The Trump administration has laid off the entire staff managing the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), endangering support for low-income households struggling with utility bills. Originally established to help 6.2 million Americans, the program is essential for offsetting heating and cooling costs, especially amid increasingly intense and prolonged heat waves caused by climate change. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s staff cuts, part of a major departmental reorganization, leave the program in disarray, with concerns it might be effectively dismantled altogether, impacting millions of vulnerable families across the nation.
The Trump administration’s mass layoffs jeopardize a crucial program aiding low-income households with utility costs, risking the well-being of 6.2 million Americans.
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