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S. Natural disaster - A weather event (relating to cold or hot weather), flood, earthquake, tornado, hurricane, or ice storm, or an event meeting such other criteria as the Secretary may determine to be appropriate.

T. New Client- is a client that has never received assistance from a DCS funded subgrantee within the last three (3) years.

U. Obligations - Amounts which may be legally required to pay out of its resources, including encumbrances, as well as accounts payable and accrued liabilities. Obligations may include: any funds issued in the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA); any funds encumbered in a contract; and any funds committed to State Office FTEs. This does not include vacant positions.

V. Poverty level - With respect to a household in any State, the income poverty line as prescribed and revised at least annually pursuant to section 9902(2) of this title, as applicable to such State.

W. Program Assistance - Cost to provide direct client services to include energy assistance payments on behalf of eligible households; cost of purchase/repair/replacement of air conditioners, fans, furnaces, heaters, blankets, home meter bases, energy kits/incentives, and other energy-related expenditures to include disaster-related expenditures for eligible households; cost for a contractor to install the air conditioners, etc. Cost (salaries, fringes, supplies, equipment) for direct staff for intake, case management, case worker supervisors and file reviewers; and travel for this staff which includes training and home visits.

X. Secretary - The Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Y. State - Each of the several States and the District of Columbia.

Z. State median income - The State median income promulgated by the Secretary in accordance with procedures established under section 1397a(a)(6) of this title (as such procedures were in effect on August 12, 1981) and adjusted, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, to consider the number of individuals in the household.

AA. Waste - Involves the taxpayers not receiving reasonable value for money in connection with any government funded activities due to an inappropriate act or omission by players with control over or access to government resources.

* Clients and applicants may be used interchangeably throughout the policy.

* Subgrantee, Agency and Community Action Agency (CAA) may be used interchangeably throughout the policy. * Application and Intake may be used interchangeably throughout the policy.