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DEO LIHEAP Policies and Procedures Manual Page 60

B. For the collection and reporting of performance measures, the following definitions shall apply: 1. Imminent Risk – The household is considered to be in Imminent Risk if it meets one or more of the criteria in having a Home Energy Crisis, regardless of whether or not the household is eligible for or receives a Crisis Benefit. The household shall be counted as an assisted household where energy loss was prevented. 2. Restoration of Energy – The household is currently without energy, has exhausted its refillable fuel, and/or receives repair or replacement of home energy equipment that was inoperable, regardless of whether or not the household is eligible for or receives a Crisis Benefit. The household shall be counted as an assisted household where energy loss was restored. (a) A Household assisted through a Home Energy Benefit or Crisis Benefit with a deposit to establish a new household’s energy service shall not be counted in this category. 3. Energy Source – The main fuel type or source which provides energy to heat and/or cool the home. 4. Fuel Type – For Florida, the following are the only two main fuel types to be considered in collection and reporting of Performance Measures Data: (a) Electric (b) Gas

.03 Reporting Time Periods A. Annual Reports: 1. The time period covered by both the LIHEAP Annual Household Report and the LIHEAP Annual Performance Measures Report is the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) from October 1 through September 30 of each year. The data to be reported are not per Agreement, but per the FFY. 2. Subrecipients must be able to collect unduplicated numbers of households served and the specific demographic data collected. 3. The number of benefits provided can and should be greater than the number of unduplicated households served as one household may receive multiple benefits during the defined time period.