8 Agency Designation,, 2605(b)(6) - Assurance 6

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: The Ohio Department of Development is committed to creating jobs and building strong communities, while ensuring accountability and transparency of taxpayer money and exceptional customer service. 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? 8.3 How do you provide alternate outreach and intake for cooling assistance?> 8.4 How do you provide alternate outreach and intake for crisis assistance? 8.5 LIHEAP Component Administration. Heating Cooling Crisis Weatherization 8.5a Who determines client eligibility? Community Action Agencies Non-Applicable Community Action Agencies Community Action Agencies 8.5b Who processes benefit payments to gas and electric vendors? Community Action Agencies Non-Applicable Community Action Agencies 8.5c who processes benefit payments to bulk fuel vendors? Community Action Agencies Non-Applicable Community Action Agencies 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? Most of Ohio's administering agencies have been administering LIHEAP at the local level for many years. In addition, it is extremely rare in Ohio for a local Energy Assistance Provider to be added or replaced, except in cases where Assurance 16 is administered. If a provider needs replaced, Development ensures services to clients continue during the transition to a different provider by identifying a contiguous local Energy Assistance Provider in good standing to take over services in the territory being vacated on an interim “emergency" basis. A short-term contract of six-to-12 months is typically provided. Providers near the unserved area know the landscape and the population to be served. Development works with the new provider to quickly establish intake sites that can be easily accessed by local clients. If the interim arrangement proves to be satisfactory, Development will name the entity providing services as the "permanent" provider of services for the area. In selecting a contiguous agency, Development also takes into account whether the agency is already providing other services in the service territory. 8.7 How many local administering agencies do you use? 53 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.