Due to the impending winter storm, the County is currently working to ensure that services remain available to residents.
The County is planning to activate the Emergency Operations Center early Sunday morning staffed with emergency services departments and community partners. The Sheriff’s Department, EMS, and Central Communications (911) are working to up-staff in order to accommodate the anticipated bad weather.
At this time, Social Services and the Health Department are preparing to set up a shelter in case there is significant weather that impacts power. The County will provide information once the decision is made to open the shelter to the public.
For assistance pertaining to the winter storm, please call the Alamance County Emergency Operations Center at 336-290-0362.
Households in Alamance County containing a person aged 60 or more, or someone receiving disability benefits and services through the NC Division of Aging and Adult Services can apply for help covering the cost of heating their homes starting Monday, Dec. 3. All households can apply from Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019 through Friday, March 29, 2019.
The federally funded Low-Income Energy Assistance Program provides eligible households with a one-time payment to their heating vendor to offset the high cost of heating during the cold-weather months. Depending on the household’s primary heating source, the payment will be $200, $300, or $400.
Last year, the program provided approximately $32 million to help 128,160 households pay their heating bills from December 2017 through March 2018.
To be eligible, a person must:
Have at least one U.S. citizen or non-citizen who meets eligibility criteria
Have income equal to or less than 130 percent of the federal poverty limit, such as:
For a household of one, an income of $15,782 or less
For a family of four, an income of $32,630 or less
Have resources, such as saving and checking accounts, cash on hand, at or below $2,250
Be responsible for their heating cost
Alamance County households who want to apply for energy assistance can only do so in person at the Alamance County Department of Social Services office located at:
319 North Graham-Hopedale Road
Burlington, NC 27217
Social Services will be accepting applications from households with a person aged 60 or more, or someone receiving disability benefits and services through the NC Division of Aging and Adult from Monday, Dec. 3, through Monday, Dec. 31, with the exception of December 24-26 when the Department of Social Services will be closed. Hours for the site are 8am-5pm. All households may apply from Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019 through Friday, March 29, 2019.
Local officials charged with operating and staffing Alamance County’s emergency shelter, have decided to close the operation by 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 19.
At 1:00 p.m. today (9/18), the shelter was serving 14 clients. Directors of Alamance County’s Social Services and Public Health, along with their respective staffs, have initiated a closure plan with the American Red Cross, to relocate the clients.
Based on current weather conditions, and waters of area creeks and the Haw River beginning to recede, emergency shelter needs are no longer at a critical stage.
For the same reasons the shelter is closing, the county’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) will also cease 24 hour service. The Office of Emergency Management will close the EOC today (9/18), at 5:00 p.m. The EOC call center line, 336-290-0362 will remain active. A recording directing residents to local resources will be placed on the call center phone.
Aside from shelter and EOC operations, only one road in the county remains closed due to storm damage. A culvert on Greenwood Drive, near Isley School Road (in the vicinity of Indian Valley Golf Course), was washed out. The road will remain closed until North Carolina Department of Transportation (DOT) staff can make repairs. (Inquiries for a timetable should be directed to DOT).
After 5:00 p.m. today, information requests for county storm-related matters and resources may be directed to Public Information Officer Michelle Mills, or Emergency Management Director, Debbie Hatfield.