Water Residential Assistance Program (WRAP)
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 learn more about this program and inquire about eligibility, you can contact Wayne Metro Community Action Agency at 248-983-5656 or visit www.waynemetro.org/wrap/
- Click here to download a WRAP flyer.
- Click here to download WRAP Outreach Presentation.
- 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
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.
Wayne Metro Community Action Agency serves the following communities in Oakland County:
- 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.
Wayne Metro Community Action Agency serves the following communities in Oakland County:
| Berkley Beverly Hills Bingham Farms Birmingham Bloomfield Hills Bloomfield Township Clawson Commerce Township Farmington Farmington Hills |
Ferndale Huntington Woods Keego Harbor Lake Orion Lathrup Village Madison Heights Orchard Lake Orion Township Oxford Pleasant Ridge |
Pontiac Royal Oak Royal Oak Township Southfield Walled Lake Hazel Park Oak Park Waterford Township West Bloomfield Twp. |