Care and Share (Niagara Mohawk) Guidelines to apply for Care & Share: Applicants must be 60 years of age or older, handicapped/disabled, or have a life-threatening medical emergency Applicants must have an energy emergency such as a shut-off notice or no fuel, etc. Care & Share allows clients to apply every twelve months. This year the grant amount was raised from $150.00 to $200.00. Funds for this program are dependent on Niagara Mohawk's Foundation, employees, and customers whose money donations are matched by Niagara Mohawk 2 to 1. Project Share (NYSEG) Project Share was created by the utility to assist customers who were unable to pay their fuel bills or repair heating equipment. Initially, the program was started with NYSEG's funds, and funds continue to be given through NYSEG employee gifts, foundation monies, and customer's donations, which are matched by NYSEG 2 for 1. Guidelines for Project SHARE Program is for people 60 years or older, or who are disabled/handicapped, or with a life-threatening medical emergency. Applicants must be customers of NYSEG with an energy-related emergency, such as a shut-off notice, no fuel, needs fire wood, propane gas, furnace repaired, weatherization, etc. This is a last resort program and cannot be accessed until all government programs have been applied for at the Department of Social Services or Area Office for the Aging. New guidelines sometimes require the customer to pay some dollars her or him self also to prevent the shut-off or have the utility restored. A customer can only receive the Project Share grant once every 18 months. FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) FEMA is a program of last resort and disburses grant money through the Federal government. The American Red Cross of Cortland County spreads its part of the grant to clients with utility emergencies that cannot receive assistance under the guidelines for its other emergency energy programs. The client must still apply to the Department of Social Services first, but if he/she is denied, then FEMA can assist by paying one month's utility bill. In some cases if more than one utility has sent a shut-off notice, FEMA will pay each utility one month's bill. This can be the highest one month's billing in the arrearage period.