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HRD-80-115 1 (1980-09-15)

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GAO
United States General Accounting Office            Human Resources
Washington, DC 20548                               Division



  B-198839                                       SEPTEMBER 15,1980



  The Honorable Jesse Helms
  United States Senate
                                                    113300
  Dear Senator Helms:

       Subject: jReview of elected Aspects of Low Income Energy
                 Assistanc (HRD-80-115)

       This is in response to your January 24, 1980, letter,
  asking us to review the 1980 Low Income Energy Assistance
  Program, and your concern that Aid to Families with Dependent
  Children (AFDC) recipients were paid even though they did
  not pay fuel bills. You were also concerned about the extent
  of the problem and actions taken by the Department of Health,
  Education, and Welfare. 1/ We agreed with your staff to ini-
  tially review the North Carolina program, particularly energy
  assistance paid to AFDC recipients in public housingg We
  briefed your staff on our results, which also included work
  done on payments to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recip-
  ients under this program. Our findings are summarized below
  and detailed in enclosure I.

       The 1980 Low Income Energy Assistance Program gave States
  the option of paying an energy allowance to AFDC recipients
  on a categorical basis. 2/ In North Carolina, which chose the


  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 AFDC or SSI.

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