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FUEL ASSISTANCE
When the community was faced applications increased by 44%
with the largest rate increases over the previous year, and overall
in recent memory for heating applications increased 18%. WCAC’s
oil and an over 60% increase in dynamic fuel assistance staff met
the cost of electricity, generous the challenge of the winter heating
donors supported WCAC, the City season, which coincided with the
of Worcester supported WCAC agency’s office relocation in the
and the state legislature provided middle of winter, to provide critical
supplemental heating. First-time service to thousands.
623 HOUSEHOLDS 50% OF HOUSEHOLDS GROWING OUR IMPACT
HAD HEATING SYSTEMS RECEIVING HEATING
REPAIRED OR REPLACED ASSISTANCE HAD AT LEAST
ONE ELDERLY RESIDENT
ENERGY
Throughout 2023, WCAC’s Energy collective carbon footprint. Eligible
Efficiency program focused its participants are upgrading their
support on clients’ resilience to heating systems to high efficiency
climate change, expanding and Air Source Heat Pumps, providing
increasing the ability to improve clean, predictable and cost-effective
homes and ultimately reduce our heating and cooling.
2,017 EMERGENCY FUEL $1.5 MILLION
DELIVERIES AND UTILITY REMEDIATED
PAYMENTS MADE NO-HEAT EMERGENCIES
THROUGH WCAC’S
EMERGENCY FUEL FUND
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