From 18377c9db9ea9772a047663b474cc8e091301437 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ziming Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2026 22:01:40 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 01/11] Add a national LIHEAP total and LIHEAP cooling registry notes Sum each state's regular LIHEAP payment in a new liheap variable, add an Illinois regular heating payment without crisis assistance, add a Michigan Home Heating Credit registry entry, and record each state's cooling treatment in its registry note. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 --- changelog.d/liheap-aggregate.added.md | 1 + .../gov/hhs/liheap/regular_payments.yaml | 64 ++++++++++ policyengine_us/programs.yaml | 74 ++++++----- .../baseline/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.yaml | 120 ++++++++++++++++++ .../liheap/il_liheap_regular_heating.yaml | 65 ++++++++++ .../variables/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.py | 11 ++ .../dceo/liheap/il_liheap_regular_heating.py | 13 ++ .../ma/doer/liheap/payment/ma_liheap.py | 1 + 8 files changed, 317 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) create mode 100644 changelog.d/liheap-aggregate.added.md create mode 100644 policyengine_us/parameters/gov/hhs/liheap/regular_payments.yaml create mode 100644 policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.yaml create mode 100644 policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/il/dceo/liheap/il_liheap_regular_heating.yaml create mode 100644 policyengine_us/variables/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.py create mode 100644 policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/il/dceo/liheap/il_liheap_regular_heating.py diff --git a/changelog.d/liheap-aggregate.added.md b/changelog.d/liheap-aggregate.added.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..010b258594b --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/liheap-aggregate.added.md @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Add a national LIHEAP total that sums each state's regular payment, an Illinois regular heating payment without crisis assistance, a Michigan Home Heating Credit registry entry, and cooling notes for each state's LIHEAP registry entry. diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/hhs/liheap/regular_payments.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/hhs/liheap/regular_payments.yaml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e811bea6fbd --- /dev/null +++ b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/hhs/liheap/regular_payments.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +description: States provide these regular payments under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. +values: + 2023-01-01: + - ak_hap # Alaska Heating Assistance Program + - al_liheap # Alabama LIHEAP + - ar_liheap # Arkansas LIHEAP + - az_liheap # Arizona LIHEAP + # California's three components are exclusive by eligibility, so their sum is its single regular payment. + - ca_liheap_utility_heating # California HEAP utility heating + - ca_liheap_covered_liquid_heating # California WPO propane and fuel oil heating + - ca_liheap_wood_heating # California WPO wood heating + - co_leap # Colorado LEAP + - ct_ceap # Connecticut CEAP + - dc_liheap_payment # DC LIHEAP + - de_liheap # Delaware LIHEAP + - fl_liheap # Florida LIHEAP + - ga_liheap # Georgia LIHEAP + - hi_liheap_subsidized_amount # Hawaii LIHEAP subsidized dwelling benefit + - ia_liheap # Iowa LIHEAP + - id_liheap # Idaho LIHEAP + - il_liheap_regular_heating # Illinois LIHEAP, without crisis assistance + - in_eap # Indiana EAP + - ks_liheap # Kansas LIEAP + - ky_liheap # Kentucky LIHEAP + - la_liheap # Louisiana LIHEAP + - ma_liheap # Massachusetts LIHEAP + - md_meap # Maryland MEAP + - me_heap # Maine HEAP + - mn_eap # Minnesota EAP + - mo_liheap # Missouri LIHEAP + - ms_liheap # Mississippi LIHEAP + - mt_liheap # Montana LIHEAP + - nc_lieap # North Carolina LIEAP + - nd_liheap # North Dakota LIHEAP + - ne_liheap # Nebraska LIHEAP + - nh_fap # New Hampshire FAP + - nj_liheap # New Jersey LIHEAP + - nm_liheap # New Mexico LIHEAP + - nv_liheap # Nevada LIHEAP + - ny_heap # New York HEAP + - oh_liheap # Ohio HEAP + - ok_liheap # Oklahoma LIHEAP + - or_liheap # Oregon LIHEAP + - pa_liheap # Pennsylvania LIHEAP + - ri_liheap # Rhode Island LIHEAP + - sc_liheap # South Carolina LIHEAP + - sd_liheap # South Dakota LIEAP + - tn_liheap # Tennessee LIHEAP + - tx_ceap # Texas CEAP + - ut_heat # Utah HEAT + - va_eap # Virginia EAP + - vt_liheap # Vermont Seasonal Fuel Assistance + - wa_liheap # Washington LIHEAP + - wi_wheap # Wisconsin WHEAP + - wv_lieap # West Virginia LIEAP + - wy_lieap # Wyoming LIEAP + +metadata: + unit: list + period: year + label: LIHEAP regular state payments + reference: + - title: 42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(1)(A) + href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/8624#b_1_A diff --git a/policyengine_us/programs.yaml b/policyengine_us/programs.yaml index a7cef450f8b..26816f1b9b9 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/programs.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/programs.yaml @@ -987,7 +987,8 @@ programs: category: Benefits agency: HHS status: partial - coverage: AK, AR, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, HI, Riverside County, MA, FL, IL, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY + coverage: AK, AR, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, HI, Riverside County, MA, FL, IL, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY + variable: liheap state_implementations: - state: AL status: partial @@ -1004,7 +1005,7 @@ programs: variable: ak_hap parameter_prefix: gov.states.ak.dpa.hap verified_years: "2027" - notes: FY2027 regular heating under the federal LIHEAP component (not the state-funded AAHP), with shared-dwelling and utility-allowance reductions applied to heating points as 7 AAC 44.080 directs. Crisis, cooling, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope. + notes: FY2027 regular heating under the federal LIHEAP component (not the state-funded AAHP), with shared-dwelling and utility-allowance reductions applied to heating points as 7 AAC 44.080 directs. Alaska offers no cooling assistance; crisis, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope. - state: AR status: partial name: Arkansas LIHEAP @@ -1035,7 +1036,7 @@ programs: variable: co_leap parameter_prefix: gov.states.co.cdhs.leap verified_years: "2026" - notes: FY2026 regular heating assistance, including heat-in-rent costs, income contribution rates and the subsidized-housing deduction. Crisis, cooling, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope. + notes: FY2026 regular heating assistance, including heat-in-rent costs, income contribution rates and the subsidized-housing deduction. Colorado offers no cooling assistance; crisis, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope. - state: CT status: partial name: Connecticut CEAP @@ -1043,7 +1044,7 @@ programs: variable: ct_ceap parameter_prefix: gov.states.ct.dss.ceap verified_years: "2026-2027" - notes: FY2026-FY2027 basic and rental heating assistance. The SNAP nominal benefit, crisis, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope. + notes: FY2026-FY2027 basic and rental heating assistance. Connecticut offers no cooling assistance; the SNAP nominal benefit, crisis, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope. - state: GA status: partial name: Georgia LIHEAP @@ -1065,7 +1066,7 @@ programs: full_name: Ohio Home Energy Assistance Program variable: oh_liheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.oh.odjfs.liheap - notes: Regular heating only, without the PIPP reduction; crisis, cooling and weatherization assistance are out of scope. Payment coefficients after 2023 are estimates from workbook covers and published benefit ranges, so no full benefit year is verified. + notes: Regular heating only, without the PIPP reduction; payment coefficients after 2023 are estimates from workbook covers and published benefit ranges, so no full benefit year is verified. Ohio has no regular cooling payment, and cooling help comes only through the Summer Crisis Program and weatherization; crisis and weatherization assistance are out of scope. - state: OK status: partial name: Oklahoma LIHEAP @@ -1081,7 +1082,7 @@ programs: variable: pa_liheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.pa.dhs.liheap verified_years: "2025-2027" - notes: FY2025-FY2027 regular heating only, from the FY2025 and FY2026 benefit matrices and the current benefit lookup. Crisis, cooling and weatherization assistance are out of scope. + notes: FY2025-FY2027 regular heating only, from the FY2025 and FY2026 benefit matrices and the current benefit lookup. Pennsylvania has no regular cooling payment, and cooling help comes only through DCED cooling equipment; crisis, equipment and weatherization assistance are out of scope. - state: RI status: partial name: Rhode Island LIHEAP @@ -1089,7 +1090,7 @@ programs: variable: ri_liheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.ri.dhs.liheap verified_years: "2026" - notes: FY2026 regular heating, including heat-in-rent grants and the $350 utility enhancement, assuming a qualifying utility account. Earlier years and FY2027 payments reuse FY2026 amounts as unverified estimates; crisis, cooling and weatherization are out of scope. + notes: FY2026 regular heating, including heat-in-rent grants and the $350 utility enhancement, assuming a qualifying utility account. Earlier years and FY2027 payments reuse FY2026 amounts as unverified estimates; Rhode Island offers no cooling assistance in FY2026 or FY2027, and crisis and weatherization are out of scope. - state: DC status: complete name: DC LIHEAP @@ -1110,6 +1111,7 @@ programs: full_name: Massachusetts Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program variable: ma_liheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.ma.doer.liheap + notes: Massachusetts offers no cooling assistance. - state: FL status: partial name: Florida LIHEAP @@ -1123,6 +1125,7 @@ programs: full_name: Illinois Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program variable: il_liheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.il.dceo.liheap + notes: Regular heating plus the winter crisis amount; the national liheap total counts only the regular heating payment. Illinois has no regular cooling payment, and cooling help comes only through crisis equipment repair and weatherization, which are out of scope. - state: IA status: partial name: Iowa LIHEAP @@ -1130,7 +1133,7 @@ programs: variable: ia_liheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.ia.hhs.liheap verified_years: "2026" - notes: FY2026 Regular Assistance heating benefit from the points matrix, with a flat amount for households that buy propane or fuel oil. Crisis assistance, cooling and weatherization are out of scope. + notes: FY2026 Regular Assistance heating benefit from the points matrix, with a flat amount for households that buy propane or fuel oil. Iowa has no regular cooling payment, and cooling help comes only through crisis Emergency Cooling; crisis assistance and weatherization are out of scope. - state: IN status: partial name: Indiana EAP @@ -1138,7 +1141,7 @@ programs: variable: in_eap parameter_prefix: gov.states.in.ihcda.eap verified_years: "2026" - notes: PY2026 regular heating and the winter electric allowance only. Crisis, cooling and weatherization assistance are out of scope. + notes: PY2026 regular heating and the winter electric allowance only. Indiana offers no cooling assistance; crisis and weatherization assistance are out of scope. - state: KS status: partial name: Kansas LIEAP @@ -1146,7 +1149,7 @@ programs: variable: ks_liheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.ks.dcf.liheap verified_years: "2025-2026" - notes: FY2025-FY2026 regular heating only. The FY2026 $130 minimum comes from the plan's estimated benefit levels; crisis, cooling and weatherization assistance are out of scope. + notes: FY2025-FY2026 regular heating only, with the FY2026 $130 minimum from the plan's estimated benefit levels. Kansas has no regular cooling payment, and cooling help comes only through weatherization; crisis and weatherization assistance are out of scope. - state: KY status: partial name: Kentucky LIHEAP @@ -1170,7 +1173,7 @@ programs: variable: md_meap parameter_prefix: gov.states.md.dhs.meap verified_years: "2025-2027" - notes: FY25-FY27 regular heating only, with the fuel tables, the Garrett County multiplier and the subsidized and nominal levels. The SNAP nominal payment, cooling, EUSP, arrearage, crisis and equipment benefits are out of scope. + notes: FY25-FY27 regular heating only, with the fuel tables, the Garrett County multiplier and the subsidized and nominal levels. Maryland has no regular cooling payment, and cooling help comes only through crisis and weatherization equipment work; the SNAP nominal payment, EUSP, arrearage, crisis and equipment benefits are out of scope. - state: ME status: partial name: Maine HEAP @@ -1178,7 +1181,14 @@ programs: variable: me_heap parameter_prefix: gov.states.me.msha.heap verified_years: "2026-2027" - notes: FY2026-FY2027 Fuel Assistance under both points matrices, with an estimated $22 per point because MaineHousing has not announced one. Crisis, the TANF fuel supplement, weatherization and CHIP are out of scope. + notes: FY2026-FY2027 Fuel Assistance under both points matrices, with an estimated $22 per point because MaineHousing has not announced one. Maine offers no cooling assistance; crisis, the TANF fuel supplement, weatherization and CHIP are out of scope. + - state: MI + status: partial + name: Michigan Home Heating Credit + full_name: Michigan Home Heating Credit + variable: mi_home_heating_credit + parameter_prefix: gov.states.mi.tax.income.credits.home_heating + notes: Michigan delivers regular heating help through the refundable Home Heating Credit, which is not in the national liheap total. Cooling help comes only through crisis and weatherization, which are out of scope. - state: MN status: partial name: Minnesota EAP @@ -1186,7 +1196,7 @@ programs: variable: mn_eap parameter_prefix: gov.states.mn.commerce.eap verified_years: "2026-2027" - notes: FFY2026-FFY2027 Primary Heat, Minnesota's single regular benefit, based on total household energy costs including electricity. Crisis, Energy Related Repair and weatherization are out of scope. + notes: FFY2026-FFY2027 Primary Heat, Minnesota's single regular benefit, based on total household energy costs including electricity, so it also covers cooling bills. Crisis, Energy Related Repair and weatherization are out of scope. - state: MO status: partial name: Missouri LIHEAP @@ -1194,7 +1204,7 @@ programs: variable: mo_liheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.mo.dss.liheap verified_years: "2026-2027" - notes: FY2026-FY2027 regular Energy Assistance only, including the heat-in-rent payment. Crisis (ECIP), cooling and weatherization assistance are out of scope. + notes: FY2026-FY2027 regular Energy Assistance, including the heat-in-rent payment; paid to an electric account, it also covers cooling bills from October to May. Crisis (ECIP), including Summer ECIP, and weatherization assistance are out of scope. - state: MS status: partial name: Mississippi LIHEAP @@ -1202,7 +1212,7 @@ programs: variable: ms_liheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.ms.mdhs.liheap verified_years: "2026" - notes: FY2026 regular assistance for heating fuel and electric bills, using the published matrix as printed. Crisis assistance and energy equipment are out of scope. + notes: FY2026 regular assistance for heating fuel and electric bills in any season, so it also covers cooling bills, using the published matrix as printed. Crisis assistance and energy equipment are out of scope. - state: MT status: partial name: Montana LIHEAP @@ -1210,7 +1220,7 @@ programs: variable: mt_liheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.mt.dphhs.liheap verified_years: "2026-2027" - notes: FFY2026-FFY2027 regular heating benefit from the base benefit matrix and district multipliers, including the modified benefit for subsidized heat-in-rent households. Emergency (CRF), proration and weatherization are out of scope. + notes: FFY2026-FFY2027 regular heating benefit from the base benefit matrix and district multipliers, including the modified benefit for subsidized heat-in-rent households. Montana has no regular cooling payment, and cooling help comes only through Emergency Assistance (CRF); CRF, proration and weatherization are out of scope. - state: NC status: partial name: North Carolina LIEAP @@ -1218,7 +1228,7 @@ programs: variable: nc_lieap parameter_prefix: gov.states.nc.ncdhhs.lieap verified_years: "2026-2027" - notes: FY2026-FY2027 regular heating only, with the dated resource waiver. Crisis, cooling and weatherization assistance are out of scope. + notes: FY2026-FY2027 regular heating only, with the dated resource waiver. North Carolina has no regular cooling payment, and cooling help comes only through the Crisis Intervention Program; crisis and weatherization assistance are out of scope. - state: ND status: partial name: North Dakota LIHEAP @@ -1226,7 +1236,7 @@ programs: variable: nd_liheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.nd.dhs.liheap verified_years: "2026" - notes: FY2026 regular heating, including heat-in-rent payments. Crisis, cooling, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope. + notes: FY2026 regular heating, including heat-in-rent payments. North Dakota has no regular cooling payment, and its cooling component only buys or repairs air conditioners and fans; crisis, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope. - state: NE status: partial name: Nebraska LIHEAP @@ -1242,7 +1252,7 @@ programs: variable: nh_fap parameter_prefix: gov.states.nh.doe.fap verified_years: "2027" - notes: PY2027 regular heating, estimating heating cost with bedrooms (at least one room) as the room count; unsubsidized heat in rent receives the ordinary schedule, which prints no heat-in-rent reduction. Crisis, cooling, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope. + notes: PY2027 regular heating, estimating heating cost with bedrooms (at least one room) as the room count; unsubsidized heat in rent receives the ordinary schedule, which prints no heat-in-rent reduction. New Hampshire has no regular cooling payment, and cooling help comes only through weatherization repairs; crisis, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope. - state: NJ status: partial name: New Jersey LIHEAP @@ -1250,7 +1260,7 @@ programs: variable: nj_liheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.nj.dca.liheap verified_years: "2026-2027" - notes: FY2026-FY2027 regular heating only, covering eligibility, countable income and the benefit grid, including the one renters cell that changes in FY2027; the program is not modeled before FY2022. Crisis, cooling and equipment assistance are out of scope. + notes: FY2026-FY2027 regular heating only, covering eligibility, countable income and the benefit grid, including the one renters cell that changes in FY2027; the program is not modeled before FY2022. The medically necessary cooling benefit is not modeled because it needs a medical certification that no input carries; crisis and equipment assistance are out of scope. - state: NM status: partial name: New Mexico LIHEAP @@ -1258,7 +1268,7 @@ programs: variable: nm_liheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.nm.hca.liheap verified_years: "2026-2027" - notes: FY2026-FY2027 annual benefit from the point system on the household's heating fuel or electric bill, with three income points up to 100% of the poverty guideline. Crisis assistance and weatherization are out of scope. + notes: FY2026-FY2027 annual benefit from the point system on the household's heating fuel or electric bill, with three income points up to 100% of the poverty guideline; the one benefit also covers cooling bills. Crisis assistance and weatherization are out of scope. - state: NV status: partial name: Nevada LIHEAP @@ -1274,7 +1284,7 @@ programs: variable: ny_heap parameter_prefix: gov.states.ny.otda.heap verified_years: "2024-2026" - notes: FY2024-FY2026 regular heating only, with the fuel base amounts, the Tier I and vulnerable supplements and the heat-included levels. Crisis, cooling, HERR and clean-and-tune assistance are out of scope. + notes: FY2024-FY2026 regular heating only, with the fuel base amounts, the Tier I and vulnerable supplements and the heat-included levels. New York has no regular cooling payment, and its Cooling Assistance Component only installs an air conditioner or fan; crisis, cooling equipment, HERR and clean-and-tune assistance are out of scope. - state: OR status: partial name: Oregon LIHEAP @@ -1297,7 +1307,7 @@ programs: full_name: South Dakota Low Income Energy Assistance Program variable: sd_liheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.sd.dss.liheap - notes: FY2024-FY2026 regular heating only; mixed-status income is counted in full and FY2026 Mid thresholds are inferred, so no year is verified. Crisis, cooling and weatherization are out of scope. + notes: FY2024-FY2026 regular heating only; mixed-status income is counted in full and FY2026 Mid thresholds are inferred, so no year is verified. South Dakota offers no cooling assistance; crisis and weatherization are out of scope. - state: TN status: partial name: Tennessee LIHEAP @@ -1305,14 +1315,14 @@ programs: variable: tn_liheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.tn.thda.liheap verified_years: "2026-2027" - notes: FY2026-FY2027 regular benefit from the THDA benefit matrices; FY2027 uses the posted LI-12 matrix while its plan and manual are drafts. Crisis and weatherization assistance are out of scope. + notes: FY2026-FY2027 regular benefit from the THDA benefit matrices, which also covers cooling bills; FY2027 uses the posted LI-12 matrix while its plan and manual are drafts. Crisis and weatherization assistance are out of scope. - state: TX status: partial name: Texas CEAP full_name: Texas Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program variable: tx_ceap parameter_prefix: gov.states.tx.tdhca.ceap - notes: Models the 150% FPG income limit, the alternative 60% SMI limit from the FY2024 state plan (applied through 2024), benefit amounts, and categorical eligibility through TANF enrollment, SNAP eligibility, and SSI receipt. Not modeled - net rather than gross gambling winnings, the Medicare premium deduction from counted Social Security, and the exclusion of means-tested veterans' pensions from counted income (10 TAC 6.4(c)) + notes: Models the Utility Assistance benefit, which also covers cooling bills under one yearly cap, with the 150% FPG income limit, the alternative 60% SMI limit from the FY2024 state plan (applied through 2024), benefit amounts, and categorical eligibility through TANF enrollment, SNAP eligibility, and SSI receipt. Not modeled - net rather than gross gambling winnings, the Medicare premium deduction from counted Social Security, and the exclusion of means-tested veterans' pensions from counted income (10 TAC 6.4(c)) - state: UT status: partial name: Utah HEAT @@ -1320,7 +1330,7 @@ programs: variable: ut_heat parameter_prefix: gov.states.ut.dwf.heat verified_years: "2026" - notes: Regular heating under the rules effective March 1, 2026, including the target-group and propane, kerosene or fuel oil supplements. Crisis, cooling, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope. + notes: The one HEAT benefit a program year under the rules effective March 1, 2026, including the target-group and propane, kerosene or fuel oil supplements; it also covers cooling bills. Crisis, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope. - state: VA status: partial name: Virginia EAP @@ -1336,7 +1346,7 @@ programs: variable: vt_liheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.vt.dcf.liheap verified_years: "2026" - notes: FY2026 regular heating with an estimated 51% payment rate, which DCF does not publish; later years carry it forward, so they omit the larger 2026-27 oil and kerosene benefit. Late-application proration of the regular benefit is not modeled; crisis, Heat and Eat and weatherization are out of scope. + notes: FY2026 regular heating with an estimated 51% payment rate, which DCF does not publish; later years carry it forward, so they omit the larger 2026-27 oil and kerosene benefit. Vermont offers no cooling assistance, late-application proration of the regular benefit is not modeled, and crisis, Heat and Eat and weatherization are out of scope. - state: WA status: partial name: Washington LIHEAP @@ -1344,7 +1354,7 @@ programs: variable: wa_liheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.wa.commerce.liheap verified_years: "2026" - notes: FY2026 regular heating from reported annual heating costs, with the $250 minimum when heat is included in rent. Crisis, cooling, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope. + notes: FY2026 regular heating from reported annual heating costs, with the $250 minimum when heat is included in rent. Washington has no regular cooling payment, and cooling help comes only through crisis, in-kind equipment and weatherization, which are out of scope. - state: WI status: partial name: Wisconsin WHEAP @@ -1352,7 +1362,7 @@ programs: variable: wi_wheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.wi.doa.wheap verified_years: "2026" - notes: FFY2026 regular heating benefit from the HE+ formula with the published heat proxy table. The non-heating electric benefit, crisis and weatherization are out of scope. + notes: FFY2026 regular heating benefit from the HE+ formula with the published heat proxy table. Wisconsin has no regular cooling payment, and cooling help comes only through summer crisis and weatherization; the non-heating electric benefit, crisis and weatherization are out of scope. - state: WV status: partial name: West Virginia LIEAP @@ -1360,7 +1370,7 @@ programs: variable: wv_lieap parameter_prefix: gov.states.wv.dhhr.lieap verified_years: "2026-2027" - notes: FY2026-FY2027 regular heating payments for households of one to twenty qualified members. Crisis, cooling, weatherization, equipment and the utility discount are out of scope. + notes: FY2026-FY2027 regular heating payments for households of one to twenty qualified members. West Virginia has no regular cooling payment, and cooling help comes only through Emergency Cooling crisis payments and unit repair or replacement; crisis, equipment, weatherization and the utility discount are out of scope. - state: WY status: partial name: Wyoming LIEAP @@ -1368,14 +1378,14 @@ programs: variable: wy_lieap parameter_prefix: gov.states.wy.dfs.lieap verified_years: "2026" - notes: FY2026 regular heating from the published fuel cost standards. Crisis, cooling, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope. + notes: FY2026 regular heating from the published fuel cost standards. Wyoming has no regular cooling payment, and cooling help comes only through crisis cooling-system repair and weatherization; crisis, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope. - state: ID status: partial name: Idaho LIHEAP full_name: Idaho Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program variable: id_liheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.id.dhw.liheap - notes: FY2026 regular heating; burden bands use the PY2007 heating-cost table, whose FY2026 currency is unconfirmed, so no year is verified. Crisis, cooling, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope. + notes: FY2026 regular heating; burden bands use the PY2007 heating-cost table, whose FY2026 currency is unconfirmed, so no year is verified. Idaho has no regular cooling payment, and cooling help comes only through crisis and weatherization; crisis, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope. # --- SSA programs --- - id: ssi diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.yaml b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.yaml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..136b8caa264 --- /dev/null +++ b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +# The national total adds each state's regular LIHEAP payment listed in +# gov.hhs.liheap.regular_payments. 