[NFBNJ] Fwd: Utilities Winter Termination Program

[Linda Melendez]

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From: Gaston, Pamela <Pamela.Gaston at dhs.nj.gov>
Date: Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 12:55 PM
Subject: Utilities Winter Termination Program

If you are having trouble paying your residential electric, sewer and water
service bills this winter, the NJ Department of Community Affairs has a
program to protect you from having these utilities turned off from November
15 through March 15

*Who is eligible?*
You qualify for protection during this period if you are being helped one
of the programs listed below:

   - Federal Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
   - Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
   - Federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
   - Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled (PAAD)
   - General Assistance (GA) Benefits
   - Universal Service Fund (USF)
   - Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program
   - Lifeline Credit Program

*OR*

You are unable to pay your utility bills because of circumstances beyond
your control such as unemployment, illness, medically related expenses,
recent death of an immediate family member, and any other circumstances
which might cause financial hardship

*What do you have to do? *

   1. If you qualify for protection from shut-off during this period, you
   should contact your utility company to advise the company that you are
   eligible for coverage under the State's Winter Termination Program. You
   should also pay as much as you can on your bill(s) during the winter
   2. Customers also have the option to complete the following
   Self-Certification form and provide this form to their utility company as a
   way of notifying the company of their eligibility for protection. When
   using the self-certification form it is recommended that a copy of the form
   be retained for one's personal records

Please note that completion and submission of the self-certification form
to your utility company is NOT required in order to receive protection
under the Winter Termination Program. Protection under the Winter
Termination Program can be obtained by verbally advising your utility
company(ies) of your eligibility or by submitting this Self-certification
form to the utility company. In either case, please contact your utility
company's customer service number to report your eligibility and/or learn
how it wishes to receive the self-certification form. You should also log
onto DCAid: or contact NJ211 at 211 or 1877-652-1148 for possible
assistance with your utilities.


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