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Rental Assistance Households – Households which do not make direct vendor payments for their primary source of heat. Such households include renters with heating cost included as a portion of their rental fee and owners of dwelling units where the primary source of heat is not individually metered and is not separately billed to the household by a vendor.

Retail Price – The price charged by a vendor for services or product, exclusive of any discounts, delivered or provided to similarly situated, non-CEAP households.

Refugee Cash Assistance – DSS-administered federal funds related to the resettlement of refugees, assigned by the U.S. State Department to local affiliates of national voluntary resettlement agencies in Connecticut. Renter – A tenant or a person who rents their dwelling unit. State Supplement to the Aged, Blind and Disabled – a state-funded program that provides a cash assistance benefit to individuals who receive SSI or other income necessary to pay for basic living expenses.

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) – A federal income supplement program designed to help aged, blind, and disabled people, who have little or no income; it provides cash to meet basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – A federally-funded program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and DSS that provides nutrition benefits to supplement the food budget of needy families so they can purchase healthy food and move towards self-sufficiency. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) – A federal block grant administered by the Office of Family Assistance (under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families) and DSS to help low-income families with children achieve economic self-sufficiency.

Temporary Family Assistance (TFA) – The state’s cash assistance program for families which is claimed under the TANF block grant.

Vendors – Persons or companies that provide a source of heat to dwelling units in legally measured amounts supported by proper documentation.

Vulnerable Household – Any household in which one or more members is elderly (defined as 60 years of age or older), has a disability, or is under the age of six.

IV. INCOME ELIGIBILITY

A. Any household which makes direct to vendor payments for heat and in which a household member is participating in one or more of the following benefit programs is considered “categorically eligible”:

1. Temporary Family Assistance (TFA) 2. State Supplement to the Aged, Blind and Disabled 3. Refugee Cash Assistance Program 4. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) 5. Supplemental Security Income (SSI)