To be eligible for Project COPE assistance, you must:

• Be a Colorado Springs Utilities customer.

• Received a Colorado Springs Utilities disconnect notice.

• Experience an emergency situation.

• First apply for Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) assistance. If LEAP
  assistance is no longer available, or if you do not qualify for LEAP, you may apply for
  Project COPE assistance.

• Meet with one of our partner agencies.

Eligible customers may receive Project COPE assistance once per year.


Apply

For a referral to a Project COPE agency, call Pikes Peak United Way 2-1-1.


Other assistance resources

Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP)
• Assistance with utilities payments

Home Efficiency Assistance Program (HEAP)
• Assistance with energy-efficiency home improvements

Pikes Peak United Way
• Referrals for assistance with rent, mortgage, prescriptions, medical services, food,
  clothing, shelter, senior services and family support
• Pikes Peak United Way 2-1-1 serves El Paso, Teller, Chaffee, Cheyenne, Lincoln
  and Park counties

Home Front Cares
• Provides support for military families impacted by deployment in harm's way