5.2.2 Financial Need Calculation

The chart below lists the expenses to include in the financial need calculation for each emergency type. Include only these expenses when determining the financial need, but do not include expenses that are covered by another resource, such as insurance, FoodShare (FS) , Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) , or a charitable organization. This chart also lists the allowable uses for each emergency type.

Emergency

Allowable Uses

Expenses to Include in the Financial Need Calculation

Fire, Flood, Natural Disaster
  • Obtain Temporary housing
  • Retain current housing
  • Obtain new housing
  • Other household costs
  • Temporary housing
  • First month's rent
  • Security deposit
  • Clothing
  • Food
  • Medical care
  • Transportation
  • Necessary appliances and household items
  • Necessary home repairs

Energy Crisis
  • Maintain essential utility service
  • Obtain essential utility service

 
  • Amount needed to obtain or maintain essential heat, electricity, water, or sewer service provided by a utility company

 

Homelessness
  • Obtain new housing
  • Other household costs

 
  • First month's rent
  • Security deposit
  • Necessary household items

 

Impending Homelessness:

  • Domestic Abuse
  • Financial Crisis and Notice to Terminate Tenancy
  • Retain current housing
  • Obtain new housing

 
  • Unpaid rent/mortgage
  • Late fees for past rent/mortgage
  • First month's rent
  • Security deposit
  • Court costs for eviction proceedings

 

Impending Homelessness:

  • Uninhabitable Housing
  • Foreclosure of rental housing

 
  • Obtain new housing

 
  • First month's rent
  • Security deposit

 

When the EA Group is experiencing more than one emergency type, list the expenses for all emergency types. See 5.2.3 for information about issuing multiple payments to address multiple emergencies.

 

 

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