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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: 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? As part of the preseason outreach, applications are mailed to households that received assistance the previous year. Clients who have applied previously through the COMPASS website will receive a postcard through the mail directing them to apply online. Paper applications are always available upon request. LIHEAP applications and brochures are sent to a variety of agencies and organizations throughout the Commonwealth for distribution to clients. All applicants can complete an application via the Compass website after the LIHEAP season officially opens. Applicants can also fax or email completed applications. Recipients of LIHEAP heating assistance in the current year can call their local office to request crisis assistance or submit a request via the Compass website. 8.3 How do you provide alternate outreach and intake for cooling assistance?> N/A 8.4 How do you provide alternate outreach and intake for crisis assistance? As part of the preseason outreach, applications are mailed to households that received assistance the previous year. Clients who have applied previously through the COMPASS website will receive a postcard through the mail directing them to apply online. Paper applications are always available upon request. LIHEAP applications and brochures are sent to a variety of agencies and organizations throughout the Commonwealth for distribution to clients. All applicants can complete an application via the Compass website after the LIHEAP season officially opens. Applicants can also fax or email completed applications. Recipients of LIHEAP heating assistance in the current year can call their local office to request crisis assistance or submit a request via the Compass website. 8.5 LIHEAP Component Administration. Heating Cooling Crisis Weatherization 8.5a Who determines client eligibility? State Welfare Agency Non-Applicable State Welfare Agency State Energy/ Environment Agency 8.5b Who processes benefit payments to gas and electric vendors? State Welfare Agency Non-Applicable State Welfare Agency 8.5c who processes benefit payments to bulk fuel vendors? State Welfare Agency Non-Applicable State Welfare Agency 8.5d Who performs installation of weatherization measures? Community Action Agencies Non-profits 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? Agencies are selected based on their ability to meet the requirements of the program and expertise in providing Crisis Weatherization and Standard Weatherization services. Agencies contracts are renewed based on preformance results, if an agency does not have their contract renewed, one of the existing agencies that participate in this program will take over the area covered by the agency that was removed. 8.7 How many local administering agencies do you use? 33 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 The Energy Coordinating Agency (ECA) was unable to successfully complete its DOE Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) projects. As a result, all LIHEAP funds were allocated to the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation (PHDC), a longstanding LIHEAP administrator that previously shared responsibilities with ECA. PHDC is now positioned to manage 100% of both LIHEAP and WAP funding for Philadelphia County moving forward. 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. A recent single audit of ECA identified $3,600 in ineligible expenditures, which are now being recaptured. 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. The administration of the WAP program for this region has been transferred from ECA to PHDC 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.