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Alameda County delays Measure W LIHEAP allocation to Spectrum for revised scope after federal funding update
Summary
After a county update that federal LIHEAP money will be released this month, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted to return a proposed $3 million Measure W allocation for Spectrum Community Services to a future meeting for a revised scope of work; the item will be agendized Dec. 9 for further action.
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Nov. 18 voted to return for reconsideration a proposed $3,000,000 Measure W allocation for Spectrum Community Services’ Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), after staff said federal LIHEAP funding is being released and may affect local allocations.
County legislative staff told the board that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to release $3.7 billion under special authority by the end of the month, and that the state’s FY26 allocation methodology shifts funds toward regions with more extreme cold weather. Social Services Agency Director Andrea Ford said the board’s prior action to allocate Measure W funds to Spectrum was contingent on a…
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