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A household member whose U.S. citizenship is questionable or<br />

who has not provided documentation of alien status is not<br />

eligible until citizenship/alien status is verified.<br />

Pend the application and send a notice to the household giving<br />

it at least 30 days to provide the documentation. If<br />

documentation verifying U.S. citizenship or qualified alien status<br />

is received during the pend period, process the application<br />

including the person as an eligible household member.<br />

c. Documentation of Alien Status Not Provided Following the<br />

Request for Information<br />

The person whose U.S. citizenship remains questionable or<br />

alien status is unverified at the end of the pend period shall be<br />

treated as an excluded member.<br />

When a household indicates inability or unwillingness to provide<br />

documentation for any household member, that member is<br />

considered an excluded household member.<br />

When the only member of an applicant household indicates<br />

inability or unwillingness to provide documentation of his or her<br />

own alien status or questionable U.S. citizenship, they are<br />

ineligible and the application is denied.<br />

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Note:<br />

When determining <strong>heating</strong> <strong>assistance</strong> benefits, the illegal alien’s<br />

income is included in the income calculation but the person is<br />

not counted as a family member. For example, if the household<br />

consists of five members, four of which are legal and qualified,<br />

the worker would include the income from all five household<br />

members, including the illegal alien, but only consider the<br />

household a four-member household when determining<br />

household size and composition.<br />

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7. Ineligible Aliens<br />

Any alien, legal or not, who does not meet the alien eligibility<br />

requirements is ineligible for <strong>heating</strong> <strong>assistance</strong>. Ineligible aliens in<br />

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