Lower Columbia CAP Energy Assistance Monthly Income Eligibility 2024/2025

The application process for energy assistance has changed. Please follow these instructions carefully to make sure your application for energy assistance can be reviewed.  

APPLICATIONS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED, WILL REOPEN ON 12/4. 

1. Complete the ENERGY ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY QUESTIONNAIRE. You will need basic info about all members of your household to complete this.

2. Schedule a phone appointment with Energy Assistance staff. The link to schedule this phone appointment will be given to you after completing the questionnaire in step 1.

3. Begin compiling identification and income verification documents. All documentation must be received by NOON of the THURSDAY BEFORE YOUR SCHEDULED PHONE APPOINTMENT. Late documents may disqualify your assistance application.

4. Please review this list of INCOME VERIFICATION DOCUMENTS  and IDENTITY VERIFICATION DOCUMENTS you need to provide based on your household info. 

FORMS DIRECTORY

Declaration of No Income

Employer Earned Income Form – Authorization to Release Information (employer fills out)

For the Record Form

Proof of Residence Form

DSHS Consent to Release Information

5. All documents submitted need to be labeled with the name of the PRIMARY APPLICANT. This is how CAP will know which energy assistance application your documents belong with.

 In person:

1526 Commerce Ave.

Longview, WA

(M-Th, 8am-5:30pm)

Please write the PRIMARY APPLICANT’s name on each document dropped off.

By mail:

Lower Columbia CAP – Energy Assistance

1526 Commerce Ave.

Longview, WA 98632

Please do not send any original documents, everything submitted becomes part of your application file and cannot be returned.

Please write the PRIMARY APPLICANT’s name on each document mailed in.

By fax:

ATTN: Energy Assistance

(360) 575-1664

Please include the PRIMARY APPLICANT’s name on the cover page and all documents sent in.

By email:

energy@lowercolumbiacap.org

This is a submission-only email and is not monitored by staff other than to retrieve documents. If you do not get a response within 1-3 business days please send your documents again. Please use the PRIMARY APPLICANT’s name as the subject line of the email.

 Weatherization – Home Energy Assessment

Are your heating bills high due to lack of adequate insulation, improperly sealed windows and doors?

A home energy assessment can help identify the areas that need to be sealed/insulated to protect you from the cold of winter and heat of summer.  Our certified building analyst will perform a thorough energy assessment to measure the extent of leaks in the building envelope and use infrared cameras to find hard-to-detect areas of air infiltration and missing insulation. You will also receive information on how various energy-saving upgrade options interact with each other and list of efficiency upgrades that are most appropriate for your home.

Click here for a short video on home energy assessments

For weatherization and home energy assessment questions, call the CAP weatherization department at 360-425-3430 ext. 261 or 225