The Home Energy Assistance Winter Crisis Program helps Ohioans at or below 175 percent of the federal poverty guidelines pay their heating bills. Ohioans who are threatened with disconnection, have been disconnected from their utility service, transferring services, establishing new services, have a PIPP default with a disconnection notice or at or below 25% fuel, may also be eligible for the HEAP Winter Crisis Program, available now and through March 31, 2023.

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, approximately 3,500 infants die from sleep-related deaths in the United States every year. The updated guidelines include quite a few changes, including not using car seats, strollers, swings, and infant carriers, for routine sleep. In addition, they should avoid the use of commercial devices that claim to reduce the risk of SIDS, or other sleep-related deaths.

Allen County has now been designated a community at a “medium level of COVID-19 Transmission” BY THE Centers for Disease Control. They are now using “COVID-!9 Community Levels” to determine if or where a mask is recommended to be worn. As of today, Allen County has a case rate of just over 35 cases per 100-thousand residents. While the advisory has been lifted and residents can go about their daily lives without wearing a mask local businesses and agencies have the right to still request that you use one on their premises.

The CDC has now issued new guidelines when it comes to a isolating or quarantining after a positive COVID-19 test. 

Allen County Commissioner Beth Seibert explains, “And we want to take steps among our operations to keep everyone safe and do things safely.”