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VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT

OF SOCIAL SERVICES ENERGY ASSISTANCE

10/17 VOLUME X, CHAPTER B, PAGE 9 3) Refugees admitted to the U.S. under section 207 of the INA. 4) Alien admitted as an Amerasian immigrant. 5) Conditional Entrant - An alien admitted as conditional entrant under section 203(a)(7) of the INA as in effect prior to April 1980. 6) Parolee - An alien paroled into the U.S. under section 212(d)(5) for a period of at least one year. 7) Deportee--Deportation Withheld - An alien whose deportation is withheld under section 243(h) (as in effect prior to April 1, 1997) or section 241(b)(3) of the INA. 8) Cuban or Haitian Entrant - An alien who is a Cuban-Haiti entrant as defined in section 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980. 9) An alien, and/or alien parent of a child battered or subjected to extreme cruelty, and/or alien child of a battered parent who is battered or subjected to extreme cruelty, while in the U.S.

8. OTHER ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

a. Applicants must reside in the locality in which they apply for any Energy Assistance component.

b. An eligible household that is found to have sold or is selling for profit fuel purchased by the EAP will be ineligible to receive further benefits for a period of 12 months. However, households may sell remaining fuel when the residence is changed or when the primary fuel type changes. If these households have remaining benefits they wish to receive, they must provide verification that the funds received from the sale of the fuel were used to purchase fuel for the new heating source.

c. A social security number must be provided for all household members who are 18 years of age or older that are not receiving public assistance and/or social security benefits, and/or do not hold a Qualified Alien status. All other household members for whom a social security number is not provided will not be counted in the EAP household; however, the income of such individuals must be included when calculating the total income used to determine household eligibility for the EAP. If a household member has provided a social security number as part of an earlier EAP application and the social security number is available in the EAP case file, a request to provide the social security number is not required.

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