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P. Provide standard application forms and format for all energy programs administered by the Department. The application form shall include a statement that non-qualified aliens are not eligible for energy assistance benefits (other household members who are either qualified aliens or citizens may be eligible for energy assistance benefits).

Q. Maintain a system to verify recipients’ Social Security numbers as part of the ongoing effort to maximize program integrity.

III. PROGRAM DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of the Plan, the following terms are defined:

Boarders – Persons whose meals are included in their rent. Boarders are not eligible to receive CEAP benefits.

Categorical Eligibility – A determination that a household is eligible for LIHEAP assistance based on eligibility and enrollment in another means-tested program, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), State Supplement to the Aged, Blind and Disabled, Refugee Cash Assistance, or Supplemental Security Income (SSI). If a household is determined categorically eligible, intake staff do not need to repeat the income test for purposes of qualifying for LIHEAP assistance.

Dwelling Unit – Any residential property (i.e., apartment, house, or stationary mobile home) in which the occupants have exclusive kitchen facilities. It does not include commercial property, accommodations that have not been issued a certificate of occupancy or accommodations that are not listed as residential units in the tax assessor’s records for the municipality where such accommodations are located.

Energy Burden – The percentage of household income spent on home energy costs.

Household – Any individual or group of individuals who are living together in a dwelling unit, or who purchase residential energy in common, or who make payments for such energy in the form of rent. Persons renting a room(s) within a dwelling unit are considered to be household members. Households do not include individuals who are boarders in rooming houses, who reside at an institution of higher learning, are incarcerated, or are foster children or foster adults.

Income/Means of Support – Gross salaries/wages, tips, pensions, dividends, annuity distributions, interest, gross rental income, estate or trust income, royalties, Social Security, and veterans’ benefits (excluding Aid and Attendance pension benefits), unemployment compensation, workers' compensation, monetary and non- monetary contributions from friends and relatives, alimony, child support, lottery winnings, self- employment income, and governmental assistance not otherwise excluded as income.

Life-tenant – A person entitled by law to occupy a property or dwelling for the duration of his/her life and who is responsible for maintaining the property.

Life-Threatening Situation – Any situation in which an eligible household is unable to secure primary deliverable heating fuel and is without (or within one week of) being without heating fuel.

Non-Qualified Aliens –Individuals residing in the United States who are not considered a “qualified alien” or “battered alien” under the provisions of 8 USC § 1641(b)-(c). Common examples of non-qualified aliens include, but are not limited to, Individuals who are in the United States legally but on a student, tourist, or work visa.

Primary Source of Heat – The principal fuel source used by a household to heat its dwelling unit.