Virginia Administrative Code
Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 680 - VIRGINIA ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP)
Part II - Fuel Assistance
Section 22VAC40-680-20 - Eligibility criteria
Universal Citation: 2 VA Admin Code 40-680-20
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. The purpose of the fuel assistance component is to provide heating assistance to eligible households to offset the costs of home heating energy that are excessive in relation to household income.
B. Eligibility criteria are set out in this subsection.
1. Income limits. Maximum income
limits shall not exceed the maximum allowed by federal law. In order to be
eligible for fuel assistance, a household's income must be at or below the
maximum income limits.
2. Alien
status. An alien who meets a qualified status as defined by the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA),
P.L.
104-193, regardless of when he entered the United
States, is eligible to receive assistance and services under the Low Income
Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) if he meets other program
requirements.
3. Ineligible
households. The households that are ineligible to receive fuel assistance are:
a. Subsidized households whose total heating
costs are included in their rent.
b. Persons living in institutions.
c. Persons living in temporary shelters or
group homes who have no heating expense or who pay a nominal fee to live
there.
d. Persons who reside in
only one room within a larger dwelling.
e. Subsidized households who are responsible
for payment of individual excess fuel usage charges even though heating
expenses are included in their rent.
Statutory Authority
§ 63.2-217 of the Code of Virginia.
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