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EAP Policy Manual FFY24 Chapter 3 Program Eligibility Requirements Page 11 • The “Insufficient Information” denial may prompt the household to contact the Service Provider, providing an opportunity for additional clarity on the denial basis. Date of Birth The date of birth (DOB) is required for all household members for the application to be completed. The DOB is collected because DOB is: • Needed to verify Social Security Numbers. • An identifier that helps distinguish people with the same name. • Used to collect and report demographic information. For required LIHEAP and other federal reports and program eligibility the DOB identifies children under six, seniors and minor children with earned income. Household Size Household size means the number of people who reside in the household on the date a household member signs the application. Some people may be members of more than one household. Any household members activated to the military and deployed are household members. Only include the income that is made available to the household. College students living away from home during the school year are household members if the household dwelling is their legal residence. Minor children of parents or guardians living separately may be claimed as members of both households. Proof of joint custody is not required. Any unearned income payments, such as Social Security Income, for the minor children of parents or guardians living separately are counted only by the household receiving the income. Household Definition Household is defined in 42 U.S.C. 8622(5) as any individual or group of individuals who live together as one economic unit for whom residential energy is customarily purchased in common or who make undesignated energy payments in the form of rent. Whether a group of individuals qualifies as an EAP household will be determined on a case-by- case basis. Factors to determine whether a group of individuals qualify as an EAP household include but are not limited to: • Whether the individuals share income • Whether the individuals share consumption of goods and/or services • Whether the individuals occupy a residence that has not been subdivided • Whether the individuals live in an institution