Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 476 - LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Chapter 2 - APPLICATION AND ELIGIBILITY › Section 476-2-002 - ELIGIBILITY

Current through June 17, 2024
To qualify for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, a
	 household must:
(A) Be considered an
  economically-vulnerable household;
(B) Meet income guidelines according to
  household size;
(C) Meet
  citizenship and residency requirements; and
(D) Not otherwise be disqualified or
  ineligible.
002.01 INCOME GUIDELINES. The
  total annual income of a household may not exceed 150% of the federal poverty
  level. For purposes of calculating and treating income for Low Income Home
  Energy Assistance Program eligibility, the Department applies the rules and
  regulations from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Title 475
  Nebraska Administrative Code (NAC).
002.02 CITIZENSHIP AND RESIDENCY. For
  purposes of determining Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program eligibility,
  the Department applies the residency and citizenship or alien status
  requirements from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Title 475 NAC.
  A person who does not meet the citizenship and residency requirements must be
  excluded from a household for purposes of determining eligibility for Low
  Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
002.03 INELIGIBILITY. A household that
  includes a person who is ineligible under this section may still remain
  eligible for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Household size will
  be reduced by the number of ineligible household members for purposes of
  determining eligibility and payments.
002.03(A) MISREPRESENTING RESIDENCE. Any
  person convicted in federal or state court of having fraudulently
  misrepresented his or her residence in order to obtain home energy assistance
  in two or more states is ineligible for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance
  Program for ten years from the date of conviction.
002.03(B) FLEEING FELON. A person is
  ineligible for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program during any period
  in which the person is:
(i) Fleeing to avoid
  prosecution or custody or confinement after conviction for a crime or
  attempting to commit a crime that is a felony under the law of the place from
  which the person is fleeing; or
(ii) Violating a condition of federal or
  state probation or parole.
002.03(C) INTENTIONAL PROGRAM VIOLATIONS. A
  person who commits an intentional program violation is ineligible for the Low
  Income Home Energy Assistance Program as follows:
(i) A person is ineligible for the Low Income
  Home Energy Assistance Program during the period the person is disqualified
  from receiving other economic assistance benefits due to an intentional program
  violation in another program.
(ii)
  A person who commits a Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program intentional
  program violation is ineligible as follows:
(1) For a first intentional program
  violation, the person becomes ineligible for any Low Income Home Energy
  Assistance Program benefits for the remainder of the program year and the next
  full program year.
(2) For a second
  intentional program violation, the person becomes ineligible for any Low Income
  Home Energy Assistance Program benefits for the remainder of the program year
  and the next three full program years.
(3) For a third (and any subsequent)
  intentional program violation, the person becomes permanently ineligible for
  Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program benefits.