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DEO LIHEAP Policies and Procedures Manual Page 11

Part 300 -- Legal Base

A. HHS provides the funding for LIHEAP. State funds are not used in the program. Funding levels availability vary each program year. B. The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (Title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Public Law 97-35): section 16 of the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1981 (Public Law 97-115); Title VI of the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-558); Title V of the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-425); Title VII of the Augustus F. Hawkins Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-510); and Title III of the Human Services Amendments of the 1994 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193). C. Federal and/or state laws take precedence over any policy in this manual. D. LIHEAP subrecipients may not be more restrictive than the law. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 42 U.S.C. ss 8621- 8630 FEDERAL REGULATIONS 409.508, Florida Statutes Rule 73C-26, Florida Administrative Code STATE REGULATIONS Subrecipient Agreement between DEO and the LIHEAP Subrecipient LIHEAP AWARD