 The federal block grant program is designed to lower energy burden for low-income households who pay a high portion of the household income for home energy costs during both winter and summer months. This reminder that homeowners and renters in Baxter, Benton, Boone, Fulton, Green, Madison, Marion, and Randolph counties with losses from severe storms May the 24th through the 27th can now apply for federal disaster assistance from FEMA.