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LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP) HEARING NOTICE

Dear

:

This is to notify you that your hearing request for the Energy Assistance Program has been received. Your request for a fair hearing has -

A. Been denied because:

Your written request for a hearing was not received within 45 days from the date of our notice to you concerning your application.

The basis for your hearing request does not meet the agency’s definition of when a hearing is to be granted to a household.

Other. Explain:

B.

Been withdrawn

C.

Been considered abandoned

D.

Been accepted

If accepted, your hearing is set for

(Date) and will be held at the

(Location) at

(Time). If you cannot attend the hearing, you must notify the Director of the

(Agency) that you cannot attend on the scheduled date. If you wish to telephone, the number to call is

. If the Director is not in when you call or when you go by the office, then tell the office representative you talk with who you are and leave your message. You have a right to be represented by any other person of your choice at the hearing.

The failure of you or your representative to attend the hearing without good reason will constitute abandonment of your hearing request unless a good reason for such failure to appear exists. The local agency will determine whether the reason is acceptable.

LIHEAP-106

Reviewed 2024