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2026 - 2027 I PY27 NH Fuel Assistance Program (FAP) Procedures Manual 8 Gross Income: Total income before any deductions including Social Security, federal income tax (FICA), medical insurance, retirement, and/or flexible benefit plans
Hardship: An unusual economic circumstance including high energy costs, high housing costs, and emergency household or car repairs that affects an applicant's ability to pay energy costs.
Home Energy: A source of heating or cooling in a residential dwelling
Household: Any individual or group of individuals who are living together as one economic unit and whose residential energy is customarily purchased in common or is made as undesignated payments in the form of rent
Information Memoranda (IM): A document used to establish and/or confirm program policy
Intake Person: The appointed CAA staff member who obtains the necessary information to complete a FAP application
LIHEAP: Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funded by the United States Department of Health and Human Services as outlined in the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (Public law 97-35 as amended)
NH DOE: New Hampshire Department of Energy
Priority Applications (for vulnerable households): FAP applications for households with at least one household member who is age 60 or over, disabled, or a child under 6 years of age
PY (program year): October 1 - September 30 of the following year
Residence: An immovable structure where a household resides
SEAS (Senior Energy Assistance Services): A New Hampshire Health and Human Services, Bureau of Adult and Aging Services program that provides funding for households with elderly members who apply for FAP but have a household income that exceeds FAP income guidelines
SNAP: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (also known as food stamps)
SSA (Social Security): Monthly benefits from the Social Security Administration paid to elderly individuals (and their dependents) or the dependent survivors of a deceased individual with an employment history