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INCOME LEVEL or POVERTY LEVEL – The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) poverty income level that distinguishes the amount of benefit available to households. INCURMENT – The portion of a medically needy recipient’s income that exceeds the Medically Needy Income Standard for the size of the household. In the Medically Needy case the household pays down the income to become Medicaid Eligible. Medically needy incurments, also known as spend downs, are excluded income. INELIGIBLE – Denial of benefits to a household having not met income and/or resource restrictions or failing to meet non-financial eligibility requirements. INELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLD MEMBER – Any individual who is not a U.S. citizen or qualified alien who is a member of a household that meets the LIHEAP eligibility requirements. An ineligible household member 18 years or older may apply for benefits on behalf of eligible household members. INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION – A college, university, or vocational or technical school at the post-high school level. LICENSED GROUP-LIVING SITUATION – A facility that is licensed by the Department and in which housing is provided in a home-like setting on a long-term or permanent basis to individuals or households, including community homes for persons with developmental disabilities licensed under 53-20-305, MCA. It does not include community homes for persons with severe disabilities licensed under 52- 4-203, MCA; or youth care facilities licensed under 52- 2-622, MCA; shelters for homeless or abused individuals, halfway houses, nursing homes or convalescent centers or other residential treatment facilities which provide shelter in an institutional setting. LIFE THREATENING – A life-threatening crisis exists when condition(s) are present that may cause death or severe permanent damage to the health of one or more household members. Such conditions include: • Household is without primary heat source of electric or natural gas service, or has less than 10% of a deliverable fuel (propane, wood, coal, fuel oil) o and has no secondary or alternate heat source, o and the outside temperature is below 32°F.