Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0024 - Low Income Energy Assistance Program › Chapter 1 - LIEAP › Section 1-3 - Definition of Terms

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) "Adjusted
				Benefit" - the entitlement amount less the withheld amount.
(b) "Adult" - a person eighteen (18) years of
				age or over or an emancipated minor who is the head of their
				household.
(c) "Alien/Immigrant" -
				a person residing in the United States of America who is not a
				citizen.
(d) "Alien/Immigration
				Status Verification - will be completed by using Systematic Alien Verification
				for Entitlement (SAVE) - the Citizenship and Immigrations Services (CIS)
				program whereby state agencies may verify the validity of documents provided by
				immigrants applying for public assistance benefits by obtaining information
				from a central data file.
(e)
				"Applicant" - a person who makes application for assistance in writing. All
				household members are included on a completed, signed, and filed application
				for assistance.
(f) "Application" -
				the form on which a person applies to receive LIEAP assistance. The application
				may be completed by the applicant or an authorized representative.
(g) "Application Date" - the date that a
				completed and signed application is received and date stamped at the LIEAP
				office.
(h) "Authorized
				Representative" - a person acting for an applicant or recipient through the
				individual's written authorization.
(i) "Capital Gains" - the principal amount
				received from the sale of property.
(j) ''Case File'' - a folder or electronic
				file containing documents relating to a household.
(k) ''Cash'' - paper money, coins, checks,
				money orders or cashiers checks.
(l) "Child Support" - the voluntary or court
				ordered payment made by a non-custodial parent for his or her birth or adopted
				child(ren).
(m) "Circumstance" - a
				happening or condition that affects the factors of eligibility.
(n) "Commercial Rooming or Boarding House" -
				a business that rents rooms to the public.
(o) "Crisis" - a life or health-threatening
				situation, relating to a heat loss emergency for a LIEAP eligible
				household.
(p) "Date Stamped"- the
				date marked on LIEAP documents showing when it was received by the LIEAP
				office.
(q) "DFS" - the Department
				of Family Services.
(r)
				"Disability" - a medical determination by SSA or Railroad Retirement that the
				condition limiting employment is not likely to improve or shall continue
				throughout the individual's life.
(s) "Documentation" - the act of entering the
				statement(s) of proof of verification and the basis for a decision in the case
				file.
(t) "Donations" - money
				received to help with expenses.
(u)
				"Dormitory" - a State or privately operated group living facility provided for
				students by educational or vocational institutions. Married student or family
				housing is not included in this definition.
(v) "DVR" - Division of Vocational
				Rehabilitation.
(w) "Earned Income"
				- a payment received in cash for wages, salary, tips, or commissions as an
				employee or net profit from activities in which the individual is engaged as
				self-employed. It is the total before deductions for personal or employment
				expenses and excludes the meal allowance used to compute the Federal Insurance
				Contributions Act.
(x) "Elderly" -
				a person who is sixty (60) years of age or older.
(y) "Eligible Legalized Aliens/Immigrants" -
				individuals who have been granted lawful permanent resident status.
(z) "Eligibility Factor" - a specified
				condition that an applicant must meet in order to qualify to receive
				assistance.
(aa) "Energy Burden" -
				the expenditures of the household for home energy divided by the income of the
				household.
(bb) "Entitlement" - the
				maximum benefit for which a household qualifies. Income, household size, and
				fuel cost are factors considered when figuring recipient's
				entitlement.
(cc) "Entitlement
				Fraction"- the percentage of fuel cost the household is entitled to
				receive.
(dd) "ECS" - the
				Eligibility Computer System at DFS.
(ee) "Exempt" - a category of income,
				resources or circumstances not subject to program policy or limits and is not
				counted when determining eligibility.
(ff) "Fair Hearing" - a formal hearing
				conducted within established legal proceedings with a duly appointed hearing
				officer. Also known as a contested case hearing.
(gg) "Foster Care, Title IV-E" - a financial
				assistance program under the Social Security Act for a child(ren) whose income
				and resources meet 1996 Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC)
				guidelines and who is placed in a foster care facility approved by
				DFS.
(hh) "Fuel Type/Home Heating
				Fuel"- the main fuel source used for heating the home. Fuel types are natural
				gas, electricity, propane, coal, diesel, oil, and wood.
(ii) "Gross Income" - the total money the
				person is entitled to receive prior to any deductions, such as Social Security
				and/or withholding tax.
(jj) "Heat
				Loss Emergency" - a situation that threatens the life and/or the health of a
				household unit member due to loss of heat.
(kk) "Household" - any individual or group of
				individuals living together in the same building and who commonly benefit from
				the primary and secondary heating source unless the utility is metered
				separately and in separate names and accounts or do not have access to the
				other occupant's living space and can provide verification they are responsible
				for the heat costs. The energy purchase may be in the form of rent. Roomers and
				boarders may be eligible in their own right if they pay utilities based on
				metered readings separate from other rental units.
(ll) "Identification" - proof that a
				person(s) exists by means such as Social Security card, drivers license, or
				birth certificate.
(mm) "Illegal
				Alien/Immigrant" - a foreign national who:
1)
				entered the United State of America without inspection or with fraudulent
				documentation; or
2) after
				entering legally as a nonimmigrant, violated status and remained in the United
				States of America without permission.