2026 poverty guidelines (contiguous US): +# 15,960 for one person plus 5,680 for each additional person. + +- name: Case 1, a Texas CEAP utility payment flows into the national total. + period: 2026 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 34 + # 12 an hour for 30 hours a week: 12 * 30 * 52 = 18,720. + employment_income_before_lsr: 18_720 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: ELECTRICITY + has_cooling_expense: true + # 165 a month for heating and air conditioning. + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_980 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: TX + output: + # 18,720 / 15,960 = 117% of the guideline, within 150%: eligible. + # Above 75%, so the 76-150% cap of 1,200 applies (10 TAC 6.309(e)(3)). + # min(1,200, electricity 1,980 + gas 0) = 1,200. + tx_ceap: 1_200 + liheap: 1_200 + +- name: Case 2, a Michigan household gets nothing because the Home Heating Credit is not in the total. + period: 2026 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 41 + employment_income_before_lsr: 24_000 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + has_cooling_expense: true + # 85 a month for gas heat. + gas_expense: 1_020 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: MI + output: + # Michigan's regular heating help is the refundable Home Heating Credit, + # which the list leaves out, and Michigan has no regular cooling payment. + liheap: 0 + +- name: Case 3, Illinois counts the regular heating payment but not the crisis amount. + period: 2026 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 29 + # 33 hours a week at the 15 Illinois minimum wage: 15 * 33 * 52 = 25,740. + employment_income_before_lsr: 25_740 + person2: + age: 6 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1, person2] + heating_type: ELECTRICITY + has_cooling_expense: true + # 150 a month in an all-electric apartment. + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + il_liheap_eligible_for_crisis_assistance: true + households: + household: + members: [person1, person2] + state_code: IL + output: + # Guideline for two: 15,960 + 5,680 = 21,640. + # 25,740 / 21,640 = 119%: income bracket 3 (101-150%). + # FY2026 all-electric amount, bracket 3, two people: 425. + # min(425, electricity 1,800) = 425. + il_liheap_base_payment: 425 + il_liheap_crisis_assistance_amount: 1_500 + # 425 + 1,500 = 1,925. + il_liheap: 1_925 + il_liheap_regular_heating: 425 + liheap: 425 + +- name: Case 4, a California wood heating payment counts once, with no utility payment added. + period: 2026 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 70 + # 1,500 a month. + social_security_retirement: 18_000 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: WOOD + wood_expense: 850 + ca_liheap_approved_wood_delivery_cost: 850 + # 100 a month for electricity, which does not heat the home. + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_200 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: CA + county: FRESNO_COUNTY_CA + output: + # The approved wood quote of 850 is below the 1,000 ordinary maximum. + ca_liheap_wood_heating: 850 + # A household with a wood or liquid-fuel payment gets no utility payment, + # so the electric bill adds nothing. + ca_liheap_utility_heating: 0 + ca_liheap_covered_liquid_heating: 0 + liheap: 850 diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/il/dceo/liheap/il_liheap_regular_heating.yaml b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/il/dceo/liheap/il_liheap_regular_heating.yaml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..879ce06541d --- /dev/null +++ b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/il/dceo/liheap/il_liheap_regular_heating.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +# 2026 poverty guidelines (contiguous US): 15,960 for one person plus 5,680 +# for each additional person. Amounts are the FY2026 benefit matrix values. +# Wages are 40 hours a week at the 15 Illinois minimum wage: 15 * 40 * 52 = 31,200. + +- name: Case 1, the regular heating payment leaves out the crisis amount. + period: 2026 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 33 + employment_income_before_lsr: 31_200 + person2: + age: 9 + person3: + age: 4 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1, person2, person3] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + # 90 a month for gas heat. + gas_expense: 1_080 + il_liheap_eligible_for_crisis_assistance: true + households: + household: + members: [person1, person2, person3] + state_code: IL + output: + # Guideline for three: 15,960 + 2 * 5,680 = 27,320. + # 31,200 / 27,320 = 114%: income bracket 3 (101-150%). + # Natural gas amount, bracket 3, three people: 546. + # min(546, gas 1,080) = 546. + il_liheap_base_payment: 546 + # 546 + crisis 1,500 = 2,046. + il_liheap: 2_046 + il_liheap_regular_heating: 546 + +- name: Case 2, a heat-in-rent renter whose rent is below the threshold gets no regular heating payment. + period: 2026 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 26 + employment_income_before_lsr: 31_200 + # 700 a month with heat included. + pre_subsidy_rent: 8_400 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + heat_expense_included_in_rent: true + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: IL + output: + # 31,200 is within 200% of the one-person guideline (31,920). + il_liheap_income_eligible: true + # Rent of at most 8,400 does not exceed 30% of income (9,360). + il_liheap_eligible: false + # 31,200 / 15,960 = 195%: bracket 4; the cash amount for one person is 310, + # but the unit is ineligible, so the regular heating payment is zero. + il_liheap_base_payment: 310 + il_liheap_regular_heating: 0 diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.py new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..558cc05ff3c --- /dev/null +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.py @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +from policyengine_us.model_api import * + + +class liheap(Variable): + value_type = float + entity = SPMUnit + definition_period = YEAR + label = "LIHEAP regular payments" + unit = USD + reference = "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/8624#b_1_A" + adds = "gov.hhs.liheap.regular_payments" diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/il/dceo/liheap/il_liheap_regular_heating.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/il/dceo/liheap/il_liheap_regular_heating.py new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ae502298336 --- /dev/null +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/il/dceo/liheap/il_liheap_regular_heating.py @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +from policyengine_us.model_api import * + + +class il_liheap_regular_heating(Variable): + value_type = float + entity = SPMUnit + label = "Illinois LIHEAP regular heating payment" + unit = USD + definition_period = YEAR + defined_for = "il_liheap_eligible" + reference = "https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/IL_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Cool_2026.pdf#page=2" + + adds = ["il_liheap_base_payment"] diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ma/doer/liheap/payment/ma_liheap.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ma/doer/liheap/payment/ma_liheap.py index 301425e8bc3..cf00bb07d03 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ma/doer/liheap/payment/ma_liheap.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ma/doer/liheap/payment/ma_liheap.py @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class ma_liheap(Variable): value_type = float entity = SPMUnit label = "Massachusetts LIHEAP payment" + unit = USD definition_period = YEAR defined_for = "ma_liheap_eligible" reference = "https://web.archive.org/web/20250720165524/https://www.mass.gov/doc/fy-2025-heap-income-eligibility-benefit-chart-may-8-2025/download" From 72e0cb0e5c2e749b83d11e127da6d64fc74bb4e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ziming Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2026 22:06:15 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 02/11] Add Virginia EAP cooling assistance electric bill payment Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 --- changelog.d/va-liheap-cooling.added.md | 1 + .../eap/cooling/electric_bill_maximum.yaml | 24 ++ .../va/dss/eap/cooling/fpg_year_lag.yaml | 17 + policyengine_us/programs.yaml | 10 +- .../va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.yaml | 168 ++++++++++ .../eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.yaml | 312 ++++++++++++++++++ .../cooling/va_eap_cooling_income_limit.yaml | 32 ++ .../va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.py | 24 ++ .../eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.py | 53 +++ .../cooling/va_eap_cooling_income_limit.py | 28 ++ .../va/dss/eap/va_eap_income_eligible.py | 23 +- .../states/va/dss/eap/va_eap_income_limit.py | 54 +-- 12 files changed, 711 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-) create mode 100644 changelog.d/va-liheap-cooling.added.md create mode 100644 policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/electric_bill_maximum.yaml create mode 100644 policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/fpg_year_lag.yaml create mode 100644 policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.yaml create mode 100644 policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.yaml create mode 100644 policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_income_limit.yaml create mode 100644 policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.py create mode 100644 policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.py create mode 100644 policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_income_limit.py diff --git a/changelog.d/va-liheap-cooling.added.md b/changelog.d/va-liheap-cooling.added.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a645ed568de --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/va-liheap-cooling.added.md @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Add Virginia Energy Assistance Program cooling assistance electric bill payment. diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/electric_bill_maximum.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/electric_bill_maximum.yaml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..1ed916b1b8d --- /dev/null +++ b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/electric_bill_maximum.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +description: Virginia limits cooling assistance electric bill payments to this amount per program year under the Energy Assistance Program. +# The VDSS Home Office sets this maximum each year. Each value is dated to the +# start of the federal fiscal year whose summer it covers. VDSS announced $600 +# for 2023. The $365 for 2025 comes from press reports attributed to VDSS; no +# VDSS notice was found for 2024, 2025, 2026 or 2027, so $365 carries forward. +values: + 2022-10-01: 600 + 2024-10-01: 365 + +metadata: + unit: currency-USD + period: year + label: Virginia EAP cooling assistance electric bill payment maximum + reference: + - title: "Virginia Energy Assistance Manual, Volume IX, Chapter J.6 Authorizations, J.7.g Payment of Electric Bill and J.8 Cooling Assistance Benefits #page 123,127-129" + href: https://www.dss.virginia.gov/media/vdss/benefit-programs/documents/eap/Complete_Manual.pdf#page=123 + - title: 22VAC40-680-63(C) Eligibility criteria; benefits + href: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title22/agency40/chapter680/section63/ + - title: VDSS news release, Cooling Assistance Application Period Underway (July 5, 2023), one-time $600 benefit for electric bills (Wayback Machine copy) + href: https://web.archive.org/web/2026/https://dss.virginia.gov/files/division/pa/news_releases/2023/Cooling_Assistance_2023_ENG.pdf#page=1 + - title: Press report, WYDaily, Cooling assistance available, application period underway (July 20, 2025), VDSS one-time $365 benefit for electric bills + href: https://wydaily.com/latest/regional-national/2025/07/20/cooling-assistance-available-application-period-underway/ + - title: Press report, WRIC on WAVY (July 17, 2025), VDSS one-time $365 benefit for electric bills + href: https://digital-release.wavy.com/?p=2780089 diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/fpg_year_lag.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/fpg_year_lag.yaml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..af678c50dd1 --- /dev/null +++ b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/fpg_year_lag.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +description: Virginia uses federal poverty guidelines from this many years before the cooling season for the cooling assistance income limit under the Energy Assistance Program. +# Virginia adopts each year's new 150% limits in June. They apply first to that +# June's cooling assistance and then to heating in the next federal fiscal +# year, so cooling in the summer of year Y uses the year Y guideline while +# heating in federal fiscal year Y uses the year Y - 1 guideline. +values: + 2025-06-01: 0 + +metadata: + unit: year + period: year + label: Virginia EAP cooling assistance federal poverty guideline year lag + reference: + - title: LIHEAP Clearinghouse Virginia FY2026 benefit matrix, income limits note (the 150% limits "were used for Cooling Assistance in June of 2025") + href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/VA_BenefitMatrix_2026.pdf#page=1 + - title: WYDaily, State cooling assistance program helps residents with summer energy costs (June 15, 2026), 2026 limits of $1,995 a month for one person and $4,125 for four + href: https://wydaily.com/latest/2026/06/15/state-cooling-assistance-program-helps-residents-with-summer-energy-costs/ diff --git a/policyengine_us/programs.yaml b/policyengine_us/programs.yaml index a7cef450f8b..0b4e08af1f9 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/programs.