Show Lowin Low income ome households helped with fuel duel i The Uintah Basin A Association of ot Governments recently completed the administration of the Special Crisis Intervention Program which was a atuel fuel tuel payment assistance program created by Congress in an effort to lessen the impact of ot the high cost of energy on low income families and the elderly TilE THE BASIN area received a total of from the Utah State Department of Community Affairs which could be used to assist low income households in the payment of ot their utility bills bilts Ted Anderson of ot the Area Agency on Aging indicated that had been spent In Duchesne Daggett and Uintah Counties households were assisted and 71 pe perce percent nt t of r The households assisted were over 60 yea years old Dr Beth S S. S Jarman Executive 1 Director of ot the Department of ot Community Corn Com Affairs said that even though the program was was conceived as a emergency pro program ram to aid poor people to survive the financial hardships as a result of the country's unusually cold weather last winter and the spiraling costs of energy Congress in now considering another appropriation appropriation appropriation ap ap- because of the crisis nature of the problem The problem Is very real and we have to face the fact tact that a significant percentage of m our population can no longer keep pace with the spiraling costs of essential energy required to heat their homes a and prepare prepare their lr daily dally meals said Dr Jarman |