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A) Any Household member without demonstrated citizenship or Qualified Noncitizen status will be treated as an Ineligible Household Member. B) An Ineligible Household Member may apply for benefits on behalf of Eligible Household Members. ii. DES will conduct an immigration check in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) SAVE database for any Eligible Household Member that is not a citizen of the United States, as required by A.R.S. § 1-504. A) To be approved for LIHEAP benefits, these Applicants must have Qualified Noncitizen status validated through a SAVE check. B) Standard Crisis and Life-Threatening Crisis Applicants who meet all other eligibility criteria but who cannot be validated in SAVE within 48 hours or 18 hours, respectively, will be approved subject to redetermination of benefits following validation. C) This check is required only for Applicants and households that are otherwise eligible; it is not required if an Application is determined to be ineligible based upon other eligibility criteria. Note: If an Applicant or Household was previously denied on other criteria, and is later determined to be eligible, a check is required prior to approval if not already completed for any Eligible Household Member that is not a citizen of the United States. iii. For applications submitted with the assistance of a Community Navigator, the Noncitizen Script must be read to an Applicant, prior to advising the Applicant or adding a noncitizen Household member to the application, when the application contains: A) A noncitizen that does not want to provide noncitizen status; or B) A noncitizen that does not possess documentation to verify noncitizen status. 12 of 41