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Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Division 10 Service 415 Program 415 Chapters 05 - 65 North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services

Miscellaneous - To Household When Bill Not in Applicant's Name 415-35-20-20-20 (Revised 10/00 ML #2629) View Archives

Occasionally, the applicant will be responsible for the heating bill, but for some reason the bill is not in the applicant's name and sending a payment to the heating vendor would cause a problem for the applicant or the vendor will not accept a payment with a different name than what is on the account.

The applicant may pay the bill himself and be reimbursed as described in 415-35-20-20-05.

However, if the applicant does not have funds to pay the bill, a miscellaneous payment can be generated to the applicant but sent to the county office by entering "c/o XXXX CSSB, XXX Street, Box XX " on the address line of Option F, "Miscellaneous or Emergency" screen.

The purpose of using this alternate address is to allow the applicant to endorse the check so the county can generate its own check to the vendor to be applied to the current account number.

This method should be used only as a last resort.