Air conditioning assistance available to eligible South Dakotans

Financial assistance is available for eligible South Dakotans who need to repair or replace the air conditioning system in their home.

The Low-Income Energy Assistance Program provides funding for South Dakotans who own their home. Eligibility for Energy Assistance, distributed through the state Department of Social Services, is based on the number of people and income of everyone in the home. Program monies are distributed on a first-come basis, and the payments are made directly to the energy supplier.

DSS also provides energy assistance to help low-income South Dakotans pay for home heating costs. Applications may be submitted any time for the upcoming winter.

To apply for energy assistance and help with repair and replacement of air conditioning systems that are not working or not working properly, visit https://dss.sd.gov/economicassistance/energyassistance/ or your local Community Action Agency at https://dss.sd.gov/economicassistance/communityassistance.aspx.

Four Community Action Programs administer the air conditioner repair and replacement program for DSS and cover every county in the state:

• Grow South Dakota – Ph: 605-698-7654 (https://www.growsd.org/) serves Beadle, Brown, Campbell, Day, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, McPherson, Marshall, Potter, Roberts, Spink, Stanley, Sully and Walworth counties.
• Rural Office of Community Services – Ph: 605-384-3883 (www.rocsinc.org) serves Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison, Douglas, Gregory, Hanson, Hutchinson, Jerauld, Jones, Lincoln, Lyman, Mellette, Sanborn, Todd, Tripp, Turner, Yankton and Union counties.
• Western South Dakota Community Action – Ph: 605-348-1460 (www.wsdca.org) serves Bennett, Butte, Corson, Custer, Dewey, Fall River, Haakon, Harding, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade, Perkins, Oglala Lakota, Pennington and Ziebach counties.
• Inter-Lakes Community Action – Ph: 605-256-6518 (www.interlakescap.com) serves Brookings, Clark, Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Kingsbury, Lake, McCook, Miner, Minnehaha and Moody counties.