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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? Applications for the Regular Energy Assistance Program that provides heating assistance are taken through local Community Action Agencies under contract to Department of Human Services. The local county offices of the Division of Family and Children Services make referrals. Outreach activities are coordinated between these agencies for each of the 159 counties in the State of Georgia. 8.3 How do you provide alternate outreach and intake for cooling assistance?> The process is the same for cooling as it is for Regular Energy Assistance. 8.4 How do you provide alternate outreach and intake for crisis assistance? Applications for the Crisis Assistance Program that provides energy assistance are taken through local community action agencies under contract to Department of Human Services. The local county offices of the Division of Family and Children Services make referrals. Outreach activities are coordinated between these agencies for each of the 159 counties in the State of Georgia. 8.5 LIHEAP Component Administration. Heating Cooling Crisis Weatherization 8.5a Who determines client eligibility? Community Action Agencies Community Action Agencies Community Action Agencies Community Action Agencies 8.5b Who processes benefit payments to gas and electric vendors? Community Action Agencies Community Action Agencies Community Action Agencies 8.5c who processes benefit payments to bulk fuel vendors? Community Action Agencies Community Action Agencies Community Action Agencies 8.5d Who performs installation of weatherization measures? State Energy/ Environment Agency 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? When applicable, local administering agencies are selected via the state's procurement process with consideration to the CFR governing the program. Georgia contracts with 18 Community Action Agencies (CAAs) through the Division of Family and Children Services to administer LIHEAP. Each agency is required to go through the contracting process annually. Included in the contracting process is the submission of an operational plan that must be approved by the State Office. The list of agencies is the same each year. The Community Action Agencies are designated agencies with established intake locations in all 159 counties in the State of Georgia. These locations must be geographically accessible to all potentially eligible households. 8.7 How many local administering agencies do you use? 18 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.