88 FR 231 pgs. 84143-84145 - Reallotment of Fiscal Year 2022 Funds for the Low Income Home Energy Program-Final
Type: NOTICEVolume: 88Number: 231Pages: 84143 - 84145
Pages: 84143, 84144, 84145Docket number: [CFDA Number: 93.568]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2023-26503 Filed 12-1-23; 8:45 am]
Agency: Health and Human Services Department
Sub Agency: Children and Families Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[CFDA Number: 93.568]
Reallotment of Fiscal Year 2022 Funds for the Low Income Home Energy Program-Final
AGENCY:
Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION:
Notice of final issuance.
SUMMARY:
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Community Service (OCS), Division of Energy Assistance announces that $17,260,985 of funds from the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2022 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) were reallotted to states, territories, tribes, and tribal organizations that received FFY 2023 direct LIHEAP grants.
DATES:
This notice became effective on Sep. 29, 2023, which is the date on which ACF awarded these reallotments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Megan Meadows, Director, Division of Energy Assistance, Office of Community Services, 330 C Street SW, 5th Floor; Mail Room 5425; Washington, DC 20201. Telephone: 202-401-1149; email: Megan.Meadows@acf.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
In accordance with section 2607(b)(1) of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act (the Act), title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8626(b)(1)), as amended, ACF published a notice in the Federal Register on Sep. 26, 2023, 88 FR 66005, announcing the Secretary's preliminary determination that $21,985,238 of FFY 2022 funds for LIHEAP may be available for reallotment. ACF received one comment. It came from a member of the public who appeared to seek the program's benefits. ACF advised the inquirer of the resources through which to seek information about such benefits. After such publication, ACF reduced this amount to $17,260,985 because of (1) reporting revisions made by grant recipient; and (2) insufficient Payment Management System balances.
[top] These funds became available from the following grant recipients in the following amounts:
| Name of grant recipient that returned funds for reallotment | FFY 2022 reallotment amount |
|---|---|
| Alabama | $2,378,088 |
| Alaska | 1,590,037 |
| Delaware | 199,360 |
| Idaho | 6,505,338 |
| Michigan | 2,087,677 |
| American Samoa | 2,828 |
| Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma | 512 |
| Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes | 60,493 |
| Berry Creek Rancheria | 747 |
| Bishop Paiute Tribe | 13,779 |
| Blackfeet Tribe | 264,815 |
| Catawba Indian Nation | 789 |
| Cherokee Nation | 134,641 |
| Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes | 4,032 |
| Cocopah Indian Tribe | 3,403 |
| Colorado River Indian Tribes | 6,166 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation | 10,879 |
| Comanche Nation | 26,315 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon | 28,859 |
| Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon | 8,000 |
| Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs | 11,141 |
| Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes | 77,905 |
| Delaware Nation | 275 |
| Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians | 6,466 |
| Eastern Shoshone Tribe | 27,049 |
| Fort Belknap Indian Community | 109,264 |
| Gila River Indian Community | 14,178 |
| Hoh Tribe | 4,404 |
| Hoopa Valley Tribe | 45,051 |
| Inter-Tribal Council of MI, Inc. | 1,363 |
| Jicarilla Apache Nation | 2,153 |
| Kalispel Tribe of Indians | 657 |
| Kaw Nation | 419 |
| Little River Band of Ottawa Indians | 159,939 |
| Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe | 1,928 |
| Makah Tribe | 1,890 |
| Narragansett Indian Tribe | 447 |
| Navajo Nation | 1,153,394 |
| Nooksack Indian Tribe | 18,243 |
| Northern Arapaho Tribe | 8,741 |
| Oglala Sioux Tribe | 831,158 |
| Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians | 241 |
| Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma | 5,866 |
| Poarch Band of Creek Indians | 35,069 |
| Pueblo of Jemez | 5,372 |
| Pueblo of Zuni | 28,762 |
| Quapaw Nation | 5,616 |
| Quileute Tribe | 5,009 |
| Quinault Indian Nation | 3,026 |
| Round Valley Indian Tribes | 28,912 |
| Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma | 17,639 |
| Seldovia Village Tribe | 11,278 |
| Seneca Nation of Indians | 2,453 |
| South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency | 739 |
| Spirit Lake Nation | 38,342 |
| Standing Rock Sioux Tribe | 396,242 |
| Thlopthlocco Tribal Town | 7,914 |
| Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians | 67,861 |
| Ute Indian Tribe | 1,672 |
| Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation | 551,163 |
| Yankton Sioux Tribe | 244,986 |
| Total | 17,260,985 |
The list of grant recipients that were awarded these funds was published in a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), which is posted to ACF's website at LIHEAP DCL 2023-15 Reallotment of LIHEAP Funds FFY 2022.
[top] Pursuant to the statute cited above, these funds were reallotted on Sep. 29, 2023 to all three types of FFY 2023 LIHEAP grant recipients by distributing them under the formula that Congress set for FFY 2023 funding. The three types of recipients that did not receive funds were (1) those whose allocations would have been less than $25; (2) tribes or tribal organizations that agreed with their co-territorial states to receive set amounts for the entire fiscal year;
The reallotted funds may be used for any purpose authorized under LIHEAP. Grant recipients must add these funds to their total LIHEAP funds payable for FFY 2023 for purposes of calculating statutory caps on administrative costs, carryover, Assurance 16 activities, and weatherization assistance. Grant recipients must also (1) ensure that these funds are included in the amounts that ACF pre-populated on Line 1.1 of their FFY 2023 Carryover and Reallotment Reports; (2) reconcile these funds, to the extent that they received them, with the other sources described in LIHEAP DCL 2023-05 that used the grant number ending in "LIEA" on the associated Federal Financial Report; and (3) record, on their FFY 2023 Household Reports, households that receive benefits at least partly from these funds. State recipients must also ensure that these funds are included in the Grantee Survey sections of their FFY 2023 LIHEAP Performance Data Forms.
OCS recommends that, after receiving them, grant recipients obligate these funds before obligating any other federal LIHEAP funds.
Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 8626(b).
Karen D. Shields,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Office of Grants Policy, Office of Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-26503 Filed 12-1-23; 8:45 am]
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