Heating Assistance Number Rising

As colder weather approaches, more people will be looking for help to pay their heating bills.  David Gall is in charge of the energy assistance program for the South Dakota Department of Social Services, and says their program numbers continue to rise…

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Gall says their federal funding has remained fairly stable, with a budget this year of about twenty three million dollars…

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Gall says the enrollment period for this heating season started on October first, and there could be a delay for anyone who signs up now…

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More information is available on line at: www.dss.sd.gov/energyassistance.

(courtesy WNAX Yankton)