Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Performance Data Form
Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection
No
Regular
Approved without change
06/06/2025
04/30/2025
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
06/30/2028
36 Months From Approved
1,732
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0
23,254
0
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The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) block grant (42 U.S.C. 8621) was established under Title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Public Law 97-35. The Office of Community Services (OCS) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) administers LIHEAP at the federal level.
The LIHEAP statute requires the program to report to Congress on program impacts annually, to develop performance goals, to ensure that benefits are targeted to those households with the greatest home energy need, and to assure that timely resources are available to households experiencing home energy crises.
The LIHEAP Performance Data Form (LPDF) is an annual data collection effort conducted by OCS to collect information from state LIHEAP grant recipients and the District of Columbia to meet statutory requirements and program objectives. Data are collected in five distinct modules:
⢠Module 1 (Grant Recipient Survey)
⢠Module 2 (Required LIHEAP Performance Measures)
⢠Module 2A (Required LIHEAP Performance Measures CARES)
⢠Module 2B (Required LIHEAP Performance Measures ARPA)
⢠Module 3 (Optional LIHEAP Performance Measures)
This data is necessary to report to Congress on state-specific and aggregated fiscal and performance measures data for the most recent fiscal year on the program.
This request is to extend approval of the current LPDF through June 30, 2025 and for revisions to the form to use beginning July 1, 2025. Revisions include substantive changes to Module 1 to ensure the request is current and clear. See the following section for details on the changes.
PL:
Pub.L. 116 - 136 Title VIII of Division B
Name of Law: Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Actââ or the ââCARES Actââ.
PL:
Pub.L. 117 - 2 2911
Name of Law: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
US Code:
42 USC 8626(b)
Name of Law: Title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, as amended
PL: Pub.L. 116 - 136 2607(b) Name of Law: The CARES Act
This request is for revisions to the LPDF. The changes proposed to the LPDF consist of (1) replacing CARES Act and ARPA items in Module 1 with IIJA items; (2) adding items in Module 1 for reporting carryover use of REACH funds and non-administrative IT enhancements; (3) removing maximum income cutoffs from funding uses; and (4) minor wording changes and item restructuring. The total impacts of these changes results in a reduction in burden estimates, as described in A12.
OCS believes that this formâs respondents, by and large, have the capacity to meaningfully separate the performance measures data for households that received benefits supported by CARES Act funds, ARPA funds, or non-supplemental funds. For FY 2020, the respondents were largely successful in reporting similar data broken out by CARES Act funds. Of the 51 states that were required to complete this form and the CARES breakouts on their Household Reports, 96 percent reported total CARES funds used in Module 1. OCS is providing training and technical assistance to the two states that could not report these funds.
These changes help LIHEAPâs stakeholders understand the impacts of the supplemental appropriations for FY 2020 and afterwards. They also help state grant recipients isolate the temporary changes to their programs linked to using these supplemental funds from their programsâ overall progress in improving performance. Some grant recipients used CARES or ARPA funds to implement new types of services for their clients. By segmenting out the CARES and ARP recipients, they can get a better understanding of how well those services worked.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.