The memorandum provides guidance on how LIHEAP grantees use social security numbers and citizenship status information to provide assistance to applicants.
Public Benefits & Economic Stability > Energy/Weatherization
Topic: Energy/Weatherization
Materials regarding energy and weatherization.
[pdf] Hawaii Materials Benefits-Confidentiality Training (March 15, 2017) (+)
Materials list covering the following topics: Legal Rights Overview and Brochures; Access to Public Benefits and Services for Immigrant Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Victims; Child Care; Drivers’ Licenses; Education; Health Care; Shelter and Transitional Housing; Public and Assisted Housing; LIHEAP; Non-Work Social Security Numbers; Public Charge and Immigrant Victims; TANF; VAWA Confidentiality; Legal Services Representation of Immigrant Victims; and Immigrant Victim’s Immigration Options
[pdf] Bench Card Trafficking Victim Immigration and Public Benefits Eligibility Process (December 31, 2021) (+)
This Benchcard discusses the qualifications for Continued Presence status, how to apply for and obtain Office of Refugee and Resettlement benefits eligibility based on Continued Presence, qualifications for T-Visa status, how to apply for a T-Visa, and how to receive benefits after receiving Continued Presence status or a T-Visa. It also outlines the federal and state public benefits and other government-funded programs available to trafficking victims as well as the eligibility period.
[pdf] Guidance on the Interpretation of “Federal Public Benefits” Under the Welfare Reform Law (June 15, 1999) (+)
This is a memo pertaining to the revisions on the guidance on the interpretation of “Federal Public Benefits” under the Welfare Reform Law. Its purpose is to amend advice given to Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) grantees about the definition of “Federal Public Benefits” for non-qualified aliens under the 1996 Welfare Reform Law for Health and Human Services (HHS) programs, as it applies to use of LIHEAP funds for weatherization of multi-unit buildings.