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Eligible Entity's failure to provide CSBG services, or to meet appropri-
ate standards, goals, and other requirements established by the State,
including performance objectives, or as provided for in 2.203(b) of
this title (relating to Termination and Reduction of Funding for CSBG
Eligible Entities). A Finding, Observation, or Concern that is not cor-
rected, or is repeated, may become a Deficiency.
(17) Deobligate/Deobligation--The partial or full removal
of Contracted Funds from a Subrecipient. Partial Deobligation is the
removal of some portion of the full Contracted Funds from a Subre-
cipient, leaving some remaining balance of Contracted Funds to be ad-
ministered by the Subrecipient. Full Deobligation is the removal of the
full amount of Contracted Funds from a Subrecipient. This definition
does not apply to CSBG non-Discretionary funds.
(18) Department of Energy (DOE)--Federal department
that provides funding for a weatherization assistance program.
(19) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)--
Federal department that provides funding for CSBG and LIHEAP en-
ergy assistance and weatherization.
(20) Discretionary Funds--CSBG funds, excluding the
90% of the state's annual allocation that is designated for statewide
allocation to CSBG Eligible Entities under 6.203 of this subchapter
(relating to Formula for Distribution of CSBG Funds) and state
administrative funds, maintained by the Department, at its discretion,
for CSBG allowable uses as authorized by the CSBG Act.
(21) Dwelling Unit--A house, including a stationary mo-
bile home, an apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied
as separate living quarters.
(22) Elderly Person--
(A) For CSBG, a person who is 55 years of age or older;
and
(B) For CEAP and WAP, a person who is 60 years of
age or older.
(23) Eligible Entity--Those local organizations in exis-
tence and designated by the federal and state government to administer
programs created under the Federal Economic Opportunity Act of
1964. This includes CAAs, limited-purpose agencies, and units of
local government. The CSBG Act defines an Eligible Entity as an or-
ganization that was an Eligible Entity on the day before the enactment
of the Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998 (October
27, 1998), or is designated by the Governor to serve a given area of
the state and that has a tripartite board or other mechanism specified
by the state for local governance.
(24) Emergency--defined as:
(A) A Natural Disaster;
(B) A significant home energy supply shortage or dis-
ruption;
(C) Significant increase in the cost of home energy, as
determined by the Secretary of HHS;
(D) A significant increase in home energy disconnec-
tions reported by a utility, a state regulatory agency, or another agency
with necessary data;
(E) A significant increase in participation in a public
benefit program such as the food stamp program carried out under the
Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011, et seq.), the national pro-
gram to provide supplemental security income carried out under Title
XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381, et seq.) or the state
temporary assistance for needy families program carried out under PartA of Title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601, et seq.), as
determined by the head of the appropriate federal agency;
(F) A significant increase in unemployment, layoffs, or
the number of Households with an individual applying for unemploy-
ment benefits, as determined by the Secretary of Labor; or
(G) An event meeting such criteria as the Secretary of
HHS, at the discretion of the Secretary of HHS, may determine to be
appropriate.
(25) Expenditure--Funds that have been accrued or remit-
ted for purposes of the award.
(26) Extended Foster Care--The Texas Department of
Family Services program as identified in 40 TAC 700.346 or succes-
sor regulation.
(27) Families with Young Children--A Household that in-
cludes a Child age five or younger. For LIHEAP-WAP only, a Family
with Young Children also includes a Household that has a pregnant
woman.
(28) Federal Poverty Income Guidelines--The official
poverty income guidelines as issued by HHS annually.
(29) Finding--A Subrecipient's material failure to comply
with rules, regulations, the terms of the Contract or to provide services
under each program to meet appropriate standards, goals, and other re-
quirements established by the Department or funding source (including
performance objectives). A Finding impacts the organization's ability
to achieve the goals of the program and jeopardizes continued oper-
ations of the Subrecipient. Findings include the identification of an
action or failure to act that results or may result in disallowed costs.
(30) Gross Annual Income--Defined as the total amount of
non-excluded income earned annually before taxes or any deductions
for all Household members 18 years of age and older.
(31) High Energy Burden--A Household whose energy
burden exceeds 11% of their Gross Annual Income, determined by
dividing a Household's annual home energy costs by the Household's
Gross Annual Income.
(32) High Energy Consumption--A Household that is
billed more than $1000 annually for related fuel costs for heating and
cooling their Dwelling Unit.
(33) Household--An individual or group of individuals, ex-
cluding unborn Children, who are living together as one economic unit.
For DOE WAP this includes all persons living in the Dwelling Unit.
For CSBG/LIHEAP it includes these persons customarily purchasing
residential energy in common or making undesignated payments for
energy. In CSBG/LIHEAP a live-in aide, or a Renter with a separate
lease that includes a separate bill for utilities is not considered a House-
hold member.
(34) Inverse Ratio of Population Density Factor--The num-
ber of square miles of a county divided by the number of poverty
Households of that county.
(35) Low Income Household--Defined as:
(A) For DOE WAP, a Household whose total combined
annual income is at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Income
guidelines, or a Household who is Categorically Eligible;
(B) For CEAP and LIHEAP-WAP, a Household whose
total combined annual income is at or below 150% of the Federal
Poverty Income guidelines, or a Household who is Categorically
Eligible; and46 TexReg 6032 September 17, 2021 Texas Register
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