Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 921 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES - FAMILY SUPPORT › Chapter 4 - Energy Assistance Program/Weatherization › Section 921 KAR 4:122 - Assistance for low-income households with water or wastewater utility arrears

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 13B, 194A.070,
				KRS
				205.240, 278.0154(6),
				42
				U.S.C. 9902(2),
				Pub.L.
				116-260,
				Pub.L.
				117-2
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				194A.050(1) requires the
				secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to adopt administrative
				regulations necessary to maintain the health, personal dignity, integrity, and
				sufficiency of the individual citizens of the Commonwealth and promulgate
				administrative regulations necessary to qualify for the receipt of federal
				funds and necessary to cooperate with other state and federal agencies for the
				proper administration of the cabinet and its programs.
				KRS
				194A.070 authorizes the cabinet to utilize
				and promote community resources for the delivery of services.
				KRS
				205.240 states that all money received from
				the United States for the public assistance functions administered by the
				cabinet are hereby appropriated and shall be available to the secretary for
				expenditure. This administrative regulation establishes the eligibility and
				assistance criteria for low-income households to receive assistance with paying
				water or wastewater utility arrears.
Section
			 1. Definitions.
(1) "Agency"
			 means Community Action Kentucky (CAK), or a local community action agency
			 contracted to provide the service.
(2) "Authorized representative" means the
			 person who presents to an agency a written statement signed by the head of the
			 household, or spouse of the head of the household, authorizing that person to
			 apply on the household's behalf.
(3) "Crisis component" means the component
			 that provides assistance to households that are experiencing a home water or
			 wastewater emergency.
(4) "Economic
			 unit" means one (1) or more persons sharing common living
			 arrangements.
(5) "Emergency"
			 means, at the time of application, the household:
(a) Is without water;
(b) Shall be disconnected from a water
			 utility service within forty-eight (48) hours; or
(c) Shall be without water as established in
			 Section 3(3) of this administrative regulation.
(6) "Gross household income" means all earned
			 and unearned income, including lump sum payments received by a household during
			 the calendar month preceding the month of application.
(7) "Household" means an individual or group
			 of individuals who are living together in the principal residence as one (1)
			 economic unit and who purchase water or wastewater in common.
(8) "Household demographics" means an
			 applicant's:
(a) Address;
(b) Household composition that includes:
1. Size;
2. Age group;
3. Relationship to applicant;
4. Sources of income; and
5. Type of housing; and
(c) Water and wastewater source.
(9) "Principal residence" means
			 the place:
(a) Where a person is living
			 voluntarily and not on a temporary basis;
(b) An individual considers home;
(c) To which, when absent, an individual
			 intends to return; and
(d) Is
			 identifiable from another residence, commercial establishment, or
			 institution.
(10)
			 "Subsidy component" means the component that provides an eligible household
			 with:
(a) A payment to the household's water
			 or wastewater provider; or
(b) A
			 payment to a landlord, if water or wastewater is included in the
			 rent.