(Revised 10/00 ML #2629)
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Emergency Assistance may be made available for a LIHEAP eligible individual home owner or a LIHEAP eligible renter with verifiable responsibility for maintenance of their furnace.
State Administrator may choose to delegate performance of services to the Division of Community Services which oversees the local Community Action Agencies.
Community Action Agencies will do repairs when the heating system:
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is not functional; or
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poses a threat to the household’s health and safety.
County Social Service Boards refer households, who are eligible (meet income and asset eligibility), to the local Community Action Agency. Every household who is eligible for LIHEAP is eligible for Emergency furnace repair, it just has to be determined that there is an emergency. Households can also take the approval letters from LIHEAP to the Community Action Agency.
