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The Home Energy Assistance Program provides Fuel Assistance and Energy Crisis Intervention Programs to income Eligible Households. The Rule also establishes standards for the HEAP Weatherization, Central Heating Improvement Program, and Heat Pump Program.  \n1. Definitions.  \nA. “Act” means the Maine Housing Authorities Act, 30-A M.R.S. § 4701 et seq., as it may be amended from time to time.  \nB. “Annual Consumption Report” means the annual report Vendors must submit to MaineHousing to report their HEAP customers’ Home Energy deliveries from May 1st through April 30th.  \nC. “Primary Applicant” means a person who signs the completed Application.  \nD. “Application” means forms and documents completed, signed, and provided by Primary Applicant to determine eligibility for a Benefit and ECIP.  \nE. “Application Date” means the date an Application is taken with the Primary Applicant by Subgrantee personnel both online or not online.  \nF. “Benefit” means the dollar amount of Fuel Assistance an Eligible Household receives.  \nG. “Benefit Return” means a Benefit, partial or whole, returned to MaineHousing.  \nH. “Categorical Income Eligibility” means Household Members who are included on a Maine Department of Health and Human Services (“Maine DHHS”) Notice of Decision for TANF or SNAP assistance will be considered income eligible for HEAP, as the Household Members’incomes have already been vetted. Household Members who are not included on the Notice of Decision must provide income documentation as outlined in this Rule and the HEAP Guide.  \nI. “CHIP” means the Central Heating Improvement Program.  \nJ. “Citizenship Attestation Form” means an attestation form prescribed by MaineHousing in the HEAP Guide.  \nK. “Contractor” means a provider of materials or services to Eligible Households.  \nL. “Application Received Date” means the date a signed Application is received by the Subgrantee.  \nM. “Direct Energy Cost” means an Energy Cost that is directly paid by the Household.  \nN. “Dwelling Unit” means an occupied residential housing structure with one or more rooms that was originally constructed and designed as permanent living quarters for one or more persons, when permanently connected to the required utilities (including plumbing, electricity and Heating Systems) and contains bathroom and kitchen facilities specific to that unit. A Dwelling Unit has its own private entrance from the outside or off an enclosed hallway leading from the outside that does not pass through or offer an open access to any other unit within the structure. A Dwelling Unit does not include a camper, trailer, semitrailer, truck camper, motor home, boat, railroad car, bus, yurt or other structure designed and constructed to provide temporary living quarters.  \nO. “ECIP” means the Energy Crisis Intervention Program.  \nP. “Eligible Household” means a Household that satisfies all eligibility and income requirements of the HEAP Act and requirements of this Rule.  \nQ. “Energy Cost” means cost of energy used for heating a Dwelling Unit or Rental Unit.  \nR. “Energy Crisis” shall have the same meaning as set forth in 42 U.S.C. §8622(3), as same may beamended from time to time.  \nS. “Errors and Program Abuse” means the act of applying for or obtaining assistance to which one is  \nnot entitled by means of submitting false statements or withholding information pertinent to the determination of eligibility or benefits.  \nT. “Fuel Assistance” means the component of HEAP that assists Eligible Households with their Home Energy Costs.  \nU. “Functioning Heating System” means a Heating System that is working safely.  \nV. “HEAP” means the Home Energy Assistance Program established pursuant to the HEAP Act and the Act.  \nW. “H","cbCaikAMbqPVCZqR","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikAMbqPVCZqR","pdf",390680,33,"English","# Summary\n# 1. 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