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About $400 million of the package was to be used to provide the $450 payment to 880,000 residents.
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Provides an additional $40 million for the Heating Assistance Program.
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It also includes $10 million for emergency fuel assistance and $21 million to increase the Emergency Relief Housing Fund to help the homeless.
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The qualifications for these heating relief checks are the same as the $850 inflation relief checks Mills sent last summer.
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Eligibility is based on the Maine 2021 income tax return.
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You are eligible for these payments if you filed as an individual and earned less than $100,000 that year, less than $150,000 as head of household, or less than $200,000 as a married couple.
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