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 2008
  
  
• LIHEAP Cooling Assistance Benefit Levels, FY 2008
  
  
• State LIHEAP Heating Assistance: Criteria for Varying Benefits

Toolkit

• "Targeting LIHEAP Benefits: State Strategies Based on Household Income, Energy Burden and Heating Costs," (February 2002), compiled by the LIHEAP Clearinghouse
  
  
• LIHEAP Clearinghouse Memorandum 440: Subsidized Housing And LIHEAP (December 2007)
  
  
• Benefit Payment Matrices
  
  

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