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recipients and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) 8.1 How would you categorize the primary responsibility of your State agency? Administration Agency Commerce Agency Community Services Agency Energy/Environment Agency Housing Agency State Department of Welfare (administers TANF, SNAP, and/or Medicaid) Economic Development Agency Other - Describe: Include current list of subrecipient name, main office address (do not list P.O. Box), phone number, county(s) served, Congressional District, and UEI number. Used for Near hotline and OCS Service Provider Tool and clearinghouse. Alternate Outreach and Intake, 2605(b)(15) - Assurance 15 If you selected "State Department of Welfare (administers TANF, SNAP, and/or Medicaid)" in question 8.1, you must complete questions 8.2, 8. 3, and 8.4, as applicable. 8.2 How do you provide alternate outreach and intake for heating assistance? The Energy programs are county agency administered and State supervised. Counties all have county agencies and some utilize community action agencies and organizations to help with outreach and intake of energy programs. 8.3 How do you provide alternate outreach and intake for cooling assistance?> The Energy programs are county agency administered and State supervised. Counties all have county agencies and some utilize community action agencies and organizations to help with outreach and intake of energy programs. 8.4 How do you provide alternate outreach and intake for crisis assistance? The Energy programs are county agency administered and State supervised. Counties all have county agencies and some utilize community action agencies and organizations to help with outreach and intake of energy programs. 8.5 LIHEAP Component Administration. Heating Cooling Crisis Weatherization 8.5a Who determines client eligibility? Local County Government Local County Government Local County Government Community Action Agencies 8.5b Who processes benefit payments to gas and electric vendors? Local County Government Local County Government Local County Government 8.5c who processes benefit payments to bulk fuel vendors? Local County Government Local County Government Local County Government 8.5d Who performs installation of weatherization measures? Community Action Agencies Include a current list of subrecipient(s) name, main office address (do not list P.O. Box), phone number, county(s) served, Congressional District, and UEI number. If any of your LIHEAP components are not centrally-administered by a state agency, you must complete questions 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, and, if applicable, 8.9. 8.6 What is your process for selecting local administering agencies? North Carolina has 100 counties and each county has atleast one local County Department of Social Service office, where applicants can go to apply for energy assistance. There are 20 subgrantees that adminster Weatherization services. Thes weatherization subgrantees service multiple counties to ensure all 100 counties are covered. Out of the 20: 16 are community action agencies, 1 is a non profit organization, 1 is a COG and the remaining 2 are county governement agencies. Weatherization subgrantees continue services year to year based on the performance on the previous year's contract. The public is provided the opportunity to provide feedback on the subgrantess performance and level of service during the public comment period held prior to the annual public hearing. A list of proposed subgrantees along with the areas that they will serve, projected funding amounts and units to be completed is apart of the annual State plan. 8.7 How many local administering agencies do you use? 100 8.8 Have you changed any local administering agencies in the last year? Yes No 8.9 If so, why? Agency was in noncompliance with Grant recipient requirements for LIHEAP - Agency is under criminal investigation Added agency Agency closed Other - describe 8.10 If a subrecipient is no longer providing LIHEAP, are you aware of prior-year LIHEAP funds being mismanaged or misspent? Yes No 8.10a If yes, please explain. 8.10b If you are aware, were other federal programs impacted such as CSBG, SSBG, Head Start, TANF, and Department of Energy Weatherization funding, etc. Yes No 8.10c If yes, please explain. If any of the above questions require further explanation or clarification that could not be made in the fields provided, attach a document with said explanation here.