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recipients and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) 8.1 How would you categorize the primary responsibility of your State agency? Administration Agency Commerce Agency Community Services Agency Energy/Environment Agency Housing Agency State Department of Welfare (administers TANF, SNAP, and/or Medicaid) Economic Development Agency Other - Describe: Include current list of subrecipient name, main office address (do not list P.O. Box), phone number, county(s) served, Congressional District, and UEI number. Used for Near hotline and OCS Service Provider Tool and clearinghouse. Alternate Outreach and Intake, 2605(b)(15) - Assurance 15 If you selected "State Department of Welfare (administers TANF, SNAP, and/or Medicaid)" in question 8.1, you must complete questions 8.2, 8. 3, and 8.4, as applicable. 8.2 How do you provide alternate outreach and intake for heating assistance? County and state offices mail or deliver outreach materials to several community agencies as well as LIHEAP vendors. Applications with instructions on how to apply are made available to consumers. Colorado LIHEAP and Energy Outreach Colorado maintain websites from which interested parties can print an application, complete it and mail it in. Colorado LIHEAP also maintains a toll-free phone line, which is highly publicized. People can call in, receive advice on how to apply for LIHEAP, complete an application over the phone and be given directions for an on-line option or get an application mailed to their home. 8.3 How do you provide alternate outreach and intake for cooling assistance?> 8.4 How do you provide alternate outreach and intake for crisis assistance? Information on the Crisis Intervention Program (CIP) is provided through various methods. Each approved household is informed of the service on his or her approval notice and is provided the toll-free number dedicated to the program. All information sheets that accompany LIHEAP applications provide information about (CIP). In addition, information about CIP is publicized in newspaper columns as well as in television ads and information is maintained on both the Colorado Department of Human Services' website and Energy Outreach Colorado's website. 8.5 LIHEAP Component Administration. Heating Cooling Crisis Weatherization 8.5a Who determines client eligibility? Other Non-Applicable Other Other 8.5b Who processes benefit payments to gas and electric vendors? State Administration Agency Non-Applicable State Administration Agency 8.5c who processes benefit payments to bulk fuel vendors? State Administration Agency Non-Applicable State Administration Agency 8.5d Who performs installation of weatherization measures? Other Include a current list of subrecipient(s) name, main office address (do not list P.O. Box), phone number, county(s) served, Congressional District, and UEI number. If any of your LIHEAP components are not centrally-administered by a state agency, you must complete questions 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, and, if applicable, 8.9. 8.6 What is your process for selecting local administering agencies? Colorado LIHEAP is a state supervised and county administered program. The State is represented by 64 county offices who are re the administration and or outreach for LIHEAP. The State currently contracts directly with Discover Goodwill, a non-profit agency, locat Colorado that determines eligibility on behalf of 55 counties for FFY 2026. The State can provide better oversight and monitoring through contractual relationship with Discover Goodwill instead of each county subcontracting with Discover Goodwill, which was the process prio 2016. County offices who are no longer processing eligibility are still responsible for outreach efforts, providing information and referral a there is a coordinated process with Discover Goodwill to handle emergencies. 8.7 How many local administering agencies do you use? 10 8.8 Have you changed any local administering agencies in the last year? Yes No 8.9 If so, why? Agency was in noncompliance with Grant recipient requirements for LIHEAP - Agency is under criminal investigation Added agency Agency closed Other - describe 8.10 If a subrecipient is no longer providing LIHEAP, are you aware of prior-year LIHEAP funds being mismanaged or misspent? Yes No 8.10a If yes, please explain. 8.10b If you are aware, were other federal programs impacted such as CSBG, SSBG, Head Start, TANF, and Department of Energy Weatherization funding, etc. Yes No 8.10c If yes, please explain. If any of the above questions require further explanation or clarification that could not be made in the fields provided, attach a document with said explanation here.