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: 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? The Department for Children & Families' "Economic Services Division" is responsible state-wide for: SNAP, TANF and LIHEAP. A single coordinated application allows clients to apply for any benefits they require.Eligibility is coordinated so that all programs are reviewed at the same recerftification. Clients may apply with a traditional paper application or apply on-line. Confidential benefit information is available to clients at 12 district offices, on-line (password protected) and by phone (password protected) through the ESD Benefits Service Center. Additional outreach occurs for both seasonal and crisis components via local Area Agencies on Aging and Community Action Agencies. 8.3 How do you provide alternate outreach and intake for cooling assistance?> Vermont does not operate an established "cooling assistance" component. 8.4 How do you provide alternate outreach and intake for crisis assistance? The Crisis Fuel Assistance Component is administered by the five Community Action Agencies (CAA) under annual grant agreements managed by Economic Services Division's "Office of Fuel & Utility Programs." The CAA in addition to the local Area Agencies on Aging (AAA), along with the Economic Service Division (ESD) perform outreach activities to help educate those in need of how the program might be able to assist them meeting their home heating needs. Only the CAA does crisis assistance intakes. When a client seeks a crisis assistance grant and has not received their seasonal fuel grant, the CAA will request ESD to expediate the client's seasonal fuel application and as long as we have all required information, we can process it quickly which will also help to alleviate the crisis. 8.5 LIHEAP Component Administration. Heating Cooling Crisis Weatherization 8.5a Who determines client eligibility? State Welfare Agency Non-Applicable Community Action Agencies Community Action Agencies 8.5b Who processes benefit payments to gas and electric vendors? State Welfare Agency Non-Applicable Community Action Agencies 8.5c who processes benefit payments to bulk fuel vendors? State Welfare Agency Non-Applicable Community Action Agencies 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? Crisis - the LIHEAP Crisis Assistance Component is administered by the five Community Action Agencies (CAA) under annual grant agreements managed by ESD's "Office of Fuel & Utility Programs." The CAA are an established community partner with access to non- government resources to address a client's home heat or energy crisis. This "one stop shopping" approach to crisis resolution provides the most effective customer service possible. Weatherization - Wx is NOT a function of ESD, but under our Department’s Umbrella. Wx is the responsibility of the Dept for Children & Families' "Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). OEO maintains grant agreements with the five Weatherization Assistance Program (WAPs) agencies - four of which are components within Community Action Agency and the fifth is an independent Wx non-profit. 8.7 How many local administering agencies do you use? 11 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.