-round year-round year-round year-round year-round   Tribal business calendar year will be used to be in succinct with tribal business year.
NM Jicarilla Apache Nation year-round year-round   year-round   year-round  
NM Pueblo of Jemez year-round 03/13 - 09/30     year-round year-round  
NM Pueblo of Laguna Utility Authority 10/01 - 03/31 04/01 - 09/30 10/01 - 03/31 04/01 - 09/30      
NM Pueblo of Nambe 10/01 - 05/31   year-round year-round year-round    
NM Pueblo of Zuni 10/01 - 03/15 04/01 - 09/30 10/01 - 03/31 05/01 - 09/30 year-round   Crisis assistance will be available year round to meet the energy related costs for the priority population. Heating assistance will be
available until March 15, any funds left over will revert to crisis assistance. Funding available in Aug/September over the 10% carryover
requirement will be used as a subsidy or supplemental assistance for current LIHEAP participants. Crisis assistance will be made available to any household who meets the income guidelines.
NY Seneca Nation of Indians 11/01 - 03/17   01/03 - 03/17 05/01 - 09/30   11/01 - 09/30 FY2024 funds will be obligated only during FY2025 year (10/1/2024 - 9/30/2025) FY202 had carry over from salaries/fringe.
Summer Crisis assistance dates will start on 5/1/2025 and end on 9/30/2025.
The Summer Crisis components may extend beyond their closing date should there be additional funding. * please see attachment for
more explanation* The file is called summercrisis24-25 in the cell attachment section.
The Heating Equipment Repair and Replacement component will fall under Crisis assistance and will run from 11/1/2024 until 9/30/
2025 or until funding is exhausted, whichever comes first. *Please attachment for further explanation on this component* The file is called
HERC24-25 in the cell attachment section.
We will offer a 1st emergency benefit and a 2nd emergency benefit under the Winter Crisis component, both will operate from 1/3/2024 to
3/17/2025. This may extend beyond their closing date should there be additional funding.
NY St. Regis Mohawk Tribe 11/01 - 03/15 06/02 - 08/29 01/02 - 03/31        
NC Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians 10/01 - 03/31   10/01 - 03/15   10/01 - 03/31    
NC Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina 10/15 - 11/01 06/02 - 06/13     year-round year-round  
ND Spirit Lake Tribe (Devil's Lake Res.) 10/01 - 05/31 05/01 - 09/30 10/01 - 04/30 year-round year-round year-round  
ND Standing Rock Sioux year-round year-round year-round     year-round  
ND Three Affiliated Tribes 01/10 01/10 01/10 01/10 01/10    
ND Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians 10/01 - 06/30 year-round   year-round   year-round  
OK Absentee Shawnee Tribe 11/01 - 03/31 05/01 - 09/30     11/01 - 09/30    
OK Alabama-Quassarte 10/01 - 04/30 05/01 - 09/30     year-round    
OK Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma 10/01 - 12/31 06/02 - 07/31     01/01 - 09/30    
OK Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes 10/01-03/31 03/01-09/30 10/01-03/31 04/01-09/30   year-round  
OK Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma year-round year-round year-round year-round   year-round  
OK Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma year-round year-round year-round year-round      
OK Citizen Potawatomi Nation 10/01-04/30 05/01-09/30 10/01-04/30 05/01-09/30 year-round year-round Weatherization assistance will be reviewed and authorized based on available funds. First priority is Heating and Crisis; It is expected that most weatherization will be obligated between May 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025.
OK Comanche Nation of Oklahoma 10/01-06/30 07/01-09/30   07/01 - 09/30 year-round    
OK Delaware Nation 10/01-04/14 4/15-09/30     year-round   We planned to extend the heating assistance by 1 month to cover into April. Oklahoma has the potential to have cold weather into March and early April. We have seen an increase in tribal citizen requests for assistance in April for March heating bills.
OK Delaware Tribe of Indians 10/01-03/15 05/15-08/21   05/15-08/21   year-round  
OK Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma 10/01-03/01 03/02-09/30     year-round    
OK Fort Sill Apache Tribe 10/01-05/31 06/01-09/30 12/22 - 03/20 06/20 - 09/22 year-round year-round  
OK Kaw Nation 10/01 - 03/31 04/01 - 09/30     year-round year-round  
OK Kialegee Tribal Town 12/01-05/01 06/01-08/31     year-round    
OK Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma year-round year-round year-round year-round      
OK Kiowa Tribe 12/01 - 03/31 06/01 - 08/31 year-round year-round year-round    
OK Miami Tribe of Oklahoma 10/01 - 04/30 05/01 - 09/30 10/01 - 04/30 05/01 - 09/30 year-round year-round  
OK Muscogee (Creek) Nation 11/01 - 03/31 05/01 - 09/30 11/01 - 03/31 05/01 - 09/30      
OK Osage Nation 11/01 - 03/30 04/01 - 08/31     year-round    
OK Otoe - Missouria Tribe year-round year-round year-round year-round      
OK Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma year-round year-round     year-round    
OK Pawnee Tribe year-round year-round     year-round    
OK Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma 10/01 - 03/31 06/01 - 08/31 04/01 - 05/31 09/01 - 09/30 year-round    
OK Quapaw Tribe  09/30 - 03/14 03/15 - 09/30 10/01 - 03/14 06/01 - 09/30 year-round    
OK Sac and Fox Tribe of Oklahoma 10/01-04/30 05/01-09/30 10/01-04/30 05/01-09/30   year-round  
OK Seminole Nation of Oklahoma 11/18 - 04/30 06/23 - 09/30     year-round    
OK Seneca Cayuga Tribe year-round year-round     year-round    
OK Shawnee Tribe 10/01 - 03/31 04/01 - 09/30 10/01 - 03/31 04/01 - 09/30      
OK Thlopthlocco Tribal Town year-round year-round year-round year-round year-round    
OK United Keetoowah  year-round year-round year-round year-round   year-round  
OK Wichita and Affiliated Tribes 01/06 - 03/31 06/02 - 09/26     12/16 - 09/26   Due to bills being the previous month reading, it works out better to wait until the energy use for the heating and cooling seasons are being accurately billed for the month of when services reflect on those bills.
