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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$96,444,669

Department of Health and Human Services·Administration for Children and Families

to SOCIAL SERVICES, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF

ACTION DATE2026-03-20·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_2101VALIEA_075
Award description

LIHEAP-2021

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Funds Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to help low-income Virginia households pay heating and cooling costs.

Sub-sectors
liheap-energy-assistanceformula-grantstate-administration
Why this matters

LIHEAP is a critical entitlement supporting vulnerable populations' basic utility access during extreme weather; large formula grants indicate sustained federal commitment to energy poverty.

Supply-chain signal

Increases demand for utility services and energy providers serving low-income households; signals stable funding for state energy assistance infrastructure.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002117.

Period of performance
Start
2020-10-01
End
2022-09-30
Status
expired1324 days ago
Sources

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