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EAP Policy Manual FFY24 Chapter 3 Program Eligibility Requirements Page 10 I-688, I-688A, I-688B Employment Authorization Card. Can be for an asylee, refugee, alien whose deportation or removal was withheld, or an alien granted conditional entry. No longer valid to verify eligibility as of October 2009. If presented with an expired I-688 ask the household to submit other proof of eligibility. An unexpired I-688 is a sign of fraud. https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0110210810 Ineligible Non-Citizens EAP strives to ensure that all LIHEAP-eligible non-citizens and citizens, including children residing with ineligible non-citizens, are not discouraged, delayed or denied enrollment or faced with additional access barriers by EAP procedures. If an ineligible non-citizen is a household member on an EAP application, their income is counted but they are not counted as a household member (See U.S. HHS Information Memorandum (IM) LIHEAP-IM-2014-07). Service Providers follow the procedures outlined below to process household applications that include ineligible non-citizens: At least one adult is an eligible person in a household with other eligible or ineligible non- citizens • Ensure the primary applicant is an eligible person. • For ineligible non-citizen household members: In the eHEAT Household Member section, on the ID Type dropdown list, select ‘None’ and then ‘SSN refusal’. • Calculate the one month income from all sources (both eligible and ineligible non-citizens) and record in eHEAT in the ‘Total Household Income.’ • Make eHEAT notes about the ineligible non-citizen status. All adults are ineligible non-citizens residing with one or more eligible children • The application should be signed by an adult applicant on behalf of the eligible child(ren). • For ineligible non-citizen household members: In the eHEAT Household Member section, on the ID Type dropdown list, select ‘None’ and then ‘SSN refusal’. • Calculate the one month income from all sources (both eligible and ineligible non-citizens) and record in eHEAT in the ‘Total Household Income.’ • Make eHEAT notes about the ineligible non-citizen status. If no household member can document citizenship or eligible non-citizen status • Deny the application using the “Insufficient Information” eHEAT denial reason.