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/programs.yaml @@ -1328,7 +1328,15 @@ programs: variable: va_eap parameter_prefix: gov.states.va.dss.eap verified_years: "2026" - notes: FFY2026 Fuel Assistance only, using the latest published (FFY2025) value per point and placeholder fuel-type and energy-burden points until VDSS publishes its survey. Crisis, cooling and weatherization assistance are out of scope. + notes: FFY2026 Fuel Assistance only, using the latest published (FFY2025) value per point and placeholder fuel-type and energy-burden points until VDSS publishes its survey. Cooling assistance is the separate Virginia EAP cooling entry; crisis and weatherization assistance are out of scope. + - state: VA + status: partial + name: Virginia EAP cooling + full_name: Virginia Energy Assistance Program Cooling Assistance electric bill payment + variable: va_eap_cooling + parameter_prefix: gov.states.va.dss.eap.cooling + verified_years: "2025" + notes: Cooling Assistance electric bill payment up to the statewide maximum, $365 for 2025 from press reports and carried forward to 2026 and 2027. Cooling equipment, security deposits, crisis and weatherization assistance are out of scope. - state: VT status: partial name: Vermont Seasonal Fuel Assistance diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.yaml b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.yaml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..3b60ec7fb50 --- /dev/null +++ b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,168 @@ +# Virginia EAP cooling assistance electric bill payment: the electric bill up +# to the year's statewide maximum (Complete EAP Manual J.6, J.7.g, J.8). The +# maximum is $600 for 2023 (VDSS release) and $365 for 2025 (press reports), +# carried forward to 2026 and 2027. Unless noted, the household is one +# retiree aged 62 with $18,000 of Social Security, countable income +# 18,000 - 600 = 17,400, under every year's one-person cooling limit, and an +# illustrative $150 a month ($1,800 a year) electric bill. + +- name: Case 1, an eligible retiree receives the 2026 maximum. + period: 2026 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 62 + social_security_retirement: 18_000 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + gas_expense: 900 + has_cooling_expense: true + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: VA + output: + # min(1,800, 365) = 365. + va_eap_cooling_eligible: true + va_eap_cooling: 365 + +- name: Case 2, an eligible retiree receives the 2025 maximum. + period: 2025 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 62 + social_security_retirement: 18_000 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + gas_expense: 900 + has_cooling_expense: true + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: VA + output: + # 17,400 <= 23,472 (2025 guideline); min(1,800, 365) = 365. + va_eap_cooling: 365 + +- name: Case 3, the 2025 maximum carries forward to 2027. + period: 2027 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 62 + social_security_retirement: 18_000 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + gas_expense: 900 + has_cooling_expense: true + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: VA + output: + va_eap_cooling: 365 + +- name: Case 4, the 2023 maximum applies in 2023. + period: 2023 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 62 + social_security_retirement: 18_000 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + gas_expense: 900 + has_cooling_expense: true + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: VA + output: + # 17,400 <= 21,864 (floor(14,580 x 1.5 / 12) = 1,822 x 12); + # min(1,800, 600) = 600. + va_eap_cooling: 600 + +- name: Case 5, a bill below the maximum is paid in full. + period: 2026 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 62 + social_security_retirement: 18_000 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + gas_expense: 900 + has_cooling_expense: true + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 240 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: VA + output: + # min(240, 365) = 240. + va_eap_cooling: 240 + +- name: Case 6, income over the cooling limit receives nothing. + period: 2026 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 62 + social_security_retirement: 30_000 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + gas_expense: 900 + has_cooling_expense: true + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: VA + output: + # 30,000 - 600 = 29,400 > 23,940. + va_eap_cooling: 0 + +- name: Case 7, a household without a separate cooling cost receives nothing. + period: 2026 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 62 + social_security_retirement: 18_000 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + gas_expense: 900 + has_cooling_expense: false + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: VA + output: + va_eap_cooling: 0 diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.yaml b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.yaml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..68cdb1b7780 --- /dev/null +++ b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,312 @@ +# Virginia EAP cooling assistance electric bill payment eligibility (Complete +# EAP Manual J.3, J.7.g; FY2026 plan section 3; 22VAC40-680-63): the Fuel +# Assistance income and citizenship tests against the current-year guideline, +# at least one member aged 60 or older, under 6 or disabled, a cooling cost +# paid separately from rent, a positive electric bill, and not homeless. No +# heating fuel is required, but heating_type must be reported: NONE and every +# known fuel qualify, UNSPECIFIED does not. A member aged 60 or older has $50 a +# month ($600 a year) deducted from income. 2026 one-person cooling limit +# 23,940 (2026 guideline); 2026 one-person heating limit 23,472 (2025 +# guideline). The $150 a month ($1,800 a year) electric bill is illustrative. + +- name: Case 1, a retiree at the 2026 one-person cooling limit is eligible though over the heating limit. + period: 2026 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 62 + social_security_retirement: 24_540 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + gas_expense: 900 + has_cooling_expense: true + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: VA + output: + # 24,540 - 600 = 23,940 <= 23,940 cooling limit; > 23,472 heating limit. + va_eap_countable_income: 23_940 + va_eap_cooling_income_limit: 23_940 + va_eap_income_eligible: false + va_eap_cooling_eligible: true + +- name: Case 2, a retiree one dollar over the 2026 one-person cooling limit is ineligible. + period: 2026 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 62 + social_security_retirement: 24_541 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + gas_expense: 900 + has_cooling_expense: true + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: VA + output: + # 24,541 - 600 = 23,941 > 23,940. + va_eap_cooling_eligible: false + +- name: Case 3, a working adult with no vulnerable member is ineligible. + period: 2026 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 45 + employment_income_before_lsr: 20_000 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + gas_expense: 900 + has_cooling_expense: true + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: VA + output: + # 20,000 <= 23,940, but no member is 60 or older, under 6 or disabled. + va_eap_vulnerability_points: 0 + va_eap_cooling_eligible: false + +- name: Case 4, a parent with a five-year-old child is eligible. + period: 2026 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 30 + employment_income_before_lsr: 30_000 + person2: + age: 5 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1, person2] + heating_type: ELECTRICITY + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + has_cooling_expense: true + households: + household: + members: [person1, person2] + state_code: VA + output: + # 30,000 <= 32,460 two-person cooling limit (2,705 x 12); child under 6. + va_eap_cooling_eligible: true + +- name: Case 5, the same parent once the child is six is ineligible. + period: 2026 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 30 + employment_income_before_lsr: 30_000 + person2: + age: 6 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1, person2] + heating_type: ELECTRICITY + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + has_cooling_expense: true + households: + household: + members: [person1, person2] + state_code: VA + output: + va_eap_cooling_eligible: false + +- name: Case 6, an adult receiving Social Security disability is eligible. + period: 2026 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 45 + social_security_disability: 18_000 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + gas_expense: 900 + has_cooling_expense: true + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: VA + output: + # Disabled under 22VAC40-680-10; 18,000 - 600 = 17,400 <= 23,940. + va_eap_disabled: true + va_eap_cooling_eligible: true + +- name: Case 7, a working disabled couple who both receive SSI is eligible above the two-person cooling limit. + period: 2026 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 45 + employment_income_before_lsr: 17_000 + ssi: 701 + is_ssi_disabled: true + person2: + age: 42 + employment_income_before_lsr: 17_000 + ssi: 701 + is_ssi_disabled: true + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1, person2] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + gas_expense: 900 + has_cooling_expense: true + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + households: + household: + members: [person1, person2] + state_code: VA + output: + # 34,000 + 1,402 - 2 x 600 = 34,202 > 32,460, but every member receives + # SSI (Manual B.6.a, applied to cooling by J.3.a). + va_eap_countable_income: 34_202 + va_eap_cooling_eligible: true + +- name: Case 8, a household without a separate cooling cost is ineligible. + period: 2026 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 62 + social_security_retirement: 18_000 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + gas_expense: 900 + has_cooling_expense: false + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: VA + output: + va_eap_cooling_eligible: false + +- name: Case 9, a household with no electric bill is ineligible. + period: 2026 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 62 + social_security_retirement: 18_000 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + gas_expense: 900 + has_cooling_expense: true + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 0 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: VA + output: + va_eap_cooling_eligible: false + +- name: Case 10, a homeless household is ineligible. + period: 2026 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 62 + social_security_retirement: 18_000 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: NONE + has_cooling_expense: true + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: VA + is_homeless: true + output: + va_eap_cooling_eligible: false + +- name: Case 11, a household with no heating fuel is eligible for cooling only. + period: 2026 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 62 + social_security_retirement: 18_000 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: NONE + has_cooling_expense: true + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: VA + output: + va_eap_eligible: false + va_eap_cooling_eligible: true + +- name: Case 12, an unspecified heating type is ineligible. + period: 2026 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 62 + social_security_retirement: 18_000 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: UNSPECIFIED + has_cooling_expense: true + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: VA + output: + # heating_type is a required input; NONE qualifies (Case 11). + va_eap_eligible: false + va_eap_cooling_eligible: false + va_eap_cooling: 0 + +- name: Case 13, a public housing tenant who pays the electric bill is eligible. + period: 2026 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 62 + social_security_retirement: 18_000 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + gas_expense: 900 + has_cooling_expense: true + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: VA + is_in_public_housing: true + output: + # Living arrangement G on the cooling application. + va_eap_cooling_eligible: true diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_income_limit.yaml b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_income_limit.yaml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..b88a80a386a --- /dev/null +++ b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_income_limit.