July 16, 2024 — The Office of Community Services (OCS) released an action transmittal today bringing attention to the state-tribe agreements that are on file at OCS with the goal of affirming that the agreements are current and allow for updates by grant recipients under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) 42 U.S.C. § 8621-8630, as amended.
Per the action transmittal, "Federally recognized tribes and tribal organizations are eligible to become a directly funded LIHEAP grant recipient. Tribes that are interested in becoming directly funded LIHEAP grant recipients should contact their assigned federal LIHEAP liaison to request assistance. The process to become a directly funded LIHEAP tribe requires submission of preliminary documentation, completion of the LIHEAP Model Plan, and establishment of a State-Tribe agreement."
To learn more about how to tribes and tribal organizations can become directly funded LIHEAP grant recipients, and how OCS determines tribal grant recipients allocations, visit the ACF-OCS-LIHEAP-AT-2024-04 State-Tribe Agreements announcement.
