The Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) is a federally-funded program that provides for a one-time vendor payment to help eligible households pay their heating bills. Households including a person aged 60 or older or disabled persons receiving services through the NC Division of Aging and Adult Services are eligible to sign up for assistance from Dec. […]
Lawmakers are now pitching a new bill to prevent kids from succumbing to the pressures of social media. ABC11 reports that Senators from both sides of the aisle recently introduced the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act, which would ban children under the age of 13 from using Twitter, Instagram, and other social media platforms.
Utility scammers work year-round. With the onset of the spring, the city of Rocky Mount is urging customers to be cautious of scammers. Utility scammers may falsely identify themselves as city employees and threaten to disconnect services unless the customer makes a payment over the phone. Scammers may also falsely claim to help customers save […]
*Update: The deadline for this program is Wednesday, November 11th at 6 p.m.* Governor Roy Cooper announced today that applications are now being accepted for the N.C. Housing Opportunities and Prevention of Evictions (HOPE) Program, which will assist eligible low- and- moderate-income renters experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19. The new program seeks to promote […]
Source: Victoria McGraw @victoriasaidit / Radio 1 DigitalFunding is now available to help North Carolinians in crisis pay cooling or heating bills or secure cooling or heating resources. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Crisis Intervention Program provides assistance to qualified, low-income households who are experiencing a cooling related crisis (or heating related crisis […]
Need help paying cooling bills in Wake County? *** 7/1/2020: Funding is now available. Please follow the directions below to apply for assistance by mail/fax/email. *** Notice: Many service providers are suspending disconnections due to COVID-19. Contact your vendor to see what their current disconnection policy is. CIP is available July 1 until June 30, or until […]
The heating bills showing up after the exceptionally cold weather we had a few weeks ago isn’t a joke. Here’s how you can get some relief in Durham County. Facebook: The Karen Clark Instagram: @TheKarenClark Twitter/Snapchat: @The_KarenClark
Just four months after emerging from bankruptcy, Detroit is going to court to collect a combined $834,000 in unpaid electricity bills from a variety of…
Today is MLK Legislative Day at the 2015 Session of the Virginia General Assembly Lawmakers will discuss raising the threshold for grand larceny from $200…
VIA: ESSENCE.COM “No romance, without finance. ‘Cause ain’t nothing going on, but the rent!” If you’re thirty-plus, you definitely remember the late Gwen Guthrie’s 1986 anthem. You couldn’t go anywhere without hearing that song on the radio. My memory of the song was from my mother’s friend and co-worker, Cre. She was a “fly-girl” and […]
Via: Yahoo.com Most of us are guilty of a few bad habits during our lifetimes. There’s eating too much of the fun stuff, not exercising enough to burn it off, and spending tomorrow’s paycheck today. Sure, getting fit and keeping a budget can be tough habits to keep, but avoiding these five common bad habits […]
