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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? The state contracts with our 16 local Community Action Agencies for this. 8.3 How do you provide alternate outreach and intake for cooling assistance?> 8.4 How do you provide alternate outreach and intake for crisis assistance? The state contracts with our 16 local Community Action Agencies for this. 8.5 LIHEAP Component Administration. Heating Cooling Crisis Weatherization 8.5a Who determines client eligibility? Community Action Agencies Non-Applicable Community Action Agencies Community Action Agencies 8.5b Who processes benefit payments to gas and electric vendors? Community Action Agencies Non-Applicable Community Action Agencies 8.5c who processes benefit payments to bulk fuel vendors? Community Action Agencies Non-Applicable Community Action Agencies 8.5d Who performs installation of weatherization Local County measures? Government Community Action Agencies 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? Community action agencies are given priority by Iowa Code 216A to serve as the local administering agency (Subgrantee) for LIHEAP. In the event that a Subgrantee is no longer able or willing to administer the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program in its service area, or if the Grantee determines that a Subgrantee has defaulted on the Contract to administer the LIHEAP program, the Grantee reserves the right to operate the program directly or to select an alternate Subgrantee(s) to provide LIHEAP services in the service area of that Subgrantee. Selection of an alternate Subgrantee will be based on the following criteria: (1) capacity to deliver the required service; (2) quality of work; and (3) geographical proximity to the service area. Contiguous community action agencies will be given primary consideration by the Grantee in selecting an alternate Subgrantee. If no contiguous community action agency is available to serve the unserved area, the Grantee will solicit a non-contiguous local agency to serve the unserved area. If no contiguous or non-contiguous local administering agency is available to serve an unserved area, the Grantee will solicit a private, non-profit organization providing other related services in the unserved area and capable of meeting all program requirements to serve the unserved area. A public hearing will be held to accept comment on the new Subgrantee selection before a Subgrantee is designated. 8.7 How many local administering agencies do you use? 16 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.