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FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES CERTIFICATION INCOME AND RESOURCES FNS 340 DEDUCTIONS Section 340 Change #02-2026 August 4, 2026 (SUA), Basic Utility Allowance (BUA), and the Telephone Utility Allowance (TUA). D. Eligibility Requirements for the SUA The FNS unit is eligible for the SUA if the household: 1. Incurs a heating or cooling expense which is billed separated from rent or mortgage payments. 2. Rents or is purchasing a home and pays heating or cooling expenses directly to the utility provider. 3. Rents a home with individual metering for a heating or cooling expense which is billed by the landlord. 4. Owns or rents a home and does not pay a mortgage or rent payment but incurs a heating or cooling expense. 5. Does not currently incur a heating or cooling expense but expects to have one in the upcoming season. (For example, the client moves into a new home and has not received a bill.) 6. Incurs heating or cooling expenses during the CP in excess of those reimbursed by energy assistance programs. 7. Incurs a heating or cooling expense which is not totally covered by a vendor payment. 8. Includes an elderly or disabled individual (specified person) who was a member of the LIEAP household who received an energy assistance payment made under LIEAP in the past 12 months, regardless of whether the FNS unit has any expenses in excess of the LIEAP amount. a. If a unit with an elderly or disabled member that received a qualifying LIEAP payment subsequently splits into multiple FNS units, assess whether each of the FNS units contain an elderly or disabled member. If each of the separate units contain an elderly or disabled member, confer the SUA to each of the units based on the qualifying LIEAP or other payment. If one of the separate units resulting from the split does not contains an elderly or disabled member, that unit is no longer entitled to receive the SUA unless they incur heating or cooling expenses. 9. Lives in a public or private housing unit that has central utility meters and residents are charged only for excess heating or cooling expenses. Determine if the FNS unit has been billed for excess heating or cooling expenses within the last 12 months.