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +# Virginia EAP cooling assistance income limit: the Fuel Assistance formula, +# floor(150% of the guideline / 12) for sizes 1-20 plus a floored increment per +# member over 20, annualized x 12, but with the guideline of the cooling +# season's own year (VA FY2026 benefit matrix note: the 2025 limits "were used +# for Cooling Assistance in June of 2025"). WYDaily (June 15, 2026) reports +# 2026 cooling limits of $1,995 a month for one person and $4,125 for four. + +- name: Case 1, 2026 limits use the 2026 guideline, and zero outside Virginia. + period: 2026 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + state_code: [VA, VA, VA, VA, MD] + va_eap_household_size: [1, 2, 4, 21, 1] + output: + # 2026 guideline 15,960 + 5,680 per added person, x 1.5 / 12: + # size 1 = 1,995; size 2 = 21,640 x 1.5 / 12 = 2,705; + # size 4 = 33,000 x 1.5 / 12 = 4,125; + # size 20 = 123,880 x 1.5 / 12 = 15,485, plus floor(5,680 x 1.5 / 12) = + # 710 for the 21st member = 16,195. Annual = monthly x 12. + va_eap_cooling_income_limit: [23_940, 32_460, 49_500, 194_340, 0] + +- name: Case 2, 2025 limits use the 2025 guideline. + period: 2025 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + state_code: [VA, VA] + va_eap_household_size: [1, 4] + output: + # The published monthly limits used in June 2025: size 1 + # floor(15,650 x 1.5 / 12) = floor(1,956.25) = 1,956; size 4 + # floor(32,150 x 1.5 / 12) = floor(4,018.75) = 4,018. Annual = x 12. + va_eap_cooling_income_limit: [23_472, 48_216] diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.py new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..6d6e5f3cff7 --- /dev/null +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.py @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +from policyengine_us.model_api import * + + +class va_eap_cooling(Variable): + value_type = float + entity = SPMUnit + definition_period = YEAR + unit = USD + label = "Virginia EAP cooling assistance electric bill payment" + reference = ( + # PDF pages 123, 127-129 + "https://www.dss.virginia.gov/media/vdss/benefit-programs/documents/eap/Complete_Manual.pdf#page=123", + "https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/VA_Plan_2026.pdf#page=12", + "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title22/agency40/chapter680/section63/", + ) + defined_for = "va_eap_cooling_eligible" + + def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): + p = parameters(period).gov.states.va.dss.eap.cooling + # Manual J.6: "The amount of assistance provided is the exact amount + # of the bill not to exceed the appropriate maximum benefit." The + # annual electricity bill stands in for the balance owed. + bill = spm_unit("pre_subsidy_electricity_expense", period) + return min_(bill, p.electric_bill_maximum) diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.py new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..dbb5cef9f81 --- /dev/null +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.py @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +from policyengine_us.model_api import * +from policyengine_us.variables.gov.states.va.dss.eap.va_eap_income_eligible import ( + va_eap_income_test, +) + + +class va_eap_cooling_eligible(Variable): + value_type = bool + entity = SPMUnit + definition_period = YEAR + label = "Eligible for Virginia EAP cooling assistance electric bill payment" + reference = ( + # PDF pages 120-122, 127-128 + "https://www.dss.virginia.gov/media/vdss/benefit-programs/documents/eap/Complete_Manual.pdf#page=120", + # PDF pages 11-12 + "https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/VA_Plan_2026.pdf#page=11", + "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title22/agency40/chapter680/section63/", + "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title22/agency40/chapter680/section10/", + ) + defined_for = StateCode.VA + + def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): + # Manual J.3.a applies the Chapter B.6-8 income and citizenship + # criteria; no heating fuel is required. heating_type is a required + # input: NONE and every known fuel qualify, UNSPECIFIED does not. + heating_type = spm_unit("heating_type", period) + heating_type_reported = heating_type != heating_type.possible_values.UNSPECIFIED + has_eligible_member = spm_unit("va_eap_household_size", period) > 0 + limit = spm_unit("va_eap_cooling_income_limit", period) + income_eligible = va_eap_income_test(spm_unit, period, limit) + # Manual J.3.c: "at least one vulnerable person (a person who is age + # 60 or older, under age 6 or disabled)". Each of these conditions + # scores positive vulnerability points. + vulnerable = spm_unit("va_eap_vulnerability_points", period) > 0 + # Manual J.3.f.1: households without a regular cooling expense + # (living arrangements B and F) receive equipment only. Plan 3.3: + # subsidized households whose cooling is in rent are not eligible. + has_cooling_expense = spm_unit("has_cooling_expense", period) + # Manual J.7.g: the application is denied "If the current balance is + # zero". The annual electricity bill stands in for the balance owed. + has_electric_bill = spm_unit("pre_subsidy_electricity_expense", period) > 0 + # Manual J.3.f.2: shelter residents and homeless households receive + # only a security deposit. + homeless = spm_unit.household("is_homeless", period) + return ( + heating_type_reported + & has_eligible_member + & income_eligible + & vulnerable + & has_cooling_expense + & has_electric_bill + & ~homeless + ) diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_income_limit.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_income_limit.py new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..486ccdfaea9 --- /dev/null +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_income_limit.py @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +from policyengine_us.model_api import * +from policyengine_us.variables.gov.states.va.dss.eap.va_eap_income_limit import ( + va_eap_annual_income_limit, +) + + +class va_eap_cooling_income_limit(Variable): + value_type = float + entity = SPMUnit + definition_period = YEAR + unit = USD + label = "Virginia EAP cooling assistance annual income limit" + reference = ( + # PDF pages 28, 120 + "https://www.dss.virginia.gov/media/vdss/benefit-programs/documents/eap/Complete_Manual.pdf#page=28", + # PDF pages 11-12 + "https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/VA_Plan_2026.pdf#page=11", + "https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/VA_BenefitMatrix_2026.pdf#page=1", + "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title22/agency40/chapter680/section63/", + ) + defined_for = StateCode.VA + + def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): + # Plan 3.5: cooling recipients "must meet the same income criteria as + # established for the Heating Assistance component", with the + # guideline year adopted each June. + p = parameters(period).gov.states.va.dss.eap.cooling + return va_eap_annual_income_limit(spm_unit, period, parameters, p.fpg_year_lag) diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/va_eap_income_eligible.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/va_eap_income_eligible.py index 0c752da6e76..56754f03ade 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/va_eap_income_eligible.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/va_eap_income_eligible.py @@ -1,6 +1,19 @@ from policyengine_us.model_api import * +def va_eap_income_test(spm_unit, period, limit): + """Countable income at or below limit, or every member receives SSI.""" + income = spm_unit("va_eap_countable_income", period) + # Manual B.6.a: "No eligible household shall exceed the income maximums + # set by the VDSS, except households in which all members are SSI + # recipients." 22VAC40-680-20(B)(1): income "must be at or below" the + # limit. + person = spm_unit.members + receives_ssi = (person("ssi", period) > 0) | person("receives_ssi", period) + all_ssi = spm_unit.all(receives_ssi) + return (income <= limit) | all_ssi + + class va_eap_income_eligible(Variable): value_type = bool entity = SPMUnit @@ -15,13 +28,5 @@ class va_eap_income_eligible(Variable): defined_for = StateCode.VA def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): - income = spm_unit("va_eap_countable_income", period) limit = spm_unit("va_eap_income_limit", period) - # Manual B.6.a: "No eligible household shall exceed the income maximums - # set by the VDSS, except households in which all members are SSI - # recipients." 22VAC40-680-20(B)(1): income "must be at or below" the - # limit. - person = spm_unit.members - receives_ssi = (person("ssi", period) > 0) | person("receives_ssi", period) - all_ssi = spm_unit.all(receives_ssi) - return (income <= limit) | all_ssi + return va_eap_income_test(spm_unit, period, limit) diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/va_eap_income_limit.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/va_eap_income_limit.py index 9dc156996fb..79c0ef5a9d9 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/va_eap_income_limit.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/va_eap_income_limit.py @@ -2,6 +2,34 @@ from policyengine_us.variables.gov.hhs.tax_unit_fpg import fpg +def va_eap_annual_income_limit(spm_unit, period, parameters, year_lag): + """Annual EAP income limit from the guideline year_lag years back.""" + p = parameters(period).gov.states.va.dss.eap.eligibility + size = spm_unit("va_eap_household_size", period) + state_group = spm_unit.household("state_group_str", period) + capped_size = clip(size, 1, p.max_table_size) + guideline = fpg(capped_size, state_group, period, parameters, year_lag=year_lag) + additional_guideline = ( + fpg( + capped_size + 1, + state_group, + period, + parameters, + year_lag=year_lag, + ) + - guideline + ) + # Manual B.6.a prints monthly limits for sizes 1 to 20 and "for each + # extra member over 20, add $687". Flooring 150% of the 2025 guideline + # over twelve months reproduces every printed amount and the $687 + # increment; this is a reconciled numerical pattern, not an express + # rounding rule. + monthly_limit = np.floor(p.fpg_rate * guideline / MONTHS_IN_YEAR) + monthly_increment = np.floor(p.fpg_rate * additional_guideline / MONTHS_IN_YEAR) + additional_people = max_(size - p.max_table_size, 0) + return (monthly_limit + additional_people * monthly_increment) * MONTHS_IN_YEAR + + class va_eap_income_limit(Variable): value_type = float entity = SPMUnit @@ -19,28 +47,4 @@ class va_eap_income_limit(Variable): def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): p = parameters(period).gov.states.va.dss.eap.eligibility - size = spm_unit("va_eap_household_size", period) - state_group = spm_unit.household("state_group_str", period) - capped_size = clip(size, 1, p.max_table_size) - guideline = fpg( - capped_size, state_group, period, parameters, year_lag=p.fpg_year_lag - ) - additional_guideline = ( - fpg( - capped_size + 1, - state_group, - period, - parameters, - year_lag=p.fpg_year_lag, - ) - - guideline - ) - # Manual B.6.a prints monthly limits for sizes 1 to 20 and "for each - # extra member over 20, add $687". Flooring 150% of the 2025 guideline - # over twelve months reproduces every printed amount and the $687 - # increment; this is a reconciled numerical pattern, not an express - # rounding rule. - monthly_limit = np.floor(p.fpg_rate * guideline / MONTHS_IN_YEAR) - monthly_increment = np.floor(p.fpg_rate * additional_guideline / MONTHS_IN_YEAR) - additional_people = max_(size - p.max_table_size, 0) - return (monthly_limit + additional_people * monthly_increment) * MONTHS_IN_YEAR + return va_eap_annual_income_limit(spm_unit, period, parameters, p.fpg_year_lag) From 3992b99df61877ce8175fad702de2d09d361c3fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ziming Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2026 22:06:15 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 03/11] Count Virginia EAP cooling in the national LIHEAP total Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 --- policyengine_us/parameters/gov/hhs/liheap/regular_payments.yaml | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/hhs/liheap/regular_payments.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/hhs/liheap/regular_payments.yaml index e811bea6fbd..619e6d83221 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/hhs/liheap/regular_payments.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/hhs/liheap/regular_payments.yaml @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ values: - tx_ceap # Texas CEAP - ut_heat # Utah HEAT - va_eap # Virginia EAP + - va_eap_cooling # Virginia EAP cooling - vt_liheap # Vermont Seasonal Fuel Assistance - wa_liheap # Washington LIHEAP - wi_wheap # Wisconsin WHEAP From 77e0f848bb2733470224377d6c037d82cf8aaf73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ziming Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 20:34:36 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 04/11] Guard the LIHEAP payment list and reword the Rhode Island cooling note Add regular_payments.yaml to the aggregate-list integrity test, which checks that each member exists, is state-gated and is not dropped between year blocks. Say that Rhode Island plans no regular cooling payment, since its FY2027 plan still allows a leftover-funds cooling grant. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 --- policyengine_us/programs.yaml | 2 +- policyengine_us/tests/test_aggregate_list_integrity.py | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/policyengine_us/programs.yaml b/policyengine_us/programs.yaml index 26816f1b9b9..3147c473bc1 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/programs.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/programs.yaml @@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ programs: variable: ri_liheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.ri.dhs.liheap verified_years: "2026" - notes: FY2026 regular heating, including heat-in-rent grants and the $350 utility enhancement, assuming a qualifying utility account. Earlier years and FY2027 payments reuse FY2026 amounts as unverified estimates; Rhode Island offers no cooling assistance in FY2026 or FY2027, and crisis and weatherization are out of scope. + notes: FY2026 regular heating, including heat-in-rent grants and the $350 utility enhancement, assuming a qualifying utility account. Earlier years and FY2027 payments reuse FY2026 amounts as unverified estimates; Rhode Island plans no regular cooling payment in FY2026 or FY2027, and crisis and weatherization are out of scope. - state: DC status: complete name: DC LIHEAP diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/test_aggregate_list_integrity.py b/policyengine_us/tests/test_aggregate_list_integrity.py index e76e164a2f0..917a93e7f60 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/tests/test_aggregate_list_integrity.py +++ b/policyengine_us/tests/test_aggregate_list_integrity.py @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ "gov/states/household/state_eitcs.yaml", "gov/states/household/state_cdccs.yaml", "gov/hhs/ccdf/child_care_subsidy_programs.yaml", + "gov/hhs/liheap/regular_payments.yaml", "gov/household/household_state_benefits.yaml", ] From 159d611a8c203081786ac513fa11bb455723642c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ziming Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 23:06:32 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 05/11] Apply Virginia LIHEAP cooling review fixes Dates the cooling guideline lag from FY2025, fixes the electric bill maximum comment, cites the EIA 2024 average bill in the tests, and adds a retiree case that checks the national liheap total. