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Chapter 5: Emergency Crisis Intervention Program 4 Payment of benefits under this program component entered into FURN, ADDR panel.

If there are outstanding heating bills between Oct 1st and the end of the current heating season, any LIEAP assistance will be used to pay those. The reconnection program will pay the remainder of the outstanding bills. (Ex: Client applied on Jan 21st, and they have a disconnect notice that has past due bills from October, November, and December of that heating season totalling $325, where the total disconnection fee is $500. The client has $500 remaining in LIEAP assistance. Of the $500 of remaining LIEAP Assistance, $325 will go towards the disconnect fee because they are bills from the current heating season, leaving $175 remaining for assistance. So $175 will be left over as the client responsibility, and if the client is unable to pay, and unable to get any outside assistance, the Reconnection Program can be used.