GIFT OF WARMTH
Gift of Warmth is designed to help Kansas families needing assistance in paying their winter heating bills.
To contribute, you may designate a fixed amount each month or request that we round up your monthly bill to the next whole dollar. Either option will automatically add a fixed Gift of Warmth contribution to your Kansas Gas Service billing statement. Or, you can include an additional amount along with your bill payment and check the box on your billing statement. Contributions may also be made directly to The Salvation Army. The Salvation Army will distribute contributions to qualifying families ~ regardless of what fuel is used to generate the warmth. With natural gas costs expected to rise this winter, the Gift of Warmth program will assist many Kansas families in need.
To qualify, you must reside in one of the 81 counties served by Kansas Gas Service, but applicants are not required to be a Kansas Gas Service customer. You must be the person responsible for paying the primary heating bill in that residence. You must provide sufficient proof of need. Your gross family income may not exceed 200% of the poverty level guideline.
Please make your contribution today! For more information please call the Gift of Warmth toll free hotline at 1.877.566.2769 x402.
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SHARE THE WARMTH
Share the Warmth is designed to help Kansas families needing assistance in paying their winter heating bills.
To contribute, you may include and designate an additional amount along with your bill payment and check the box on your billing statement. Contributions may also be made directly to The Salvation Army. The Salvation Army will distribute contributions to qualifying families. With natural gas costs expected to rise this winter, the Share the Warmth program will assist many Kansas families in need.
To qualify you must reside in one of the 33 counties served by ATMOS Energy, Inc., and be seeking assistance with an ATMOS Energy bill. Applicants must reside in home and be the person responsible for paying the bill. Gross family income may not exceed 200% of the federal poverty level guideline and funding is distributed on a first come, first served basis.
The program runs October 1 thru April of each year and applicants may recieve asssitance one time per program period for no more than $200. To recieve an application, please call toll-free 1.877.566.2769, ext. 403.
Questions? Please call the Share the Warmth toll free hotline at 1.877.566.2769 x403.
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HEATSHARE
HeatShare is a utility assistance program administered through The Salvation Army with assistance available throughout Kansas counties served by Aquila, Inc. HeatShare acts as a safety net for households who need a helping hand with their utility bill and can show that provable need. HeatShare assistance is available until funding is exhausted.
HeatShare raises private dollars to provide energy assistance. The elderly and disabled are given priority where funds are limited. In addition, it provides assistance to low income households and to those who may never have asked for assistance before but because of unexpected expenses, such as a birth or death in the family, find themselves unable to pay. HeatShare assistance provides payments toward both heating and air conditioning bills and can go toward electricity, natural gas, propane, fuel oil or wood bills. Where sufficient funds are available, HeatShare grants are available to make emergency repairs to furnaces, air conditioners, hot water heaters and other energy related equipment. Assistance may also be available for repairs to broken windows and doors for better heat and air conditioning retention.
The program acts as a "safety net" to the citizens of Kansas, thus relieving some strain on existing programs supported by the already overburdened taxpayer. HeatShare is in line with legislation allowing utility companies to implement a fuel fund at no cost to the public.
HeatShare began in 1993 in the state of Kansas through a partnership with People's Natural Gas, now UtiliCorp United/Energy One, headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. Since that time three additional utility companies have joined with HeatShare. They are WestPlains Energy, Butler Rural Electric and the City of Altamont, Kansas. Throughout Kansas, individual contributions, creative fund raisers and Fifth Sunday Church Offerings raise even more special funds for HeatShare assistance.
How does HeatShare help?
HeatShare works by providing financial assistance, counseling, and referrals to other utility funding sources when a household shows they are unable to make their monthly utility bill payment. Where sufficient funds are available, financial assistance may be provided one time per heating and one time per cooling season. Air conditioning assistance is available only to those with a physicians confirmation without air conditioning a life in the home would be threatened.
Who supports HeatShare?
Anyone and everyone willing to help. Your neighbors, friends, businesses big and small. You can help your friends & neighbors too, by sending a tax deductible contribution to:
HeatShare
Kansas & Western Missouri Divisional Headquarters
3637 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64111
OR
Donate by simply clicking on the red kettle at the top left side of this page.
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