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 --- .../eap/cooling/electric_bill_maximum.yaml | 6 ++-- .../va/dss/eap/cooling/fpg_year_lag.yaml | 6 ++-- .../va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.yaml | 36 +++++++++++++++++-- .../eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.yaml | 4 ++- 4 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/electric_bill_maximum.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/electric_bill_maximum.yaml index 1ed916b1b8d..1f5f6ec61eb 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/electric_bill_maximum.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/electric_bill_maximum.yaml @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ description: Virginia limits cooling assistance electric bill payments to this amount per program year under the Energy Assistance Program. # The VDSS Home Office sets this maximum each year. Each value is dated to the # start of the federal fiscal year whose summer it covers. VDSS announced $600 -# for 2023. The $365 for 2025 comes from press reports attributed to VDSS; no -# VDSS notice was found for 2024, 2025, 2026 or 2027, so $365 carries forward. +# for 2023; no amount was found for 2024, so 2024 carries the $600 forward. The +# $365 for 2025 comes from press reports attributed to VDSS; no VDSS notice was +# found for 2025, 2026 or 2027, so 2026 and 2027 carry the $365 forward. The +# first value also backfills years before 2023, which are unverified. values: 2022-10-01: 600 2024-10-01: 365 diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/fpg_year_lag.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/fpg_year_lag.yaml index af678c50dd1..e4399d13817 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/fpg_year_lag.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/fpg_year_lag.yaml @@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ description: Virginia uses federal poverty guidelines from this many years befor # Virginia adopts each year's new 150% limits in June. They apply first to that # June's cooling assistance and then to heating in the next federal fiscal # year, so cooling in the summer of year Y uses the year Y guideline while -# heating in federal fiscal year Y uses the year Y - 1 guideline. +# heating in federal fiscal year Y uses the year Y - 1 guideline. The value is +# dated at the start of FFY2025, whose June 2025 cooling the matrix note +# describes. values: - 2025-06-01: 0 + 2024-10-01: 0 metadata: unit: year diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.yaml b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.yaml index 3b60ec7fb50..9f92cffe6a8 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.yaml @@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ # maximum is $600 for 2023 (VDSS release) and $365 for 2025 (press reports), # carried forward to 2026 and 2027. Unless noted, the household is one # retiree aged 62 with $18,000 of Social Security, countable income -# 18,000 - 600 = 17,400, under every year's one-person cooling limit, and an -# illustrative $150 a month ($1,800 a year) electric bill. +# 18,000 - 600 = 17,400, under every year's one-person cooling limit, and a +# $150 a month ($1,800 a year) electric bill, about the EIA 2024 Virginia +# average residential bill of $148.77 a month (Electric Sales, Revenue, and +# Average Price, Table 5A). - name: Case 1, an eligible retiree receives the 2026 maximum. period: 2026 @@ -166,3 +168,33 @@ state_code: VA output: va_eap_cooling: 0 + +# The Fairfax County retiree of the heating integration tests (Social Security +# 11,736, countable 11,736 - 600 = 11,136, gas heat, 103 points x 4.531665 = +# 466.76) also has a cooling cost and the $1,800 electric bill. Cooling pays +# min(1,800, 365) = 365. The national LIHEAP total is 466.76 + 365 = 831.76. +- name: Case 8, a retiree receives both the heating and the cooling payment. + period: 2026 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + head: + age: 65 + social_security_retirement: 11_736 + ssi: 0 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [head] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + gas_expense: 1_200 + has_cooling_expense: true + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + households: + household: + members: [head] + state_code: VA + county: FAIRFAX_COUNTY_VA + output: + va_eap: 466.76 + va_eap_cooling: 365 + liheap: 831.76 diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.yaml b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.yaml index 68cdb1b7780..cda3fb6a9bf 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.yaml @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ # known fuel qualify, UNSPECIFIED does not. A member aged 60 or older has $50 a # month ($600 a year) deducted from income. 2026 one-person cooling limit # 23,940 (2026 guideline); 2026 one-person heating limit 23,472 (2025 -# guideline). The $150 a month ($1,800 a year) electric bill is illustrative. +# guideline). The $150 a month ($1,800 a year) electric bill is about the EIA +# 2024 Virginia average residential bill of $148.77 a month (Electric Sales, +# Revenue, and Average Price, Table 5A). - name: Case 1, a retiree at the 2026 one-person cooling limit is eligible though over the heating limit. period: 2026 From e5a2a6c994c1b4e14abbfa7dfc9a56a1d934e910 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ziming Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 20:59:38 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 06/11] Make state LIHEAP formulas run in a microsimulation The national `liheap` total evaluates every state's formula over a mixed-state population, which no household test does. Two patterns on main raised errors there: - 26 formula files passed options=[ADD] to an entity call. Core's Microsimulation.calculate_add rejects the keyword an entity call passes. The option is redundant: a plain read already sums a monthly variable over the year through the same Core function. - The DC and Illinois payment formulas look up a matrix by an income level that is 0 for households outside the state. Add the floor Maryland and Kansas already use. Also: - Reword the North Dakota registry note: the state reserves an optional direct cooling payment, so its cooling component is not only equipment. - Add a `liheap` case with Texas, DC and Illinois households in one simulation. - Add a code-health check against options=[ADD] and options=[DIVIDE]. - Check that every state payment in the LIHEAP registry entry is in the list `liheap` sums. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.2 --- changelog.d/liheap-aggregate.fixed.md | 1 + policyengine_us/programs.yaml | 2 +- ...o_add_or_divide_options_in_entity_calls.py | 40 +++++++++ .../baseline/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.yaml | 87 +++++++++++++++++++ .../tests/test_aggregate_list_integrity.py | 37 ++++++++ .../az_liheap_countable_unearned_income.py | 2 +- .../leap/co_leap_countable_income_person.py | 2 +- .../ct_ceap_categorically_eligible.py | 8 +- .../dc/doee/liheap/dc_liheap_payment.py | 3 +- .../fl_liheap_categorically_eligible.py | 2 +- .../income/fl_liheap_countable_income.py | 4 +- .../hi/dhs/liheap/hi_liheap_eligible.py | 3 +- .../states/hi/dhs/liheap/hi_liheap_points.py | 2 +- .../ia_liheap_countable_unearned_income.py | 2 +- .../income/ia_liheap_fixed_income_only.py | 2 +- .../eligibility/id_liheap_income_eligible.py | 5 +- .../liheap/payment/il_liheap_base_payment.py | 3 +- .../income/la_liheap_countable_income.py | 2 +- .../eap/income/mn_eap_countable_income.py | 2 +- .../mt_liheap_categorical_eligibility.py | 2 +- .../income/mt_liheap_countable_income.py | 2 +- .../payment/mt_liheap_benefit_income.py | 2 +- .../income/nm_liheap_countable_income.py | 2 +- .../income/nv_liheap_countable_income.py | 2 +- .../income/oh_liheap_countable_income.py | 2 +- .../income/ok_liheap_countable_income.py | 2 +- .../dhs/liheap/income/ok_liheap_net_income.py | 2 +- .../liheap/payment/pa_liheap_supplement.py | 2 +- .../income/sd_liheap_countable_income.py | 2 +- .../income/tn_liheap_countable_income.py | 2 +- .../va/dss/eap/va_eap_countable_income.py | 2 +- .../wi_wheap_categorically_eligible.py | 2 +- .../wheap/income/wi_wheap_countable_income.py | 2 +- 33 files changed, 200 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-) create mode 100644 changelog.d/liheap-aggregate.fixed.md create mode 100644 policyengine_us/tests/code_health/test_no_add_or_divide_options_in_entity_calls.py diff --git a/changelog.d/liheap-aggregate.fixed.md b/changelog.d/liheap-aggregate.fixed.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..0748ac80681 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/liheap-aggregate.fixed.md @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Fix state LIHEAP formulas that raised an error when calculated in a microsimulation. diff --git a/policyengine_us/programs.yaml b/policyengine_us/programs.yaml index 05351342814..c01776a76c1 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/programs.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/programs.yaml @@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ programs: variable: nd_liheap parameter_prefix: gov.states.nd.dhs.liheap verified_years: "2026" - notes: FY2026 regular heating, including heat-in-rent payments. North Dakota has no regular cooling payment, and its cooling component only buys or repairs air conditioners and fans; crisis, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope. + notes: FY2026 regular heating, including heat-in-rent payments. North Dakota's cooling component buys or repairs air conditioners and fans, and the optional direct cooling payment it reserves has no set amount, so no cooling payment is modeled; crisis, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope. - state: NE status: partial name: Nebraska LIHEAP diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/code_health/test_no_add_or_divide_options_in_entity_calls.py b/policyengine_us/tests/code_health/test_no_add_or_divide_options_in_entity_calls.py new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..c0966626caf --- /dev/null +++ b/policyengine_us/tests/code_health/test_no_add_or_divide_options_in_entity_calls.py @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +import ast + +from policyengine_us.model_api import REPO + + +VARIABLES_ROOT = REPO / "variables" +PERIOD_OPTIONS = {"ADD", "DIVIDE"} + + +def passes_period_option(node: ast.AST) -> bool: + if not isinstance(node, ast.Call): + return False + return any( + keyword.arg == "options" + and any( + isinstance(child, ast.Name) and child.id in PERIOD_OPTIONS + for child in ast.walk(keyword.value) + ) + for keyword in node.keywords + ) + + +def test_entity_calls_do_not_pass_add_or_divide_options(): + violations = [] + + for file_name in sorted(VARIABLES_ROOT.glob("**/*.py")): + tree = ast.parse(file_name.read_text(), filename=str(file_name)) + for node in ast.walk(tree): + if passes_period_option(node): + violations.append(f"{file_name.relative_to(REPO)}:{node.lineno}") + + assert not violations, ( + "Read the variable with the bare period, or use add(entity, period, " + "sources): Core already sums a monthly variable over a year and " + "divides a yearly one over a month. options=[ADD] and " + "options=[DIVIDE] raise a TypeError in a Microsimulation, whose " + "calculate_add and calculate_divide do not accept the decode_enums " + "keyword that an entity call passes, so household tests pass while " + "the formula fails over microdata. Violations:\n" + "\n".join(violations) + ) diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.yaml b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.yaml index 136b8caa264..3d44d473075 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.yaml @@ -118,3 +118,90 @@ ca_liheap_utility_heating: 0 ca_liheap_covered_liquid_heating: 0 liheap: 850 + +- name: Case 5, households in different states are each paid by their own state's program. + period: 2026 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 34 + # 12 an hour for 30 hours a week: 12 * 30 * 52 = 18,720. + employment_income_before_lsr: 18_720 + person2: + age: 52 + # 10 hours a week at DC's 17.95 minimum wage: 17.95 * 10 * 52 = 9,334. + employment_income_before_lsr: 9_334 + person3: + age: 29 + # 33 hours a week at the 15 Illinois minimum wage: 15 * 33 * 52 = 25,740. + employment_income_before_lsr: 25_740 + person4: + age: 6 + tax_units: + tax_unit1: + members: [person1] + tax_unit2: + members: [person2] + tax_unit3: + members: [person3, person4] + families: + family1: + members: [person1] + family2: + members: [person2] + family3: + members: [person3, person4] + marital_units: + marital_unit1: + members: [person1] + marital_unit2: + members: [person2] + marital_unit3: + members: [person3] + marital_unit4: + members: [person4] + spm_units: + spm_unit1: + members: [person1] + heating_type: ELECTRICITY + has_cooling_expense: true + # 165 a month for heating and air conditioning. + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_980 + spm_unit2: + members: [person2] + heating_type: ELECTRICITY + # 110 a month in an all-electric apartment. + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_320 + spm_unit3: + members: [person3, person4] + heating_type: ELECTRICITY + has_cooling_expense: true + # 150 a month in an all-electric apartment. + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + households: + household1: + members: [person1] + state_code: TX + household2: + members: [person2] + state_code: DC + household3: + members: [person3, person4] + state_code: IL + output: + # Each state's formula runs over all three households. A household has + # no income level or bracket outside its own state. + # Texas, as in Case 1: min(1,200, electricity 1,980) = 1,200. + tx_ceap: [1_200, 0, 0] + # DC: 9,334 falls in the second 5,000 income step (level 2). FY2026 + # multi-family electricity amount, level 2, one person: 529. + # min(529, electricity 1,320) = 529. + dc_liheap_income_level: [0, 2, 0] + dc_liheap_payment: [0, 529, 0] + # Illinois, as in Case 3: bracket 3, all-electric, two people: 425. + # min(425, electricity 1,800) = 425. + il_liheap_income_bracket: [0, 0, 3] + il_liheap_regular_heating: [0, 0, 425] + # No household is paid by another state's program. + liheap: [1_200, 529, 425] diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/test_aggregate_list_integrity.py