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HRD-80-123 1 (1980-09-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbah0001 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 Virginia Smith House of Representatives Dear Ms. Smith: Subject: 1Review of Selected Aspects of Low Income Energy Assistan1(HRD-80-123) 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 that pay little or no energy costs. We briefed your staff on our results, which also included limited work done on energy assistance payments to Aid to Families with De- pendent 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 1/ 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 to SSI recipients without regard to their living arrangements or responsibilities for energy cost. Categorical eligibility was provided in legislation, and the legislative history does not specify or suggest that energy cost responsibility or proof of need be considered in determining eligibility or amount of payment. Energy assistance payments were made to: 1/Categorical eligibility means eligible for assistance as a result of eligibility for SSI or AFDC. (105104) 113306

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