89 FR 182 pgs. 76844-76846 - Proposed Reallotment of Fiscal Year 2023 Funds for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Type: NOTICEVolume: 89Number: 182Pages: 76844 - 76846
Pages: 76844, 76845, 76846Docket number: [CFDA Number: 93.568]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2024-21390 Filed 9-18-24; 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]
Proposed Reallotment of Fiscal Year 2023 Funds for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
AGENCY:
Office of Community Services (OCS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION:
Notice for public comment.
SUMMARY:
The ACF, OCS, Division of Energy Assistance announces a preliminary determination that funds from the federal fiscal year 2023 (FY23) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) are available for reallotment to states, territories, tribes, and tribal organizations that received FY24 direct LIHEAP awards. The purpose of this award is to redistribute FY23 annual LIHEAP funds that recipients were unable to obligate or carry over to FY24. No sub-recipients of these recipients or other entities may apply for these funds.
DATES:
Comments are due by: October 21, 2024.
ADDRESSES:
Comments may be submitted to: Peter Edelman, Program Analyst, Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and Families, 330 C Street SW, 5th Floor; Mail Room 5425; Washington, DC 20201 or via email: peter.edelman@acf.hhs.gov. Comments may also be faxed to 202-401-5661.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Akm Rahman, Program Operations Branch Chief, Division of Energy Assistance, Office of Community Services, 330 C Street SW, 5th Floor; Mail Room 5425; Washington, DC 20201. Telephone: 202-401-5306; email: Akm.Rahman@acf.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
After receiving Federal Financial Reports (FFRs), Carryover and Reallotment Reports (CRRs), and fourth-quarter Quarterly Reports (QRs) from FY23 LIHEAP recipients, ACF has determined that $18,363,980 in FY23 LIHEAP funds may be available for reallotment for FY24. This determination was based on the reports of 75 recipients and the total obligations of 4 recipients. LIHEAP recipients submitted the FY23 CRRs to OCS, as required by regulations applicable to LIHEAP at 45 CFR 96.81(b).
The LIHEAP statute allows recipients who have funds unobligated at the end of the FY for which they are awarded to request that they be allowed to carry over up to 10 percent of their full-year allotments to the next FY (42 U.S.C. 8626(b)(2)). Funds in excess of this amount must be returned to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and are subject to reallotment under 42 U.S.C. 8626(b)(1).
In accordance with 42 U.S.C. 8626(b)(3), ACF notified each of the 79 recipients that reported or, in the absence of reporting, had potentially $18,363,980 of unobligated funds above their carryover caps. In these notices, ACF told each recipient about the amount that, according to the recipients' reports, it needed to return for de-obligation and redistribution to FY24 recipients as part of the reallotment. It also gave each recipient 30 calendar days to provide comments directly to ACF.
All LIHEAP recipients that receive a portion of these funds will be notified of the final reallotment amount redistributed to them for FY24. This decision will also be published in the Federal Register and in a Dear Colleague Letter that is posted to ACF's website under LIHEAP Dear Colleague Letters.
