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Authority: AS 47.05.010 7 AAC 44.040. Eligibility requirements; income calculations. (a) A household is eligible to participate in the heating assistance program only if

(1) the dwelling for which heating assistance is requested is located in the state, and at least one member of the household is physically present in the state at the time of application for, and receipt of, heating assistance; and the household

(A) physically resides in the dwelling for which heating assistance is requested; or

(B) is seeking heating assistance to help with the natural gas and electric utility deposit necessary to move into subsidized housing in the state;

(2) repealed 11/5/2011;

(3) the household’s annual home heating costs exceed $200; and

(4) the household’s gross monthly income is no more than 150 percent of the level set in the federal poverty guidelines for Alaska established annually by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, in 82 Fed. Reg. 8831 — 8832 (January 31, 2017), as amended from time to time and adopted by reference. (b) A household is not eligible to participate in the heating assistance program if, at the time eligibility determination, the household

(1) is eligible for or has received benefits from a tribal organization financed by the United States Department of Health and Human Services under 42 U.S.C. 8621 — 8630 (Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act), unless an agreement to the contrary has been executed between the department and the tribal organization; or

(2) resides in a crisis center, hotel, motel, tent, or other shelter normally intended for temporary occupancy, and

(A) has resided there for less than 60 consecutive days before the date of signature on the completed application; and

(B) is not seeking a utility deposit under (a)(1)(B) of this section;

(3) resides