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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 LIHEAP program uses a separate paper and online application process from the other programs. A mass mailing of LIHEAP information to potential applicants, community helping agencies and the fuel providers is conducted at the beginning of the application period. Other interested persons may obtain an application, receive information or assistance in completing the application by calling the toll-free number for the local LIHEAP office directly, utilizing the available online application process, by calling or visiting a local agency office, or by attending an in-person LIHEAP event where staff are present to assit with completing the appolication. The applications are ultimately received and processed in a separate department from other assistance programs. The LIHEAP program has its own call center to answer questions and provide assistance. 8.3 How do you provide alternate outreach and intake for cooling assistance?> Not applicable 8.4 How do you provide alternate outreach and intake for crisis assistance? Same as in 8.2. In addition to the above, additional outreach and intake services are provided for heating and crisis assistance by many volunteer agencies statewide (e.g., Salvation Army, American Red Cross, Area Agencies on Aging, county health departments, local housing agencies, etc.) 8.5 LIHEAP Component Administration. Heating Cooling Crisis Weatherization 8.5a Who determines client eligibility? State Administration Agency Non-Applicable State Administration Agency Community Action Agencies 8.5b Who processes benefit payments to gas and electric vendors? State Administration Agency Non-Applicable State Administration Agency 8.5c who processes benefit payments to bulk fuel vendors? State Administration Agency Non-Applicable State Administration Agency 8.5d Who performs installation of weatherization measures? 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? Not applicable for heating or winter crisis assistance. The State of Kansas administers the LIHEAP program internally. See attachment 8.5 to 8.8 for weatherization information. 8.7 also applies to the weatherization program. 8.7 How many local administering agencies do you use? 4 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.