The FY23 LIHEAP funds that ACF preliminarily expects to become available for reallotment determination come from the following recipients in the following amounts:
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| Name of recipient that has funds to be returned for reallotment | Preliminary amount available for reallotment? 1 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | $4,917,545 |
| Idaho | 4,896,940 |
| Michigan | 55,139 |
| Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands | 47,429 |
| Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma | 14,595 |
| Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town | 18,204 |
| Aniak Traditional Council | 49,847 |
| Berry Creek Rancheria | 11,727 |
| Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians | 3,150 |
| Bishop Paiute Tribe | 17,447 |
| Blackfeet Tribe | 66,242 |
| Catawba Indian Nation | 14,656 |
| Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes | 7,692 |
| Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma | 80,195 |
| Chuathbaluk Traditional Council | 34,383 |
| Cocopah Indian Tribe | 20,605 |
| Coeur d'Alene Tribe | 18,278 |
| Comanche Nation | 4,726 |
| Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes | 360,718 |
| Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon | 42,360 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon | 15,524 |
| Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians | 511 |
| Dena'Nena'Henash-Tanana Chiefs Conference | 26,018 |
| Eastern Shoshone Tribe | 135,825 |
| Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes | 584,537 |
| Gila River Indian Community | 73,461 |
| Hoh Tribe | 2,212 |
| Hoopa Valley Tribe | 12,878 |
| Hopland Band of Pomo Indians | 2,852 |
| Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians | 201,488 |
| Indian Township Tribal Government | 528,130 |
| Inter-Tribal Council of MI, Inc | 129,655 |
| Jicarilla Apache Nation | 42,275 |
| Karuk Tribe | 1,746 |
| Kaw Nation | 5,017 |
| Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma | 89,127 |
| Little River Band of Ottawa Indians | 10,074 |
| Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe | 7,986 |
| Lummi Nation | 19,363 |
| Makah Tribe | 25,257 |
| Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe | 171,286 |
| Mi'kmaq Nation | 44,858 |
| Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians | 8,426 |
| Modoc Nation | 1,426 |
| Muckleshoot Indian Tribe | 1,110 |
| Navajo Nation | 800,838 |
| Nooksack Indian Tribe | 36,196 |
| Northern Arapaho Tribe | 19,950 |
| Northern California Indian Development Council, Inc | 846 |
| Northern Cheyenne Tribe | 25,583 |
| Oglala Sioux Tribe | 28,490 |
| Orutsararmiut Native Council | 276,283 |
| Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians | 6,087 |
| Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah | 140,249 |
| Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma | 6,740 |
| Pleasant Point Tribal Government | 50,685 |
| Poarch Band of Creek Indians | 146,887 |
| Pueblo of Jemez | 12,562 |
| Pueblo of Zuni | 28,337 |
| Quapaw Nation | 22,161 |
| Quileute Tribe | 69,502 |
| Quinault Indian Nation | 17,503 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc | 6,645 |
| Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma | 6,573 |
| Samish Indian Nation | 14,590 |
| San Carlos Apache Tribe | 8,904 |
| Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians | 1,064 |
| Sitka Tribe of Alaska | 53,222 |
| Spirit Lake Nation | 101,127 |
| Spokane Tribe of Indians | 23,773 |
| Standing Rock Sioux Tribe | 2,896,833 |
| Swinomish Indian Tribal Community | 39,631 |
| The Delaware Tribe of Indians | 4,501 |
| The Klamath Tribes | 162,427 |
| Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma | 3,374 |
| Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians | 69,032 |
| United Cherokee Ani-Yun-Wiya Nation | 55,932 |
| Ute Indian Tribe | 8,647 |
| Yankton Sioux Tribe | 395,886 |
| Total | 18,363,980 |
| 1 ?Preliminary funds for reallotment consist of the funds in excess of LIHEAP's 10 percent carryover cap that (1) 75 recipients indicated on the FFRs or reported on the CRRs or QRs as unobligated; or (2) amounted to 100 percent of regular funds or IIJA funds for the 4 recipients that failed to submit the associated FFRs and their CRRs or QRs. | |
If funds are reallotted, then they will be allocated in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 8623 and must be treated by LIHEAP recipients that receive them as funds appropriated for FY24. As FY24 funds, they will be subject to all requirements of the LIHEAP statute, including 42 U.S.C. 8626(b)(2), which requires that a recipient obligate at least 90 percent of its total block grant allocation for a fiscal year by the end of the fiscal year for which the funds are appropriated; that is, by September 30, 2024. Furthermore, recipients that receive these funds may use these funds for any purpose authorized under LIHEAP and must add them to their total LIHEAP funds payable for FY24 for purposes of calculating statutory caps on administrative costs, carryover, Assurance 16 activities, and weatherization assistance.
[top] Additionally, all recipients of these funds must (1) ensure that these funds are included in the amounts on Lines 1.1 of their FY24 CRRs; (2) reconcile these funds, to the extent that they received them, on their corresponding FFRs; and (3) record, on their FY24 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 FY24 LIHEAP Performance Data Forms.
Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 8626(b).
Anthony Petruccelli,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Office of Grants Policy, Office of Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-21390 Filed 9-18-24; 8:45 am]
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