Keep Wisconsin Warm Cool Fund helps pay utility bills.
A leading charity in Wisconsin that can help with heating (and limited summer electric) bills is the Keep Wisconsin Warm/Cool Fund, or KWW/CF. While most of the money paid out is for helping during the cold winter months, some limited funds may be offered for paying high electric cooling bills during a hot weather stretch during the summer. Find how to get help during the summer or winter from the Keep Wisconsin Warm Cool Fund.
The non-profit will provide funds to people who would be most at risk if their power was disconnected. So this means that working poor families with young children, the elderly, people with disabilities, and low income veterans are the main recipients. Any support is targeted at those residents who are facing some form of crisis or medical emergency.
Keep Wisconsin Warm/Cool Fund relies on donations. As a result of these generous contributions from the private, public, and local businesses, many residents are able to benefit from these preventative services to help them pay for heating costs or summer air conditioning/electric bills. The charity can provide any number of forms of financial assistance that may be necessary to avert energy-related crisis situations or disconnections. For many low income families, the KWW/CF program is literally the only safety net that keeps their power on and keeps them safe in their homes.
Heating and colling bills paid by Keep Wisconsin Warm Cool Fund
The KWW- CF agency operates statewide. It assists low-income and working poor households who, at no fault of their own, cannot meet their basic survival needs and pay the utility bills on their own. The State of Wisconsin, Department of Administration, Division of Energy, also supports the charity.
Many Wisconsin energy companies also participate and contribute. Their donations help provide emergency assistance to those with the lowest incomes and also the greatest unmet energy needs. Financial help is offered for customers of Madison Gas and Electric, Alliant Energy, We Energies, Xcel Energy, and Wisconsin Public Service Corporation. Other companies are supported too. Wisconsin Organizations that operate homeless prevention programs also participate, as the lack of heat or electricity during the summer can lead to homelessness.
Those utility companies as well as Keep Wisconsin Warm/Cool Fund are committed to working closely with low-income households and those that are struggling. In addition to direct financial help to pay a gas or electric bill, they may also offer customers affordable payment plans. Keep Wisconsin Warm/Cool Fund programs will also share with low-income families ways to conserve energy. There is also budget and credit counseling to those that need it so they can plan better in the future. Most of the assistance is offered in an effort to help people avoid a life-threatening situation.
Every year thousands of Wisconsin’s most vulnerable residents are faced with a disconnection. Some people have even come to the point in which they see power and heat not as a basic necessity, but an unaffordable luxury. While the exact details vary based on year and household, some struggling low-income families who get help from KWW/CF are paying even as much as fifty percent or more of their monthly income toward their winter heating bills, which is unsustainable. The charity that runs the Keep Wisconsin Warm/Cool Fund (KWW/CF) provides, as a last resort, a key safety net that helps keep people safe in their homes.
Contact information for KWW/CF
In order to apply, there are a number of conditions that need to be met. They are mostly based on income levels as well as your specific need. Most of those families that participate in the KWW/CF program are those low income families that are facing a significant energy burden where other available resources are inadequate. The income limits are usually very similar to those that are set by the Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program, or WHEAP. They may qualify for supplemental support and financial aid from the Fund.
Proof of your hardship and income is required as well. Applicants for heating or cooling bill help will need to bring Social Security cards for all household members, proof of total income for all household members, and they also need copies of all current utility bills.
To learn more or get questions answered, the Keep Wisconsin Warm/Cool Fund office can be reached at 1-800-891-9276. There are a number of other resources as part of the non-profit as well, and more details are here. https://www.kwwf.org/.
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