OK Wyandotte Nation 12/01 - 03/15 07/01 - 09/30     year-round    
OR Confederated Tribes of Coos Lower Umpqua  year-round year-round     year-round year-round We serve Tribal members who live anywhere within the State of Oregon and each region has very different climates throughout the year. therefore, we plan to run all our LIHEAP components year round.
OR Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians year-round   year-round   year-round    
OR Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde  year-round year-round       year-round  
OR Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs year-round year-round 10/01 - 03/31 06/01 - 09/30 year-round year-round LIHEAP will be available and accept applications with all community members who want to apply and turn in the requested/required verification for the program to determine eligibility. A complete interview and reviewing the application is done with the primary applicant to make sure all verifications are received and if there additional verifications required, applicant can obtain and turn them in for eligibility.
OR Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians year-round year-round     year-round    
OR Klamath Tribes 10/01 - 05/31 06/01 - 09/30 year-round 06/01 - 09/30 year-round year-round Heating and Crisis Assistance will begin on 10/01/2024. Crisis payments will be available through 03/31/2025, and the remaining funds will be reprogrammed to Heating Assistance. Heating assistance payments will be available through 5/31/2025 and any remaining funds will be reprogrammed to Cooling Assistance. The Cooling Assistance payments will begin 06/01/2025. The Weatherization program will begin 10/01/2024 and funds will be obligated by 09/30/2025 and expended by 12/31/2025.
RI Narragansett Indian Tribe 10/01 - 03/15 06/01 - 09/30 10/01 - 03/15 06/01 - 09/30   year-round  
SC Catawba Indian Nation 10/01 - 04/30 05/01 - 09/30 01/01 - 09/30 10/01 - 04/30 01/01 - 09/30    
SD Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe 12/01 - 03/20 04/01 - 08/16 10/01 - 09/04   year-round   The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) will start accepting applications in October, although disbursement funds will commence in December. This delay is due to the warm weather typically experienced during the months of October and November, resulting in recipients exhausting their allocation before the coldest months in the past.
SD Oglala Sioux Tribe year-round year-round     year-round year-round Heating and cooling seasons overlap, and South Dakota weather tends to be unpredictable. The Program can adapt and accommodate the various fluctuating temperatures and conditions in South Dakota.
SD Rosebud Sioux Tribe year-round   10/01 - 03/31 04/01 - 09/30   year-round  
SD Yankton Sioux year-round       year-round year-round  
UT Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah year-round year-round     year-round    
UT Ute Tribe (Uintah & Ouray) 10/01 - 3/31 04/01-09/30     year-round    
VA Monacan Indian Nation 11/01 - 08/31 11/01 - 08/31 11/01 - 05/31 06/01 - 08/31 11/01 - 08/31 11/01 - 08/31  
WA Colville Confederated Tribes 10/01 - 04/30 05/01 - 07/31 10/01 - 04/30 06/02 - 09/30 year-round 10/01 - 03/31  
WA Hoh Tribe year-round       year-round year-round  
WA Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe year-round   10/01 - 03/31        
WA Kalispel Tribe of Indians year-round year-round     year-round    
WA Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe year-round       year-round    
WA Lummi Indian Tribe year-round   year-round        
WA Makah Indian Tribe year-round year-round     year-round year-round  
WA Muckleshoot Indian Tribe year-round       year-round    
WA Nooksack Indian Tribe year-round       year-round    
WA Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe year-round year-round          
WA Quileute Tribe year-round year-round year-round year-round year-round year-round  
WA Quinault Tribe year-round year-round year-round year-round year-round    
WA Samish Tribe year-round year-round     year-round year-round  
WA Small Tribes Organization of Western Washington year-round       year-round    
WA South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency year-round year-round     year-round    
WA Spokane Tribe 10/01 - 04/30 05/01 - 09/30     year-round    
WA Suquamish Indian Tribe  year-round year-round year-round year-round      
WA Swinomish Indians year-round       year-round    
WA Yakama Indian Nation year-round year-round year-round year-round year-round year-round Summer Crisis occurs when a household is cooling their home and utilizes majority of household income for payment which is a high burden. Winter Crisis occurs when a household is heating their home and uses majority of the household income for payment which is a high burden. Year round crisis occurs when a household has their energy bill and burdens the household by the bill amount. 
WY Eastern Shoshone of the Wind River year-round   year-round        
WY Northern Arapaho Tribe year-round       year-round    

Source: FY 2025 Tribal LIHEAP Plans.