Rapid Response Data Briefing: Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Webinar
Thursday , June 04, 2026
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm ET
Did you know that the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) has proposed removing reporting requirements related to sex, race, and ethnicity from the data collection? The Federal Register Notice—accepting public comments until June 8, 2026—offers an important opportunity to weigh in on these changes. You can read the full notice here.
Join our Rapid Response Data Briefing to learn what's in LIHEAP, why it’s important, the risks it’s facing, and how you can support this essential dataset.
Featuring:
Mark Wolfe, Executive Director, National Energy Assistance Directors Association
Meeta Anand, Senior Director of Census & Data Equity, The Leadership Conference Education Fund
Beth Jarosz, Vice President, Association of Public Data Users
Meghan Maury, former Senior Advisor for Data Policy, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Denice Ross, former US Chief Data Scientist and Director of Federal Data Policy, Federation of American Scientists (moderator)
Webinar Recording
Resources
Make sure to email your comment to infocollection@acf.hhs.gov by Monday, June 8.
Sign on to The Leadership Conference's comment letter by Monday, June 8, at 3 pm ET.
Check out the National Energy Assistance Directors Association's comment letter to provide inspiration when writing your own comment.
Slide-Deck-Rapid-Response-Data-Briefing-LIHEAP.pdf