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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? 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? Local County Government Community Action Agencies Non-profits Local County Government Community Action Agencies Non-profits Local County Government Community Action Agencies Non-profits Local City Government Community Action Agencies Non-profits 8.5b Who processes benefit payments to gas and electric vendors? Local County Government Community Action Agencies Non-profits Local County Government Community Action Agencies Non-profits Local County Government Community Action Agencies Non-profits 8.5c who processes benefit payments to bulk fuel Local County Local County Local County vendors? Government Community Action Agencies Non-profits Government Community Action Agencies Non-profits Government Community Action Agencies Non-profits 8.5d Who performs installation of weatherization measures? Local City Government 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? Tennessee's nine (9) human resource agencies were created by Chapter 289 of the Public Acts of 1973, known as the Human Resource Agency Act of 1973, and operate under the authority of Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13, Chapter 26, as mentioned. This legislation provides a regional system to deliver human resource programs in the state's counties and cities. Community Action Agencies ("CAA") were the initiative of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, and there are 20 CAA's in Tennessee. LIHEAP is operated by nineteen (19) HRA's and CAA's that cover all ninety-five (95) counties in Tennessee. There is no overlap in service delivery areas. These were established at the beginning of the LIHEAP program in Tennessee, and have not changed. Subgrantees are under contract and are required to submit an Agency Specific Operational Plan from a state standard template each year, or an addendum if no changes have been made to the prior year Agency Specific Operational Plan. The standard operating procedures LIHEAP Policy Manual states policies and standards for agencies to follow in the Agency Specific Operational Plan which demonstrates an understanding of the policies and requirements. Subgrantees follow one state policy. We do not allow subgrantees to develop their own policies. Subgrantees are part of the policy making process. In addition, numbered memorandums are developed, as needed, for clarification or changes. 8.7 How many local administering agencies do you use? 21 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 In the past, the 19 agencies who provide LIHEAP were included but a few Weatherization partners who do not offer regular LIHEAP were omitted. Total agencies, including Wx, is 21. Metropolitan Development & Housing Agency and City of Memphis Division of Housing & Community Development provide LIHEAP Weatherization services, only. They each only cover one county - Davidson and Shelby, respectively. 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.