Vermont § 2609 - Crisis reserves; eligibility and assistance

§ 2609. Crisis reserves; eligibility and assistance

• (a) Annually, the Secretary of Human Services or designee shall determine an appropriate
  amount of funds to be set aside for expenditure for the crisis fuel assistance component
  of the Home Heating Fuel Program. The Secretary or designee shall also adopt rules
  to define crisis situations for the expenditure of the home heating fuel crisis funds
  and to establish the income eligibility requirements of households for receipt of
  crisis Home Heating Fuel Assistance, provided that no household shall be eligible
  whose gross household income is greater than 200 percent of the federal poverty level
  based on the income of all persons residing in the household. To the extent allowed
  by federal law, the Secretary or designee shall establish by rule a calculation of
  gross income based on the same rules used in 3SquaresVT, except that the Secretary
  or designee shall include additional deductions or exclusions from income required
  by LIHEAP. (b) Crisis fuel grants may be limited per winter heating season to one grant for households
  that are income-eligible and have received a seasonal fuel assistance grant and meet
  all eligibility requirements for crisis fuel assistance or to two grants for households
  that are not income-eligible for seasonal fuel assistance and meet all eligibility
  requirements for crisis fuel assistance. (Added 1995, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 10, 1996; amended 2009, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § E.324.5; 2009, No. 88 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. April 29, 2010; 2011, No. 75 (Adj. Sess.), § 113, retroactively eff. June 1, 2010; 2013, No. 50, § E.324.9; 2017, No. 85, § F.5, eff. June 28, 2017; 2023, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § E.324.1, eff. July 1, 2024.)