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 (May 2003)
  
  
• Benefit Payment Matrices
  

  State	Tribe
  Alaska	Pokagon Band of Potawatomi (Michigan)
  Arizona	Tanana Chiefs Conference, Inc. (Alaska)
  Connecticut	Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (New York)
  Delaware	Kalispel (Washington)
  Illinois
  Indiana
  Louisiana
  Massachusetts
  Missouri
  Nevada
  New Hampshire
  New Mexico
  New York
  Oregon
  Pennsylvania
  Utah

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