b/policyengine_us/tests/test_aggregate_list_integrity.py index 707e2fe59d3..1f5ac0922ff 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/tests/test_aggregate_list_integrity.py +++ b/policyengine_us/tests/test_aggregate_list_integrity.py @@ -175,6 +175,43 @@ def test_no_silent_removals_between_year_blocks(list_path): ) +LIHEAP_PAYMENTS = "gov/hhs/liheap/regular_payments.yaml" + +# Registry payment variables the national LIHEAP total leaves out on purpose. +LIHEAP_PAYMENTS_NOT_SUMMED = { + # il_liheap_regular_heating is summed instead: il_liheap also counts + # crisis assistance. + "il_liheap", + # The Home Heating Credit already counts as a refundable state credit. + "mi_home_heating_credit", +} + + +def test_liheap_total_sums_every_registered_state_payment(variables): + """A state payment in the registry must reach the national total. + + The LIHEAP registry entry names one variable per state implementation. + Each one that is a dollar amount belongs in the list `liheap` sums, so a + new state payment, or a list line deleted by mistake, cannot drop a state + from the total unnoticed. Eligibility flags carry no amount. + """ + programs = yaml.safe_load((PACKAGE / "programs.yaml").read_text())["programs"] + liheap = next(program for program in programs if program["id"] == "liheap") + payments = { + implementation["variable"] + for implementation in liheap["state_implementations"] + if variables[implementation["variable"]].value_type is float + } + missing = sorted( + payments - LIHEAP_PAYMENTS_NOT_SUMMED - members_of(LIHEAP_PAYMENTS) + ) + assert not missing, ( + f"{LIHEAP_PAYMENTS} lacks these state payments from the LIHEAP " + f"registry entry: {missing}. Add each to the list, or record why it " + "is left out in LIHEAP_PAYMENTS_NOT_SUMMED in this test." + ) + + # --- Reform-side copies of the benefit aggregates ------------------------- AGGREGATE_VARIABLES = ("household_benefits", "spm_unit_benefits") diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/az/des/liheap/income/az_liheap_countable_unearned_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/az/des/liheap/income/az_liheap_countable_unearned_income.py index 7716e5f7fca..80901bbf422 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/az/des/liheap/income/az_liheap_countable_unearned_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/az/des/liheap/income/az_liheap_countable_unearned_income.py @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def formula(person, period, parameters): # the year. unearned = 0 for source in p.sources.unearned: - unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period, options=[ADD]), 0) + unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period), 0) # Section VI.A.6.e.ii.B counts "gambling profits" (page 9), so # gambling losses offset winnings but not other income. Plan Section # 1.9 leaves one-time lump sums such as "winnings from lotteries" diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/co_leap_countable_income_person.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/co_leap_countable_income_person.py index a6d89fc3e8d..5d5e84d7c97 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/co_leap_countable_income_person.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/co_leap_countable_income_person.py @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def formula(person, period, parameters): # monthly SSA and SSI amounts lose cents separately for each person. # Medicare premiums remain in gross SSA income under Colorado rules. social_security = np.floor(person("social_security", period) / MONTHS_IN_YEAR) - ssi = np.floor(person("ssi", period, options=[ADD]) / MONTHS_IN_YEAR) + ssi = np.floor(person("ssi", period) / MONTHS_IN_YEAR) income = earned + unearned + (social_security + ssi) * MONTHS_IN_YEAR foster = person("is_in_foster_care", period.first_month) # Known foster individuals are outside the LEAP household; income of diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ct/dss/ceap/eligibility/ct_ceap_categorically_eligible.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ct/dss/ceap/eligibility/ct_ceap_categorically_eligible.py index 8672b1e54b0..3c3c1a82e9a 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ct/dss/ceap/eligibility/ct_ceap_categorically_eligible.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ct/dss/ceap/eligibility/ct_ceap_categorically_eligible.py @@ -16,15 +16,13 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): # generic veterans_benefits does not establish VA eligibility. person = spm_unit.members member = person("ct_ceap_household_member", period) - ssi = spm_unit.sum(member * person("ssi", period, options=[ADD])) + ssi = spm_unit.sum(member * person("ssi", period)) # Remove SSP attributable to members outside the household from the # household receipt, preserving a supplied household SSP total. The # floor stops a supplied total below the excluded members' SSP from # cancelling other receipt. - excluded_ssp = spm_unit.sum( - ~member * person("ct_ssp_person", period, options=[ADD]) - ) - ssp = max_(spm_unit("ct_ssp", period, options=[ADD]) - excluded_ssp, 0) + excluded_ssp = spm_unit.sum(~member * person("ct_ssp_person", period)) + ssp = max_(spm_unit("ct_ssp", period) - excluded_ssp, 0) reported_ssi = spm_unit.any( member & (add(person, period, ["receives_ssi"]) > 0) ) diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/dc/doee/liheap/dc_liheap_payment.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/dc/doee/liheap/dc_liheap_payment.py index d032fb8c39f..43a23bd7157 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/dc/doee/liheap/dc_liheap_payment.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/dc/doee/liheap/dc_liheap_payment.py @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): p = parameters(period).gov.states.dc.doee.liheap.payment housing_type = spm_unit("dc_liheap_housing_type", period) heating_type = spm_unit("dc_liheap_heating_type", period) - income_level = spm_unit("dc_liheap_income_level", period) + # The floor keeps units outside DC (income level 0) on a valid matrix key. + income_level = max_(spm_unit("dc_liheap_income_level", period), 1) capped_size = clip(spm_unit("spm_unit_size", period), 1, 4) types = heating_type.possible_values diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/fl/commerce/liheap/eligibility/fl_liheap_categorically_eligible.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/fl/commerce/liheap/eligibility/fl_liheap_categorically_eligible.py index ff4810b8eec..9bc7c20a041 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/fl/commerce/liheap/eligibility/fl_liheap_categorically_eligible.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/fl/commerce/liheap/eligibility/fl_liheap_categorically_eligible.py @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class fl_liheap_categorically_eligible(Variable): def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): p = parameters(period).gov.states.fl.commerce.liheap.eligibility - receipts = add(spm_unit, period, p.categorical_programs, options=[ADD]) + receipts = add(spm_unit, period, p.categorical_programs) # Positive take-up-gated SNAP, TANF, or SSI is the receipt proxy. # A minor's SSI may establish this status even when excluded from income. # This waives only the income test, not heating responsibility, residency, diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/fl/commerce/liheap/income/fl_liheap_countable_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/fl/commerce/liheap/income/fl_liheap_countable_income.py index 6a15de059a1..60e8c17c9fe 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/fl/commerce/liheap/income/fl_liheap_countable_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/fl/commerce/liheap/income/fl_liheap_countable_income.py @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): earned = earned + max_(person(source, period), 0) unearned = 0 for source in p.sources.unearned: - unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period, options=[ADD]), 0) + unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period), 0) # Plan section 1.9 counts "net gambling or lottery winnings", so # losses offset only winnings. gambling = max_( @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): ) # Count TANF once at SPM level. The take-up-gated tanf total includes # fl_tca; fl_tca alone is the entitlement a nonrecipient could get. - cash_grant = add(spm_unit, period, p.sources.household, options=[ADD]) + cash_grant = add(spm_unit, period, p.sources.household) # Annual inputs approximate the prior 30 days/current economic situation. # Nonqualified members' countable income is retained in full. UI and # cash gifts are excluded by the plans. Gross SSA is included; the diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/hi_liheap_eligible.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/hi_liheap_eligible.py index e5292c13fac..57b58f8ea49 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/hi_liheap_eligible.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/hi_liheap_eligible.py @@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): # for the first day of the application month. person = spm_unit.members receives_ssi = spm_unit.any( - (person("ssi", period, options=[ADD]) > 0) - | (add(person, period, ["receives_ssi"]) > 0) + (person("ssi", period) > 0) | (add(person, period, ["receives_ssi"]) > 0) ) categorical = receives_ssi | ( add(spm_unit, period, ["snap", "tanf", "general_assistance"]) > 0 diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/hi_liheap_points.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/hi_liheap_points.py index ccf15e3e147..98feb6c9703 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/hi_liheap_points.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/hi_liheap_points.py @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): # so is_disabled stands in for them. This affects points only. disabled = ( person("is_disabled", period) - | (person("ssi", period, options=[ADD]) > 0) + | (person("ssi", period) > 0) | (add(person, period, ["receives_ssi"]) > 0) | (person("social_security_disability", period) > 0) ) diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ia/hhs/liheap/income/ia_liheap_countable_unearned_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ia/hhs/liheap/income/ia_liheap_countable_unearned_income.py index 215ebc9e9b2..75aca29dcca 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ia/hhs/liheap/income/ia_liheap_countable_unearned_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ia/hhs/liheap/income/ia_liheap_countable_unearned_income.py @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def formula(person, period, parameters): unearned = 0 for source in p.sources.unearned: # ADD sums monthly sources such as ssi over the year. - unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period, options=[ADD]), 0) + unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period), 0) # Plan Section 1.9 (page 6) counts Social Security Administration # benefits "Excluding MediCare deduction". Section 6.10 (page 25) and # Appendix C, Social Security Benefits (page 114), count "the net diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ia/hhs/liheap/income/ia_liheap_fixed_income_only.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ia/hhs/liheap/income/ia_liheap_fixed_income_only.py index eb60d051ab5..229ef7f33c5 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ia/hhs/liheap/income/ia_liheap_fixed_income_only.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ia/hhs/liheap/income/ia_liheap_fixed_income_only.py @@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): other_unearned = [source for source in p.unearned if source not in p.fixed] other_income = 0 for source in list(p.earned) + other_unearned: - other_income = other_income + max_(person(source, period, options=[ADD]), 0) + other_income = other_income + max_(person(source, period), 0) non_fixed = spm_unit.sum(other_income) + add(spm_unit, period, p.other_recorded) return (fixed > 0) & (non_fixed == 0) diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/id/dhw/liheap/eligibility/id_liheap_income_eligible.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/id/dhw/liheap/eligibility/id_liheap_income_eligible.py index 10ac696b5c2..2dfab55f0eb 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/id/dhw/liheap/eligibility/id_liheap_income_eligible.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/id/dhw/liheap/eligibility/id_liheap_income_eligible.py @@ -20,13 +20,12 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): snap_period = period.offset( p.program_year_start_month - 1 - MONTHS_IN_YEAR, "month" ) - receives_snap = spm_unit("snap", snap_period, options=[ADD]) > 0 + receives_snap = spm_unit("snap", snap_period) > 0 # Annual SSI is a stable-current-receipt proxy because the application # month is not an input. Any member may establish categorical eligibility. person = spm_unit.members receives_ssi = spm_unit.any( - (person("ssi", period, options=[ADD]) > 0) - | (add(person, period, ["receives_ssi"]) > 0) + (person("ssi", period) > 0) | (add(person, period, ["receives_ssi"]) > 0) ) # Means-tested VA receipt also qualifies, but veterans_benefits does not # identify that category. This unmodeled route is not a legal exclusion. diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/il/dceo/liheap/payment/il_liheap_base_payment.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/il/dceo/liheap/payment/il_liheap_base_payment.py index 7373fed85ed..400a02fee54 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/il/dceo/liheap/payment/il_liheap_base_payment.