Nonprofit’s misuse of federal heating funds tops $3M

Nonprofit’s misuse of federal heating funds tops $3M

New Opportunities Inc., a Waterbury-based nonprofit that has for years served as an administrator of federal heating assistance for low-income households, made headlines in December of 2025 when they failed to pay Eversource $1.5 million in federal heating assistance funds after diverting the money to their operational costs. The lapse forced the Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS) to intervene, but according to documents received fr…