{"id":165084,"date":"2026-02-22T22:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/165084\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T22:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:49:07","slug":"senior-resource-alliance-urges-older-adults-to-apply-for-utility-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/165084\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Resource Alliance urges older adults to apply for utility assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Resource Alliance is offering up to $2,000 in utility bill assistance for seniors.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Central Florida prepares for an arctic blast and potentially record-breaking cold, Senior Resource Alliance remains focused on supporting our low-income aging population,\u201d Karla Radka, president and CEO of SRA, said in a Jan. 30 press release.\n<\/p>\n<p>Adults 60 and older in Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Brevard counties can submit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seniorresourcealliance.org\/eheap\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">applications<\/a> for the Emergency Home Assistance for the Elderly Program. Qualifying applicants can receive up to $2,000 to put toward disconnections and late fees, prepaying energy bills, purchasing space heaters and blankets, and repairing heating units.\n<\/p>\n<p>Those applying must provide proof of residence, as well as any other benefits already received by household members and total household income.\n<\/p>\n<p>From July 2024 through June 2025, SRA has given more than $420,000 through EHEAP.\n<\/p>\n<p>Apply online at <a href=\"http:\/\/seniorresourcealliance.org\/eheap\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SeniorResourceAlliance.org\/eheap<\/a>.\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Senior Resource Alliance is offering up to $2,000 in utility bill assistance for seniors. \u201cAs Central Florida prepares&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-165084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}