SECTION .0200 – CRISIS INTERVENTION PROGRAM

10A NCAC 71V .0201      ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

A household must meet the following requirements to be eligible for the Crisis Intervention Program:

(1)           A household shall have income at or below 130 percent of the federal poverty income guidelines calculated in accordance with 10A NCAC 71V .0103.

(2)           A household shall be in a heating or cooling related crisis to be eligible for assistance. A household is in a crisis if it is experiencing or is in danger of experiencing a life threatening or health-related emergency and assistance is not available from any other source. An energy crisis means that a household is in danger of experiencing a disconnection with their primary heating or cooling source, or a household is presently without a heating or cooling source due to disconnection, inoperable equipment, or insufficient fuel.

(3)           As a condition of eligibility, United States citizenship for Crisis Intervention Program shall be governed by the procedures set forth in 10A NCAC 71W .0403.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 108A-25; 143B-153; 42 USC 8621(a); 8624(b); 7 CFR 233.50;

Temporary Regulation Eff. November 24, 1981, for a period of 38 Days to Expire on January 1, 1982;

Eff. January 1, 1982;

Amended Eff. October 1, 1990; August 1, 1985;

Temporary Amendment Eff. March 13, 2000;

Amended Eff. April 1, 2001;

Readopted Eff. October 1, 2021.