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Text2007 Cooling Assistance and Fan Care Programs
Fairfax County Department of Family Services
12011 Government Center Parkway, Suite 500
Fairfax, VA 22035-1102
News Release #6/06
June 6, 2007
County announces start of cooling assistance and Fan Care programs for 2007
Fairfax County residents who need help to keep their homes cool this summer and prevent a health emergency resulting from extreme heat may be able to get assistance from two programs locally administered by the county’s Department of Family Services.
The Cooling Assistance program, a federally funded program, helps eligible low-income households with at least one person considered especially vulnerable to heat: a child under age six, a disabled individual, or an adult age 60 or older. Cooling assistance can be used to help with:
- Payment of electric bills to operate cooling equipment.
- Payment of security deposits for electricity to operate cooling equipment.
- Repair of a central air conditioning system or heat pump.
- Purchase of a whole-house fan, including ceiling or attic fans.
- Purchase and installation of one window unit air conditioner for households where there is no unit or where the unit must be replaced.
Applications for this year’s Cooling Assistance Program will be accepted from Friday, June 15, through Wednesday, August 15.
Applications can be picked up at the county’s four DFS offices:
- Fairfax - Pennino Building, 2nd floor, 12011 Government Center Parkway 703-324-7500, TTY 703-222-9452
- Falls Church, 6245 Leesburg Pike (Route 7), Falls Church 703-533-5300, TTY 703-533-5316
- Reston - Lake Anne Office Building, 11484 Washington Plaza West, Reston 703-787-4900, TTY 703-707-9346
- Richmond Highway/Alexandria - South County Center, 8350 Richmond Hwy (Rt. 1) 703-704-6353; TTY 703-799-3435
The FAN CARE program
is another way to help older Fairfax area residents stay safe in the
summer heat. This electric fan distribution program, sponsored by
Dominion Virginia Power in partnership with the Virginia Department for
the Aging, annually provides about 200 free fans and/or window air
conditioners to eligible senior adults in the Fairfax area.
To qualify for FAN CARE, a person must be at least 60 years of age and
have a combined yearly family income of no more than $15,315 for a
household of 1, $20,535 for a household of 2, etc. Not all persons in the
home need to be seniors to qualify for a fan, but their incomes must be
counted. There is a limit of one fan per household.
The FAN CARE program began on June 1 and runs through the end of
September 2007. To request an application, call Kim Karlinchak in Fairfax
County’s Department of Family Services – Fairfax Area Agency on Aging at
703-324-7694, TTY 703-449-1186.
Fairfax County is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of
disability
in all county programs, services and activities.
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