Project Deserve

The Power to Care program eases high cost of summer electric bills for many Arkansans

October 27th, 2008

Arkansans Against Abusive Payday Lending (AAAPL) held a news conference July 16, 2008, to release a report evaluating payday lenders’ compliance with Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel’s March 2008 order to stop making loans. The report found that 101 of 156 lenders have complied with McDaniel’s order and stopped making loans while the remaining 55 remain open in defiance of the order.

Entergy’s Power to Care program helps less fortunate pay utility bill

September 12th, 2008
Source: The Helena Daily World

Hot summer in a struggling economy has left more elderly and disabled customers than normal unable to pay their energy bills, nearly depleting the funds available to low-income Arkansans through Entergy Arkansas’s Power to Care program.

Power to Care in Urgent Need of Money

September 2nd, 2008
Southern Good Faith Fund Press Release

A hot summer in a struggling economy has left more elderly and disabled customers than normal unable to pay their energy bills, nearly depleting the funds available to low-income Arkansans through Entergy Arkansas’s Power to Care program.

More People Seeking Help to Pay for Energy Bills

August 1st, 2008
By Ezra Mann // Pine Bluff Commercial

With prices going up across the board, requests for utility bill assistance have increased, according to officials who help pay energy bills.

“Five thousand or more people must have applied in the five counties served,” said Betty Smith, executive director of the Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Economic Opportunities Commission.

The Power to Care program eases high cost of summer electric bills for many Arkansans

July 21st, 2008
Source: KATV Channel 7

With summer temperatures reaching triple digits, many Arkansans have trouble paying their electric bills. Entergy Arkansas’ The Power to Care program, administered by Southern Good Faith Fund, provides financial assistance to eligible Entergy customers who are elderly or disabled and meet income guidelines.

Entergy Corp. donates $142,000 to The Power to Care

May 27th, 2008
Source: The Helena Daily World

Entergy Corporation today announced a new name for the customer assistance funds operated by the company’s utility subsidiaries: The Power to Care. The new name replaces Project Deserve, a program that for 26 years has collected more than $5 million from Arkansas employees, customers and shareholders to help elderly and handicapped customers pay their electric bills during times of financial crisis.

Southern Good Faith Fund and Project Deserve Provide Energy Assistance in Arkansas

April 16th, 2007
Source: Press Release

Southern Good Faith Fund (SGFF) became the administrative agency for Project Deserve, a fund established by Entergy Arkansas to help low-income, elderly, or disabled Arkansas residents pay their electric bills.

Qualified clients receive assistance in the form of grants that are reflected as non-refundable credits on customer accounts.