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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
• Shelter --Actual cost of rent or mortgage payment (include taxes and home insurance costs), and/or mobile home lot rent. Only the portion of the rent the household pays themselves should be counted if they are in subsidized housing. • Utility bill--Include only current basic bills for water, sewer, phone (one land or wireless telephone line, up to $75 per month), and lights that the household is obligated to pay the month of the emergency application. Do not include accumulated unpaid back bills. • Child and/or Spousal support that the household anticipates paying in the month of the emergency application. • Medical bills that the household anticipates paying in the month of the emergency application -- Include insurance premiums (See 415-25-05-05-05). • Child care costs -- Out-of-pocket child care costs related to work, training, or educational purposes that are not reimbursed to the household from any source. CAUTIONS: See 415-25-05-05 #8. • Transportation costs --The actual monthly payment for one car, up to $300/month, plus actual insurance cost/month for one car, plus up to $200/month maintenance and gas. (If the household happens to pay the entire premium for several months during the emergency assistance application month then it can be deducted.) • Employment costs --Up to $100/month for costs that must be paid to retain employment. Example: Cost of tools or uniform costs required for work. • Miscellaneous--Up to $100/month for up to three persons; up to $200/month for more than three persons. • Absent student Expense--Up to $500/month may be deducted from household income for a head of household or spouse who must reside away from home for all of the school week for higher education purposes. Prorate the deduction down if the student is away for less than a full school week, but if the student is away less than 50% of the school week, no deduction will be allowed. This deduction will be further reduced by any portion of exempt educational income which is available to the student for living costs.