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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? Sub-recipients have the option of providing alternate outreach and intake services. Each local agency must have its outreach plan approved by Commerce in its annual application to provide LIHEAP services. Sub-recipients may elect to provide intake and/or outreach opportunities by partnering with local agencies that work with or provide resources for the elderly and/or disabled populations. These partnerships establish a means of getting program information to our most vulnerable households as well as creating a more accommodating means of accessing services. 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? Sub-recipients have the option of providing alternate outreach and intake services. Each local agency must have its outreach plan approved by Commerce in its annual application to provide LIHEAP services. Sub-recipients may elect to provide intake and/or outreach opportunities by partnering with local agencies that work with or provide resources for the elderly and/or disabled populations. These partnerships establish a means of getting program information to our most vulnerable households as well as creating a more accommodating means of accessing services. 8.5 LIHEAP Component Administration. Heating Cooling Crisis Weatherization Community Action Community Action Community Action 8.5a Who determines client eligibility? Agencies Agencies Agencies 8.5b Who processes benefit payments to gas and electric vendors? Community Action Agencies Community Action Agencies 8.5c who processes benefit payments to bulk fuel vendors? Community Action Agencies Community Action Agencies 8.5d Who performs installation of weatherization measures? Community Action Agencies 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? We give preference to Community Action Agnecies, and the agencies submit an annual application to be a LIHEAP provider that must be reviewed and approved by Commerce. 8.7 How many local administering agencies do you use? 26 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.