LIHEAP Grantee Survey for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2008
THIS CONTAINS INFORMATION ISSUED BY THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION FOR
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN LIHEAP ACTION TRANSMITTAL NO. LIHEAP-
AT-2009-2, DATED 11/25/08
TO: LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP)
STATE GRANTEES
SUBJECT: LIHEAP Grantee Survey for Federal Fiscal Year
(FFY) 2008
RELATED Section 2610(b) of the Low Income Home Energy
REFERENCES: Assistance Act, Title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981, Public Law 97-35, as
amended; ACF Annual Grantee Survey of the LIHEAP
Program, as approved by OMB (OMB Control No.
0970-0076; Expiration Date - February 28, 2011.
PURPOSE: Section 2610(b) of the LIHEAP statute requires the
Secretary of the Department of Health and Human
Services to submit, no later than June 30 of each
fiscal year, a report to Congress on LIHEAP for
the prior fiscal year. As part of our preparing
the LIHEAP Report to Congress for FFY 2008, we are
requiring State LIHEAP grantees to complete the
LIHEAP Grantee Survey for FFY 2008.
The timeliness and accuracy of responses to the
Survey are very important in:
• submitting fiscal data to Congress in the
Department's LIHEAP Report to Congress for FFY
2008;
• responding to questions from Congress, the
Department, the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), the White House, and other interested
parties; and
• reporting LIHEAP performance results to the
Department and OMB.
Please e-mail your State's completed Survey to
Katina Lawson by December 15, 2008. This will be
the same date that final data are due for the
LIHEAP Household Report for FFY 2008.
BACKGROUND: The Survey collects data on sources and uses of
funds, average benefits, and maximum income cutoff
for 4-person households for each type of
assistance provided by your State for FFY 2008
(the period of October 1, 2007 - September 30,
2008).
CONTENT: We are conducting this Survey electronically. You
will be receiving the next day by e-mail your
State's LIHEAP Grantee Survey for FFY 2008.
Survey instructions are attached to this Action
Transmittal. Please contact us by Monday, December
1, if you did not receive an electronic copy of
your State's Survey.
Please review carefully the attached instructions
concerning page protection, additional notes, and
pre-printed information. There are also specific
instructions for each of the survey items.
Important Points
• Uses of Funds represent a State's obligation of
funds, not expenditure of funds. In some cases,
obligated block grant funds are not actually
expended until after the end of the FFY.
• Please check the consistency between your State's
LIHEAP Household Report for FFY 2008 and LIHEAP
Grantee Survey for FFY 2008 concerning the types
of LIHEAP assistance provided.
• Please do not delay completing your State's
Survey. Estimates of obligated funds are
acceptable if actual data are unavailable.
• Please exclude Department of Energy funds in
response to the LIHEAP weatherization assistance
in Section III, A.4.
Unless we hear from you otherwise, we expect to
receive your State's completed Survey by December
15, 2008. Please e-mail the Survey to Katina
Lawson.
INQUIRIES TO: Katina Lawson, Program Analyst
Division of Energy Assistance
Office of Community Services, ACF, HHS
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20447
Telephone: (202) 401-6527
E-mail: klawson@acf.hhs.gov
ATTACHMENT: (1) Instructions for the LIHEAP Grantee Survey for
FFY 2008
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Nick St.Angelo
Director
Division of Energy Assistance
