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pg. 38 a legal permanent resident must be included in the household income. Consider households meeting the following conditions ineligible:  Located outside the State of Missouri.  This does not include a household that has a mailing address of a surrounding state but actually lives in Missouri.  Resides in a professional, practical, or domiciliary nursing or boarding home and does not pay a home energy supplier directly for heating-cooling costs.  Resides in a hotel, motel, dormitory or temporary shelter and does not pay a home energy supplier directly for heating-cooling costs.  Resides in government-subsidized housing unless they are paying a home energy supplier or billed by the landlord-housing authority for any out-of- pocket heating-cooling costs.  In a transitional living situation. These households have their heating- cooling costs paid for by the Department of Mental Health.  Has a credit balance with their fuel supplier in excess of $500.  This will not apply to households that pre-pay for their fuel.  Cut their own wood.  Residing in a recreational vehicle, travel trailer, tent or shed residing at the same address and sharing power. Citizenship Citizenship and Legal Permanent Resident Status Each household member must either be a citizen of the United States or admitted for legal permanent residence. Exclude individuals not meeting these criteria from the household count. Any income made available to the household must be included in the total household income. If an applicant or household member refuses to document their status, the entire household is ineligible. Document United States citizenship by applicant statement. If the applicant failed to complete the citizenship question on the application form, contact the applicant and record their statement on the E1CN screen. If the applicant claims “No”, not a citizen, on the LIHEAP application form, exclude the individual from the household count. Any income made available to the household will still count. If the individual claiming they are not a citizen is the applicant, the case will be determined ineligible. Should the contract agency staff determine the citizenship criteria is actually met through documentation provided with the LIHEAP application form or on FAMIS screens, the documentation will be placed in the case file and the member will be included in the household.