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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 21

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page iii Chapter 21 Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP)

21.4.9.A Income .............................................................................................................27 21.4.9.B Vulnerability ......................................................................................................27 21.4.9.C Social Security Number (SSN) .........................................................................28 21.4.9.D Emergency Home Heating/Cooling Need .........................................................28 21.4.9.E Age of the Head of the Household ....................................................................29 21.4.9.F Customer Account Number ..............................................................................29 21.4.9.G Home Heating/Cooling Payments in Shared Situations ....................................29 21.4.10 DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY ...............................................................................30 21.4.10.A Regular LIEAP Benefits ................................................................................30 21.4.10.B Emergency LIEAP Benefits ...........................................................................30 21.4.10.C Alternate Use of LIEAP Benefits ...................................................................31 21.4.11 DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF PAYMENT ...................................................31 21.4.11.A Maximum Allowable Payment .......................................................................31 21.4.11.B Regular LIEAP Payment ...............................................................................32 21.4.11.C Emergency LIEAP Payment ..........................................................................34 21.4.12 CLIENT NOTIFICATION ......................................................................................35 21.4.12.A Pending Regular LIEAP Applications ............................................................35 21.4.12.B Pending Emergency LIEAP Applications.......................................................36 21.5 PAYMENT AND AUTHORIZATION PROCESS .........................................................37 21.5.1 REGULAR LIEAP BENEFITS ..................................................................................37 21.5.1.A Direct Payment .................................................................................................37 21.5.1.B Special Payments.............................................................................................37 21.5.1.C Vendor Payment ..............................................................................................37 21.5.1.D Use of Form DFA-67 for Regular LIEAP Payments ..........................................38 21.5.2 EMERGENCY LIEAP BENEFITS ............................................................................39 21.5.2.A Authorization of the Emergency LIEAP Payment ..............................................39 21.5.2.B Completion and Processing of Form DFA-67 for Emergency LIEAP Payments 40 21.5.2.B.1 Case Identification Information ...................................................................40 21.5.2.B.2 Quantity of Fuel ..........................................................................................40