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HRD-80-122 1 (1980-09-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbag0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Human Resources Washington, DC 20548 Division B-198839 SEPTEMBER 15,1980 The Honorable Gaylord Nelson United States Senate111111 113305 Dear Senator Nelson: Subject: tUR7iew of Selected Aspects of Low Income Energy Assistanc (HRD-80-122) This is in response to your January 10, 1980, letter, asking us to review the 1980 Low Income Energy Assistance Program, with particular concentration on the Special Energy Allowance paid to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipi- ents. You were concerned about energy payments to SSI recip- ients in institutions or other places where custodial care is available, but who usually do not have direct or indirect responsibility for paying heating bills. You asked us to assess the number of unnecessary payments and the capacity of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 1/ to prevent them. We briefed your staff on our results, which also included limited work done on energy assistance payments to Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients under this program. Our findings are summarized below and detailed in enclosure I. The 1980 Low Income Energy Assistance Program established categorical eligibility 2/ for participants in the SSI program. States were given the option of also paying an energy allowance to AFDC recipients on a categorical basis. Payments were made 1/On May 4, 1980, a separate Department of Education was created. That part of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare responsible for activities discussed in this report became the Department of Health and Human Services. 2/Categorical eligibility means eligible for assistance as a result of eligibility for SSI or AFDC. (105104) ,; i.... i:A

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