EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County Community Development (MCCD) will provide window air conditioners for low-income households consisting of elderly, disabled and children 5 and younger.
Households that received an air conditioner from Madison County Community Development within the last three years are not eligible.
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Staff with the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) are administering the program. Eligible households must be at or below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.
To qualify for a window air conditioning unit:
- Household MUST reside in Madison County.
- Each household/individual MUST complete an intake form.
- MUST present a picture ID.
- MUST provide Social Security cards for every household member
- Each household member MUST provide GROSS income documentation for their ENTIRE household/family income for the past 30 days. Everyone over the age of 18 must provide income documentation.
- Be 60 years or older OR suffer from a medical condition that can be relieved by air conditioning.
- Those persons under 60 years of age MUST provide a letter from the applicant’s doctor containing a specific ailment a household member is suffering from OR have children in the household 5 or under regardless of an existing medical condition. Medical conditions may include asthma, COPD, emphysema, coronary disease and immediate terminal illness.
- Each household MUST provide a current copy of their utility bill to prove that they have utilities, and do not have a back bill and are not in threat of disconnection. Utility bill MUST be less than $600.
- Household MUST fall under the following income guidelines.
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