FPL Care To Share^® Program

Funds | Contributions are tax-deductible | Contribution match | Contributing to FPL Care To Share | Who is eligible for FPL Care To Share? | Assistance a customer may receive | How to apply for assistance | FPL Care To Share Partner Agencies

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The FPL Care To Share Program^®is sponsored by FPL and is designed to provide emergency assistance funds to customers who are in a crisis situation and unable to pay their electric bill.

Voluntary contributions from FPL customers, along with corporate and employee contributions from FPL, fund FPL Care To Share. Since FPL Care To Share was founded in 1994, over $10 million (through year-end 2007) has been raised, and more than 50,000 Florida families have received assistance.

In 2006 and 2007, FPL donated $1 million each year to Care To Share.
FPL will again donate $1 million in 2008.

Funds

Money donated to the FPL Care To Share Program stays in the community. Contributions go to the needy through a partnership network of human services agencies, including The Salvation Army and others.

All funds collected by FPL are given to these non-profit organizations, which administer energy assistance funding. There are no administrative fees, so all contributions go to the needy for energy assistance.

Contributions are tax-deductible

All contributions to the FPL Care To ShareProgram are tax-deductible. You will receive a letter at the beginning of each year summarizing your total contributions for the previous year.

Contribution match

Customer contributions are matched in part by annual FPL corporate contributions, and supplement federal, state and local public resources for emergency assistance funding.

Contributing to FPL Care To Share^®

You can contribute to the FPL Care To Share^® Program in various ways either while paying your energy bill or as a separate transaction.

If you choose not to make a donation through our web site, you can:

• Access our Care To Share contribution form
• Print the form and fill it out completely
• Mail the completed form with a check covering your contribution to the address provided on the form.

Who is eligible for FPL Care To Share?

To be eligible for FPL Care To Share Program funds, FPL customers must

• reside in the FPL service area
• have identification with the same address as the FPL account
• possess a
• delinquent FPL bill
• final notice or
• disconnect notice;
• current bill may also be eligible, if the agency caseworker deems appropriate
• be in imminent danger of having electric service disconnected
• have electric service already disconnected
• have a plan to pay future bills
• have experienced a personal or family crisis
• have exhausted other available energy assistance sources, such as government funded programs and
• have an income that falls at or below agency income guidelines.

Note: The administering agency may exercise flexibility in expanding income levels based on special recipient situations.

Assistance a customer may receive

A household may receive assistance of up to a maximum of $500 for electric service once in a 12-month period.

How to apply for assistance

To inquire about FPL Care To Share Program assistance, view FPL Care To Share Partner Agencies for contact information (by county), including agency names and telephone numbers for the agency nearest you. Such agencies include The Salvation Army and various other social service providers.

You may be advised to apply in person at the Care To Share agency, and you may also be required to provide proof of income for your entire household.

Read more about the FPL Care To Share Program. (41k PDF)

Infórmese acerca del programa Care to Share de FPL. (43k PDF)