Utah Heating Assistance: HEAT

Q: What is heating assistance called in Utah?

Utah runs the federal program as Home Energy Assistance Target (HEAT) Program, administered by Utah Department of Workforce Services. 18 different program names appear across the states compiled here, which is why a search for the federal acronym often misses the page a household in Utah actually needs.

Q: When can a household apply for heating assistance in Utah?

Applications run November 1 to September 30. Utah Department of Workforce Services publishes the season on its own program page.

Q: Does Utah also stop a utility disconnecting heat in winter?

Utah Department of Workforce Services sets a separate rule on that, and its short form is: Once the household files, Nov 15 to Mar 15. In several states the two are linked, because receiving assistance is itself what switches the disconnection protection on. The winter shutoff page for Utah carries the rule.

Q: Is heating assistance in Utah a state program or a federal one?

Both, in the way that matters to a household. The money is a federal block grant; Utah Department of Workforce Services decides what it is called, when it opens, who is eligible and what it pays. Across the states compiled here that produces 18 program names and 8 different opening months, so the answer is a state answer even though the funding is federal.

HEAT

What it is called here

Home Energy Assistance Target (HEAT) Program

Nov 1

The season opens

through Sep 30

150%

The income limit

of federal poverty level

Yes

Crisis component

a separate, faster application

The answer

Heating assistance in Utah, in one screen

HEAT

Home Energy Assistance Target (HEAT) Program

Run by: Utah Department of Workforce Services
The season: Applications run November 1 to September 30.
The income test: The test is 150 percent of the federal poverty level, measured against the federal poverty level, so the qualifying figure is the same in every state that uses it and moves only with household size.
How to apply: Utah Department of Workforce Services takes applications online, local heat office appointment and printed application by mail to the local heat office.
By phone: 866-205-4357

Home Energy Assistance Target (HEAT) Program, Utah Department of Workforce Services

The HEAT Program provides year-round energy assistance for eligible low income households throughout Utah. ... The program year begins October 1st and ends the following September 30th of each year or when federal LIHEAP funds are exhausted, whichever comes first. ... Applications for the general public are processed November 1 - September 30 or when federal LIHEAP funds are exhausted.

Home Energy Assistance Target (HEAT) Program, Utah Department of Workforce Services, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

The program year runs October 1 through September 30 or until federal LIHEAP funds are exhausted, whichever comes first, and applications from households with a disabled member, someone 60 or older, or a child under 6 are taken from October 1 rather than November 1.

Who qualifies

The HEAT income test in Utah

The test is 150 percent of the federal poverty level, measured against the federal poverty level, so the qualifying figure is the same in every state that uses it and moves only with household size.

Income is counted gross rather than after tax, and the household is everyone living at the address rather than everyone on the lease. Most states count the last thirty days or the last twelve months, not last year’s tax return, which means a household whose hours were cut in October can qualify in November on a year that looks too high on paper. Apply and let the agency do the arithmetic rather than ruling yourself out.

The total household income is at or below 150% of the Federal Poverty Level.

Home Energy Assistance Target (HEAT) Program, Utah Department of Workforce Services, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

If you cannot wait

The crisis route in Utah

A household in danger of shutoff can go to its local HEAT office for crisis assistance, which the program runs year round rather than only in winter.

A crisis application and a regular one are different transactions on different clocks. A household with a disconnection notice, an empty tank or a dead furnace should start with this one, say plainly on the call what the emergency is, and have the notice or the delivery ticket to hand.

If you are in danger of shut-off, you may contact your local HEAT office for crisis assistance.

Home Energy Assistance Target (HEAT) Program, Utah Department of Workforce Services, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

A white residential propane tank standing on a concrete pad beside a mown yard, with bare trees and a wooded ridge behind it — For a household on propane or heating oil the benefit usually arrives as a delivery to a tank like this one rather than as a credit on a bill, which is why a state that pays vendors directly will ask which dealer you use before it asks anything else. “Propane Tank - panoramio”, Corey Coyle, CC BY 3.0

The other half

Whether Utah also stops the utility disconnecting

Once the household files, Nov 15 to Mar 15

The two are separate: a heating grant is money and a shutoff rule is a restriction on the company. In several states an approved grant application is itself what satisfies the filing the shutoff rule asks for, which makes applying worth doing even for a household that thinks the grant will not cover much. The full rule, with Utah Department of Workforce Services’s own words, is on the Utah winter shutoff page.

Next winter

Making the house cheaper to heat in Utah

Utah runs Weatherization Assistance Program through Utah Division of Housing and Community Development. It pays for the insulation and the air sealing rather than the bill, which is the only part of this that lowers next winter as well as this one.

The Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) helps low-income individuals and families reduce energy costs and increase comfort and safety in their homes. Individuals, families, the elderly and the disabled who are making no more than 200 percent of the current federal poverty income level are eligible for help.

Utah Division of Housing and Community Development, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Weatherization Assistance Program in Utah

In most states a household approved for the heating grant is automatically income eligible for weatherization, so the same paperwork does both. The waiting list is usually long and the work is usually free, which is a combination worth joining early rather than in the week it is needed.

Utah heating assistance questions

What is heating assistance called in Utah?

When can a household apply for heating assistance in Utah?

What is the income limit for HEAT in Utah?

How does a household apply in Utah?

What happens if the heat is about to go off this week in Utah?

Does Utah also stop a utility disconnecting heat in winter?

Is there help making the house cheaper to heat in Utah?

Utah Division of Housing and Community Development runs Weatherization Assistance Program, which is the companion to the bill payment side. Its own words: "The Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) helps low-income individuals and families reduce energy costs and increase comfort and safety in their homes. Individuals, families, the elderly and the disabled who are making no more than 200 percent of the current federal poverty income level are eligible for help."

Is heating assistance in Utah a state program or a federal one?

Icicles hanging in a row from the eaves of a low brick apartment building against a clear blue sky, with a balcony rail at the right edge — A renter whose heat is bundled into the rent can still qualify in most states, and is among the least likely to apply. Where a state sets its income test against the federal poverty level rather than state median income, the line can sit twenty points apart for the same household. “Icicles on the eaves of a house in Quebec City”, Wilfredor, CC0

Heating assistance in other states

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Utah read September 23, 2026 from Home Energy Assistance Target (HEAT) Program, Utah Department of Workforce Services, linked above. Opening dates, income limits and benefit amounts are set each program year and the agency can change them mid season, so the page linked above is the one that governs. Every state is on the heating assistance hub.