Administration
The issues surrounding administration of LIHEAP, a block grant, are many and complex. Key issues are: who are the LIHEAP administering agencies and subcontracting agencies, who administers LIHEAP, i.e., centralized versus decentralized administration; program variations to reduce administrative costs, and types of client outreach activities. Another important administrative issue is what state and local agencies are doing to document results and improve LIHEAP program performance (i.e., performance goals and standards) in response to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA).
Tables
Toolkit
- Vendor Issues
- LIHEAP Program Integrity
- LIHEAP Outreach/Enrollment | GPRA | Agreements | Applications | Data Management | Surveys/Studies
- Subgrantee allocation methods
LIHEAP Program Integrity
- LIHEAP Program Integrity Working Group Final Report
- Appendix A: LPIWG Member List
- Appendix B: Strategic Workplan
- Appendix C: Fraud Investigation and Prosecution, An Overview of State Practices
- Appendix D: Tribal Interviews
- Appendix E: Federal, State and Tribal Resources
LIHEAP Outreach and Enrollment Strategies
- Introduction and Overview
- Definitions
- Colorado
- District of Columbia
- Iowa
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Vermont
- Bibliography
- Outreach Materials
GPRA
- LIHEAP Advisory Committee on Managing for Results FY 1998 Results
- ROMA, the Community Action Network's response to GPRA
Agreements: Fuel Vendor | Summer Fill | State/Tribal
- Fuel Vendor Agreements
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Maine: propane, electricity, natural gas and coal | oil and kerosene
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New Hampshire
- New York
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont: Supplier Certification Agreement | 2011-2012 Discount Amendment
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Summer Fill - Vermont Fuel Assistance Program
- Program Overview
- Instructions
- Summer Fuel Price and Payment Setting
- Decision Not to Participate
- Fuel Supplier Certification Agreement
- Summer Fuel Purchase Agreement Terms and Conditions - Doc B
- Fuel Supplier Certification Agreement Terms and Conditions - Doc C
- Tribal/State Agreements
- Alabama: MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians
- Alaska: Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association, Inc.
- Kansas/Nebraska: United Tribes of Kansas and Southeast Nebraska, Inc.
- Utah: Ute Indian Tribe of Utah
Energy Assistance Client Applications
- Arkansas
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia (English and Spanish)
- Kansas (online application)
- Maryland (English and Spanish)
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota (English and Spanish)
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska: online application | printed application
- Nevada (English and Spanish)
- New Jersey
- New Mexico (English and Spanish)
- North Dakota
- Ohio (English and Spanish)
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania: online application | printed application (English and Spanish)
- South Dakota: English | Spanish
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Vermont: online | printed application
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin: long form | short form
- Wyoming
Data Management
The Arizona WAP Client Statistics Spreadsheet and Codebook tracks LIHEAP clients seeking weatherization.
Surveys
- Iowa petition to give the Department of Public Health jurisdiction over utility disconnections of homes with young children.
- Oregon's "2012 Low-Income Energy Assistance Snapshot" (This is the state's annual survey of how energy assistance falls short of need.)
- "Report on the Effectiveness of Low Income Energy Assistance Programs," State of Virginia, October 2004.
- Iowa LIHEAP Client Survey
The Iowa LIHEAP Energy Survey was distributed by local community action agencies to 10,000 LIHEAP applicants during the period October 1999 through February 2000. Results from 3,661 completed surveys were the basis for the report, "Iowa's Cold Winters: LIHEAP Recipient Perspective," by Mercier Associates for the Iowa Department of Human Rights, June 2000.