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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

Verification Procedures 415-15-10 (Revised 10/1/20 ML #3588) View Archives

Unless otherwise indicated, Department of Human Services SFN 1059, "Authorization to Release Information," should be used whenever requesting information not available from public records, or when the general release on the application is not adequate for the agency asked to supply information.

If medical information is needed to determine eligibility on a case, the SFN 1059 should be used. The statement on the LIHEAP application is not sufficient.

All documentary evidence must be date stamped the day it is received at the county. It is unacceptable to use the date the verifications are scanned into the case file as the date stamp. An electronic date stamp is acceptable as long as it is part of the document and stamped the day the verification is received. A date stamp using an email import function is also acceptable as long as the email and verifications received with the email are contained in one document.