Water Residential Assistance Program (WRAP)
Information
The City of Berkley partners with the Water Residential Assistance Program (WRAP) to provide funding to eligible, low-income households. The program is funded through dedicated Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) budgeted revenue and is administered by local service delivery partners. Representatives from the surrounding counties worked together with GLWA to create a program that is the first of its kind in Michigan. While funding is provided by the GLWA, the resources are administered in partnership with local community action agencies.
Under WRAP, participants will be able to access the support needed to pay past-due water bills and become self-sufficient.
To inquire or apply eligibility, you can contact United Way for Southeaster Michigan - WRAP Services in Oakland County at 248-983-5656 or visit https://uwsem.smapply.org/prog/utilities/
- Click here to download a WRAP flyer.
Program Benefits
- While enrolled, households cannot have their water shut off
- Program participants receive water conservation education
- Community action agency partners can provide households with additional wrap-around programming
- Utilities receive additional revenue on a reoccurring basis
- Program design is intentionally flexible to adjust to changing demands and needs
WRAP Participant Eligibility Requirements
- Reside within an eligible GLWA Member Community (see list below)
- Responsible for paying your water bill
- At or below 200% of the federal poverty level
- Own or rent your home
| HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS | HOUSEHOLD INCOME |
| 1 | $27,180 |
| 2 | $36,620 |
| 3 | $46,060 |
| 4 | $55,500 |
| 5 | $64,940 |
| 6 | $74,380 |
| 7 | $83,820 |
| 8 | $93,260 |
| 9 | $97,980 |
| 10 | $102,700 |
| 11 | $107,420 |
| 12 | $112,140 |
| 13 | $116,860 |
| 14 | $121,580 |
WRAP’s mission is to administer the distribution of WRAP funding to the eligible, low-income customers of the GLWA, with a vision to create a transformative water utility assistance program focusing on bill assistance, conservation, and self-sufficiency initiatives.
United Way for Southeastern Michigan – WRAP Services in Oakland County serves the following communities:
| Auburn Hills Berkley Beverly Hills Bingham Farms Birmingham Bloomfield Hills Bloomfield Township Clarkston Clawson Commerce Township Farmington Farmington Hills Ferndale Franklin Hazel Park |
Huntington Woods Independence Township Keego Harbor Lake Angelus Lake Orion Lathrup Village Madison Heights Novi Oak Park Oakland Township Orchard Lake Orion Township Oxford Township Oxford Village |
Pleasant Ridge Pontiac Rochester Rochester Hills Royal Oak Township City of Royal Oak Southfield Township City of Southfield Sylvan Lake Troy Walled Lake Waterford Township West Bloomfield Township Wixom |