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Income Maximum 45% to 60% of SMI: $50 Payment Persons in family/household 1 month 45% to 60% of SMI 3 months 45% to 60% of SMI 12 months 45% to 60% of SMI 1 $2,796 $8,389 $33,556 2 $3,656 $10,970 $43,882 3 $4,517 $13,551 $54,207 4 $5,377 $16,133 $64,533 5 $6,238 $18,714 $74,857 6 $7,098 $21,295 $85,183 7 $7,259 $21,779 $87,119 8 $7,421 $22,263 $89,055 9 $7,582 $22,747 $90,991 10 $7,743 $23,231 $92,927

8.8 Household Eligibility vs. Benefit Eligibility The LSP Intake staff must take care to observe the distinction between household/programmatic eligibility and benefit eligibility. There may be some circumstances in which a household demonstrates that it meets the eligibility criteria for EAP, but the LSP is unable to release a benefit at the time of application. This is an important distinction to draw, because verification of EAP eligibility may be used to prove eligibility in other benefit programs, including the moratorium and Universal Service Program discounts. In these cases, it is important that the LSP determine and document the household eligibility, while marking the reason for any benefit ineligibility in the statewide database (e.g., primary heating source not operational or credit balance above program limits on a utility, as described in section 10.12: Credit Balance”). Persons in family/household 1 month 30% to 45% of SMI 3 months 30% to 45% of SMI 12 months 30% to 45% of SMI 1 $2,097 $6,291 $25,167 2 $2,742 $8,227 $32,911 3 $3,387 $10,163 $40,655 4 $4,033 $12,099 $48,399 5 $4,678 $14,035 $56,143 6 $5,323 $15,971 $63,887 7 $5,444 $16,334 $65,339 8 $5,565 $16,697 $66,791 9 $5,686 $17,060 $68,243 10 $5,807 $17,423 $69,695