PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Good Neighbor Vitality Fund is open to all eligible Rhode Island households experiencing monetary issue and in want of help with vitality bills, even in the summertime. The fund is sponsored by Rhode Island Vitality, Block Island Utility District, Ocean State Energy, Pascoag Utility District, Petro Dwelling Providers and RISEC LP and administered by United Approach of Rhode Island.
Native households in want of vitality help ought to name or go to Tri-County Group Motion Company, 415 Tower Hill Street, North Kingstown, 401-351-2750, ext. 2432, to find out in the event that they qualify for the fund. The company will assist to find out eligibility for the fund based mostly on complete family revenue not exceeding 300 % of the federal poverty stage. Grants to particular person households are decided by gas kind and wish with grant quantities as much as $650 per season.
Along with the sponsoring vitality firms, the marketing campaign depends on the generosity of people, households, native firms and neighborhood organizations for help. Rhode Islanders most frequently donate to the fund through the yellow donation envelopes which are enclosed with vitality payments. These taken with donating to the fund may also textual content “WARM” to 91999 on a cell phone; ship a examine payable to “Good Neighbor Vitality Fund” to Rhode Island Good Neighbor Vitality Fund, c/o United Approach of Rhode Island, 50 Valley St., Windfall, R.I., 02909-2459; or go to rhodeislandgoodneighbor.org.