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Benefits

The overall consideration for grantees in establishing benefit levels is the annual LIHEAP allocation. Beyond that, grantees establish benefits based on a variety of criteria tailored to the needs and characteristics of their low-income populations.

Tables

• LIHEAP Heating and Crisis Assistance Benefit Levels, FY 2011
• LIHEAP Cooling Assistance Benefit Levels, FY 2011
• State LIHEAP Heating Assistance: Criteria for Varying Benefits

Toolkit

• Publications:
  
  "Targeting LIHEAP Benefits: State Strategies Based on Household Income, Energy Burden and Heating Costs," (March 2010), compiled by the LIHEAP Clearinghouse
  
  LIHEAP Clearinghouse Memorandum 440: Subsidized Housing And LIHEAP (December 2007)
  
  
• FY 2012 Benefit Payment Matrices:
• Alabama
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Florida
• Idaho
• Nebraska: heating, cooling
• New Jersey
• New Mexico

Page last updated: April 19, 2012