PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Applications for a federal program that provides winter heating assistance to low-income households in Rhode Island are being processed on an expedited basis after weeks of delays caused by software glitches, the state official overseeing the effort said Friday.

Marion Gold, administrator of the Office of Energy Resources, said her office distributed $300,000 to the state’s community action programs so their staffs can work overtime to process applications for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.