Our customers can access benefit and application information, 24/7, at www.connect.ct.govand www.ct.gov/dss/apply;
or 1-855-6-CONNECT (except during system maintenance beginning on Friday, March 13, from 7:00 p.m. to Saturday, March 14, 7:00 p.m.).ADDING SOME TEXT.

Additional Program Information

***The application window for the 2022-2023 program season is now closed.  Please check back later this summer for next year's application.***


Please note that the deadline for fuel delivery authorizations has been extended from March 15, 2023, to March 31, 2023. The oil price will be posted through April 6, 2023, to accommodate deliveries. Please inform clients that they have exhausted their benefits that no additional deliveries can be authorized. 

CEMA Response Letter

Vendor Informational Forum 10/12/2022

Deliverable Fuel Memo_FY2023

[ONLINE FILLABLE] CEAP Supplier Vendor Condition of Participation Form

2022-2023 CEAP Supplier Vendor Conditions of Participation Form - Deliverable Fuel 10/12/2022

Statewide CEAP Deliverable Fuel Informational Forum Presentation-FY 2023

Important Program Dates

November 1, 2022

First day for fuel deliveries that can be paid by the program.

March 15, 2023

Deadline for fuel authorizations for deliveries.

May 31, 2023

The last day that a household can apply to establish its eligibility for benefits.

June 16, 2023

Last day to submit deliverable fuel bills.

Crisis Heating Assistance Details

Benefits for Households qualifying for Crisis Heating Assistance: 
Subject to the availability of funds, the state will implement a Crisis Assistance benefit to address the heating needs of deliverable fuel heated households that have exhausted their Basic Benefits and are still at imminent risk of losing heat.

Eligible deliverable fuel heated households will be able to receive a Crisis Assistance benefit of $430.

  • Vulnerable CEAP deliverable fuel heated households Levels 1 and 2 may receive up to three (3) Crisis Assistance deliveries.
  • Non-vulnerable deliverable fuel heated households Levels 1 and 2 may receive two (2) Crisis Assistance deliveries.
  • Vulnerable and non-vulnerable Level 3 households, i.e., those with income over 200% Federal Poverty Guidelines to 60% State Median Income are eligible for one (1) Crisis Assistance delivery.

A redetermination of income eligibility is not required to receive Crisis Assistance.  A household qualifying for a Crisis Assistance benefit will receive an authorization for a fuel delivery within forty-eight (48) hours or eighteen (18) hours in life-threatening situations.

Information For Vendors

Please follow this link to the 2011 - 2022 Cumulative Prices

Information from the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) will be used to determine the daily Fixed Margin Price, which will be used to pay oil vendors making deliveries to CEAP households. For FFY 2023, the Fixed Margin Price will be based on the daily New Haven Rack Average OPIS price for ultra-low sulfur red dye distillate heating oil, plus a fixed margin of 50 cents per gallon.

The Fixed Margin Pricing Program also includes county differentials in the pricing mechanism to reflect transportation, delivery, and operation costs. The differentials are based on a county-by-county comparison of retail prices. The county differentials are as follows, and exclude the 50 cents fixed margin: 

Fairfield County

$0.115

Hartford County

$0.039

Litchfield County

$0.067

Middlesex County

$0.033

New Haven County

$0.045

New London County

$0.042

Windham County

$0.100

Tolland County

$0.099


Performance Measures

Please follow this link for the LIHEAP Federal Performance Measures FY 2021 - "State at a Glance Snapshot" for Connecticut.