Wicaa Heating Assistance

PEOPLE LOOKING FOR HELP WITH WINTER HEATING BILLS ARE ON THE RISE. AS OF MONDAY.. WESTERN INDIANA COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OPENED ITS DOORS TO THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE PAYING THEIR HEATING BILLS. NEWS 10S BRITTANY EARL EXPLAINS HOW PEOPLE ARE STUGGLING AND WHAT THEY CAN DO. "IT'S PITCH BLACK AND HOURS UNTILL WESTERN INDIANA COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OPENS IT'S DOORS YET PEOPLE ARE WAITING. "WELL I'M PERSONALLY BEEN OUT HERE SINCE GOING ON 4 THIS MORNING PULLED UP HERE AND NOTICED ALL THESE PEOPLE STANDING HERE IT WAS KIND OF PETRIFYING." DOORS DON'T OPEN TILL 8-AM YET ALREADY MORE THAN 40 PEOPLE ARE IN LINE. THE PROBLEM IS THE ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM CAN ONLY ACCEPT 25 PEOPLE IN THE MORNING AND 15 IN THE AFTERNOON. IT'S A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE KIND OF OPERATION. "THERES SO MANY PEOPLE OUT HERE FACING DISCONNECT NOTICES AND FOR LIGHT AND THEY HAVE FAMILIES TO FEED THEY'VE WORKED 10 15 YEARS OF THERE LIFE.. THEY NEED A LITTLE HELP." IF YOU NEED HELP COME EARLY AND BRING A SOCIAL SECURITY CARD.. PROOF OF INCOME FOR 12 MONTHS..AND A CURRENT HEATING BILL. BUT IF THE PROGRAM MEETS THEIR DEADLINE FOR THE DAY ...THERE AREN''T MANY OTHER OPTIONS OTHER THAN DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN THE FOLLOWING MORNING. "YOU GO HOME AND YOU WORRY ABOUT THE NEXT DAY OR IT MAY GET DISCONNECT THAT DAY AND GET SHUT OFF AND YOU DO WITHOUT UNTIL YOU FIND THE HELP THAT YOU NEED OR UNTIL SOMEONE HELPS YOU." IN TERRE HAUTE BRITTANY EARL NEWS 10." A MUSEUM TO HONOR VETERANS WILL SOON OPEN IN THE WABASH