Community Action Partnership of Greater Saint Joseph is pleading for public support as federal funding declines. Executive director Dave Leyland says funding for LIHEAP, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, has been cut by 50 percent.

Leyland worries that as word gets out that local agencies have no more funds, many people will just give up and suffer through the winter. He says anyone who’d like to help with a local donation to LIHEAP should call 816-233-8281. CAP Saint Joe serves Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, and DeKalb counties.