Heating Assistance

Woolwich Heating Assistance Fund

If you are out of heating fuel, or about to run out, and can’t afford more, the town may be able to help. The Heating Assistance Fund is paid for entirely by donations from Woolwich residents and local businesses, and is used only to buy emergency heating fuel for Woolwich households.

You do not need to apply for General Assistance first.

What the fund provides

Up to one delivery of heating fuel a year, as a grant or a loan. One delivery is up to:

  • 100 gallons of heating oil or kerosene
  • 50 gallons of propane
  • 1 cord of seasoned wood
  • 1 ton of pellets or coal
  • $200 toward a CMP bill, if you heat with electricity

A second delivery can be given in a real emergency.

Who can apply

Woolwich residents, including:

  • retired households living on a fixed income, such as Social Security or a pension
  • working households with income at or below 150% of the poverty level
  • seasonal workers laid off, or expecting to be laid off, for 120 days or more
  • other households in need, at the Town Administrator’s discretion

Select Board members, full-time town employees and their families are not eligible.

How to apply

  1. Fill out the Heating Assistance Application (one page), or pick one up at the Town Office.
  2. Bring it to the Town Office, 13 Nequasset Road, and meet briefly with the General Assistance Administrator. If you can’t get to the office, call (207) 442-7094 and other arrangements can be made.

The form asks about your household’s size, monthly income and expenses, your fuel type and supplier, and how much fuel you have left. Applications are handled confidentially, under the same rules as General Assistance.

Other help with heating

  • Midcoast Maine Community Action runs the federal heating assistance program (LIHEAP) for Woolwich.
  • General Assistance from the town can help with heating, utilities, food and other basic needs.
  • Call 2-1-1 for warming centers and other help across Maine.

Give to the fund

Every dollar donated buys heating fuel for a Woolwich household. Donations can be made at the Town Office, or mailed to: General Assistance Administrator, Town of Woolwich, 13 Nequasset Road, Woolwich, ME 04579.