Section 601.32. Eligibility requirements for crisis benefits

Households may apply for and, if eligible, receive crisis benefits regardless of whether they apply for or receive a LIHEAP cash benefit. To quality for a crisis benefit, a household shall meet the following requirements:

(1) The household shall meet the general eligibility requirements under § 601.31 (relating to general eligibility requirements), the responsibility for heating costs and Pennsylvania residency.

(2) The household shall be without heat or in imminent danger of being without heat because of a weather-related or energy supply shortage emergency.

(3) The household shall be eligible for a crisis benefit that, alone or combined with other resources available to the applicant household, will resolve the home heating emergency.

The provisions of this § 601.33 adopted June 3, 1988, effective upon publication and applies retroactively to October 15, 1987, 18 Pa.B. 2518.