Okla. Admin. Code § 340:20-1-12
Current through Vol. 42, No. 7, December 16, 2024
Section 340:20-1-12 - Applications Households apply for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) by submitting an online application at www.okdhslive.org, calling an Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) county office to assist with submitting the online application, or calling the phone number on the www.okdhslive.org website to request Form 08LH002E, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Application, be mailed to them. When Form 08LH002E is mailed to the household with a postage paid envelope, the application is completed and returned by email, faxed to the number on the form, or mailed to the return address.
(1) Households may be pre-authorized for the LIHEAP winter heating or summer cooling component without filing an application, but are not pre-authorized for both in the same federal fiscal year, October through September. Households pre-authorized for LIHEAP are households that received Child Care Subsidy, State Supplemental Payment (SSP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits all 12 months of the previous federal fiscal year and met criteria in (A) through (D) of this paragraph. The household: (A) received LIHEAP winter heating or summer cooling the previous federal fiscal year;(B) address remains the same;(C) income did not change or exceed eligibility guidelines for household size during the previous federal fiscal year; and(D) members remain the same from the previous federal fiscal year.(2) A computer-generated notice is normally mailed the month before the winter heating or summer cooling application period starts. The notice is sent to households not selected for preauthorization that receive SNAP benefits, TANF, and or SSP. The notice informs the household how to apply for LIHEAP.(3) When an application is denied, households may request a fair hearing when they do not agree with the decision or submit a new application to reapply.(4) When a household moves after applying for LIHEAP, a new application is not necessary. However, the household must report the change of "service" address to an OKDHS county office within 10-calendar days of moving.(5) When submitting an application, the household must provide the correct account name, account number, and energy supplier to ensure payments are made to the correct energy supplier. All households applying for the Energy Crisis Assistance Program must have a verified energy crisis, per Oklahoma Administrative Code 340:20-1-17(f)(2).Okla. Admin. Code § 340:20-1-12
Amended at 10 Ok Reg 637, eff 12-14-92 (emergency); Amended at 10 Ok Reg 2259, eff 6-11-93; Amended at 11 Ok Reg 483, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Amended at 11 Ok Reg 1671, eff 5-12-94; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 577, eff 12-12-96 (emergency); Amended at 14 Ok Reg 1336, eff 5-12-97; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 152, eff 12-1-97 (emergency); Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1604, eff 5-11-98; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 870, eff 6-1-03; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1195, eff 6-1-10; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 805, eff 6-1-11Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 35, Issue 24, September 4, 2018, eff. 9/17/2018Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 36, Issue 24, September 3, 2019, eff. 9/16/2019Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 38, Issue 24, September 1, 2021, eff. 9/15/2021Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 39, Issue 10, February 1, 2022, eff. 11/30/2021Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 39, Issue 24, September 1, 2022, eff. 9/15/2022