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States, Territories, and Indian Tribes/Tribal organizations that wish to administer a Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) must submit an application for funds each year.  Section 2605(c)(3) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, as amended, provides that not later than April 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall make available a model LIHEAP plan which may be used, at the option of each grantee, to prepare the application required under Sections 2605(a)(1) and (c)(1).

To inform LIHEAP grantees about new changes in Federal LIHEAP staff assignments for grantee liaisons in the Energy Program Operations Branch, and to identify staff and areas of expertise in the Energy Policy and Evaluation Branch.
 

To inform LIHEAP grantees about new changes in Federal LIHEAP staff assignments for grantee liaisons in the Energy Program Operations Branch, and to identify staff and areas of expertise in the Energy Policy and Evaluation Branch.

To inform grantees and other interested parties of the electronic publication of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2007.

To inform grantees and other interested parties of the electronic publication of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2007.

To inform LIHEAP grantees about plans to conduct on-site compliance reviews, the criteria used for selecting grantees, the schedule of States and Tribes selected for FY 2011, and tentative selections for FY 2012 and FY 2013 reviews.

To advice grantees that tax legislation cited above provides that tax refunds received after December 31, 2009 are disregarded as “income” in all Federal and Federally-assisted means tested programs through December 31, 2012.
 

LIHEAP-IM-2011-02 to advise grantees of the treatment of per capita payments when determining eligibility for LIHEAP benefits.

To provide grantees with information on the distribution of LIHEAP Emergency Contingency funds that took place on September 20, 2010.

To inform State LIHEAP grantees about the update to the LIHEAP allocation formula for FY 2011.