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Revised: August 2025 Applicant Heat/Electric Situation Have An Energy Burden Type Of Payment Applicant lives in a residence with a master meter for heat/electric and the account is in the applicant’s name. Yes Applicant has a relationship with a vendor; designated vendor will receive a payment based on a proxy amount for the master metered fuel(s). Agricultural, business, or industrial activities on the same meter/account as the applicant's residence. Yes Designated vendor will receive a payment based on a proxy amount for the heat/electric cost. Applicant has a shared meter/account with another tenant, and applicant pays the other tenant an amount for the heat/electric bill. Yes Applicant will receive a single party check based on a proxy amount for the heat/electric costs. Applicant heats with wood, the wood supplier is not a registered vendor, or applicant cuts his or her own wood. Yes Applicant will receive a single party check for heat benefit based on a proxy amount for the heat costs. Applicant receives rental assistance (Section 8 or other similar government-assisted housing) and heat/electric is included in their rent. Section 42 (LIHTC) housing units are not considered government-assisted housing. No Applicant is not eligible for a benefit and will not receive a payment.

3.2.6 Counting Household Members Enter all persons living in the household on the date of the application unless specifically excluded (see Section 3.2.6.4). All persons in the economic unit are considered members of the household if they are living in the household on the date of application. Household members who are temporarily out of the household on the date of the application for reasons such as a vacation or business trip are still considered part of the economic unit and are counted on the HE+ Application. In addition, those working out of town but not maintaining a separate permanent residence are also considered part of the economic unit. A lease may or may not list all those satisfying the WHEAP definition of a counted household member.

If the household composition changed during the prior month test period, consider only the persons living in the household on the date of application. Do not count persons who may have lived in the household during a portion of the test period but are no longer in the household on the application date. If the household member resides in more than one residence, the local WHEAP agency must indicate in HE+ System Notes on what basis they determined the primary residence.

3.2.6.1 Counting Children Enter children as members of the household where they reside. In custody cases where a child(ren) lives in more than one location based on shared physical placement, count the child(ren) in the household where they reside more than 50% of the year. If the applicant states that the child(ren) are part of a true 50%/50% physical placement situation, the child(ren) can be recorded on the application of both parties. If a minor has unearned income, the unearned income shall be counted in the household where the income is being received.