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/il/dceo/liheap/payment/il_liheap_base_payment.py @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ class il_liheap_base_payment(Variable): def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): p = parameters(period).gov.states.il.dceo.liheap.payment.matrix fuel_type = spm_unit("il_liheap_heating_type", period) - income_bracket = spm_unit("il_liheap_income_bracket", period) + # The floor keeps units outside Illinois (bracket 0) on a valid matrix key. + income_bracket = max_(spm_unit("il_liheap_income_bracket", period), 1) size = spm_unit("spm_unit_size", period) capped_size = clip(size, 1, 6) diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/la/lhc/liheap/income/la_liheap_countable_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/la/lhc/liheap/income/la_liheap_countable_income.py index dd9f690f702..a352fd9f913 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/la/lhc/liheap/income/la_liheap_countable_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/la/lhc/liheap/income/la_liheap_countable_income.py @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): - person("medicare_part_b_premium", period), 0, ) - ssi = person("ssi", period, options=[ADD]) + ssi = person("ssi", period) # Undocumented members keep all their income. FITAP is counted once at # the SPM level: the take-up-gated tanf total includes la_fitap, which # alone would count a grant a nonrecipient could get. diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mn/commerce/eap/income/mn_eap_countable_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mn/commerce/eap/income/mn_eap_countable_income.py index db60d91817f..71e882c897e 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mn/commerce/eap/income/mn_eap_countable_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mn/commerce/eap/income/mn_eap_countable_income.py @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): unearned = 0 for source in p.sources.unearned: # ADD sums monthly sources such as ssi over the year. - unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period, options=[ADD]), 0) + unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period), 0) # Retirement payments count from age 59 1/2. Early benefits before that # age count only when not penalized; no input shows whether a withdrawal # was penalized, so the age cut-off approximates the penalty test. diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mt/dphhs/liheap/eligibility/mt_liheap_categorical_eligibility.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mt/dphhs/liheap/eligibility/mt_liheap_categorical_eligibility.py index d8ed0849806..28bbd5bb873 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mt/dphhs/liheap/eligibility/mt_liheap_categorical_eligibility.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mt/dphhs/liheap/eligibility/mt_liheap_categorical_eligibility.py @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): # Monthly booleans are read month by month, never with an annual ADD, # so no summed value is cached under the annual key. # SNAP: the unit receives SNAP and every member is in the SNAP unit. - receives_snap = spm_unit("snap", period, options=[ADD]) > 0 + receives_snap = spm_unit("snap", period) > 0 in_snap_unit = np.any( [~person("is_snap_excluded_member", month) for month in months], axis=0, diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mt/dphhs/liheap/income/mt_liheap_countable_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mt/dphhs/liheap/income/mt_liheap_countable_income.py index c3273f7e930..f596942d881 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mt/dphhs/liheap/income/mt_liheap_countable_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mt/dphhs/liheap/income/mt_liheap_countable_income.py @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): # method are not modeled. income = 0 for source in p.sources.earned + p.sources.unearned: - income = income + max_(person(source, period, options=[ADD]), 0) + income = income + max_(person(source, period), 0) # ARM 37.70.407(1)(d): the dependents and survivors benefits that # continue for full-time students aged 18 to 22 are excluded. age = person("age", period) diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mt/dphhs/liheap/payment/mt_liheap_benefit_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mt/dphhs/liheap/payment/mt_liheap_benefit_income.py index 8e22fcdfc75..5135078d9e4 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mt/dphhs/liheap/payment/mt_liheap_benefit_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mt/dphhs/liheap/payment/mt_liheap_benefit_income.py @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): # The TANF payment standard for the assistance unit, rounded to whole # dollars as Appendix A prints it. monthly_tanf_standard = ( - spm_unit("mt_tanf_payment_standard", period, options=[ADD]) / MONTHS_IN_YEAR + spm_unit("mt_tanf_payment_standard", period) / MONTHS_IN_YEAR ) tanf_standard = where( spm_unit("tanf", period) > 0, diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/nm/hca/liheap/income/nm_liheap_countable_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/nm/hca/liheap/income/nm_liheap_countable_income.py index d1ea2b6fe39..f6c0d8b28be 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/nm/hca/liheap/income/nm_liheap_countable_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/nm/hca/liheap/income/nm_liheap_countable_income.py @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): earned = earned + max_(person(source, period), 0) unearned = 0 for source in p.sources.unearned: - unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period, options=[ADD]), 0) + unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period), 0) member_income = earned * earned_counted + unearned # The gross income of an ineligible non-citizen is divided by all # members, eligible and ineligible, and counted for the eligible diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/nv/dwss/liheap/income/nv_liheap_countable_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/nv/dwss/liheap/income/nv_liheap_countable_income.py index b68ba674389..d86456d8626 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/nv/dwss/liheap/income/nv_liheap_countable_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/nv/dwss/liheap/income/nv_liheap_countable_income.py @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): # Each unearned source is floored at zero. unearned = 0 for source in p.sources.unearned: - unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period, options=[ADD]), 0) + unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period), 0) # The only deductions from unearned income are the Medicare premiums # taken from a Social Security check; only the Part B premium has an # input. diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/oh/odjfs/liheap/income/oh_liheap_countable_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/oh/odjfs/liheap/income/oh_liheap_countable_income.py index fc1e302e2cc..09f362f9ca1 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/oh/odjfs/liheap/income/oh_liheap_countable_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/oh/odjfs/liheap/income/oh_liheap_countable_income.py @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): income = 0 for sources in [p.sources.earned, p.sources.unearned]: for source in sources: - income = income + max_(person(source, period, options=[ADD]), 0) + income = income + max_(person(source, period), 0) # Guidelines E-2.2 (page 7) count the income of members 18 or older and # a minor's SS/SSDI paid to an adult payee; a child's SSI and other # income are not counted. The FY2026 plan (page 6) excludes only diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ok/dhs/liheap/income/ok_liheap_countable_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ok/dhs/liheap/income/ok_liheap_countable_income.py index 942ab1e7d3f..f207f2517b3 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ok/dhs/liheap/income/ok_liheap_countable_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ok/dhs/liheap/income/ok_liheap_countable_income.py @@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ def formula(person, period, parameters): for source in p.unearned: # SSI is monthly; ADD annualizes it exactly once here. Other # listed streams are disjoint annual personal income inputs. - income = income + max_(add(person, period, [source], options=[ADD]), 0) + income = income + max_(add(person, period, [source]), 0) # TANF is an SPM aggregate and is counted separately once. return income diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ok/dhs/liheap/income/ok_liheap_net_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ok/dhs/liheap/income/ok_liheap_net_income.py index 659048d3d96..a6ab9e7712d 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ok/dhs/liheap/income/ok_liheap_net_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ok/dhs/liheap/income/ok_liheap_net_income.py @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): person("ok_liheap_income_deductions", period) * eligible ) receives_subsidy = spm_unit("ok_child_care_subsidies", period) > 0 - copay = spm_unit("ok_ccs_copay", period, options=[ADD]) + copay = spm_unit("ok_ccs_copay", period) # The SPM copay has no payer attribution. Deduct it once at net, # without assigning it to an ineligible tax unit before the gross # test. Gross income can be overstated when that person paid it. diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/pa/dhs/liheap/payment/pa_liheap_supplement.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/pa/dhs/liheap/payment/pa_liheap_supplement.py index 608d6524eb4..65d1d4b65a2 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/pa/dhs/liheap/payment/pa_liheap_supplement.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/pa/dhs/liheap/payment/pa_liheap_supplement.py @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): disability_assistance = ( (spm_unit.members("social_security_disability", period) > 0) | (spm_unit.members("disability_benefits", period) > 0) - | ((spm_unit.members("ssi", period, options=[ADD]) > 0) & disabled_or_blind) + | ((spm_unit.members("ssi", period) > 0) & disabled_or_blind) ) # Aggregate veterans benefits do not identify disability assistance. # A disability flag alone does not establish the required cash receipt. diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/sd/dss/liheap/income/sd_liheap_countable_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/sd/dss/liheap/income/sd_liheap_countable_income.py index 9d931a93543..1caab3a6dea 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/sd/dss/liheap/income/sd_liheap_countable_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/sd/dss/liheap/income/sd_liheap_countable_income.py @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): unearned = 0 for source in p.sources.unearned: # ADD sums monthly sources such as ssi over the year. - unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period, options=[ADD]), 0) + unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period), 0) # Rule 67:15:01:18(12) excludes "Deductions from social security benefit # payments for Medicare", and the manual (page 28) counts Social Security # less the Part B and Part D premiums. medicare_part_b_premium is zero for diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/tn/thda/liheap/income/tn_liheap_countable_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/tn/thda/liheap/income/tn_liheap_countable_income.py index bb871b4808b..48d394afed9 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/tn/thda/liheap/income/tn_liheap_countable_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/tn/thda/liheap/income/tn_liheap_countable_income.py @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): earned = earned + max_(person(source, period), 0) unearned = 0 for source in p.sources.unearned: - unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period, options=[ADD]), 0) + unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period), 0) # Section 2.13 counts net income from Social Security, pensions # (including military retirement pay) and VA benefits excluding # Medicare premiums, and FY2026 plan Section 1.9 counts benefits diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/va_eap_countable_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/va_eap_countable_income.py index f900cc66e36..8003ef047d6 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/va_eap_countable_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/va_eap_countable_income.py @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): unearned = 0 for source in p.income.sources.unearned: # ADD sums the MONTH-defined ssi and va_ag over the year. - unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period, options=[ADD]), 0) + unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period), 0) # TANF the household receives: the take-up-gated aggregate, which # includes va_tanf. tanf = spm_unit("tanf", period) diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/wi/doa/wheap/eligibility/wi_wheap_categorically_eligible.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/wi/doa/wheap/eligibility/wi_wheap_categorically_eligible.py index 1f32b8c8bec..24eda8cb225 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/wi/doa/wheap/eligibility/wi_wheap_categorically_eligible.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/wi/doa/wheap/eligibility/wi_wheap_categorically_eligible.py @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): [~person("is_snap_excluded_member", month) for month in months], axis=0, ) - receives_snap = spm_unit("snap", period, options=[ADD]) > 0 + receives_snap = spm_unit("snap", period) > 0 foodshare_member = in_snap_unit & spm_unit.project(receives_snap) receives_w2_cash = spm_unit("tanf", period) > 0 w2_member = person("is_citizen_or_legal_immigrant", period) & spm_unit.project( diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/wi/doa/wheap/income/wi_wheap_countable_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/wi/doa/wheap/income/wi_wheap_countable_income.py index b7f5dfc8895..000eac6b738 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/wi/doa/wheap/income/wi_wheap_countable_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/wi/doa/wheap/income/wi_wheap_countable_income.py @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): ) + add(person, period, p.sources.rental) unearned = 0 for source in p.sources.unearned: - unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period, options=[ADD]), 0) + unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period), 0) # All withdrawals count from age 73. Regular withdrawals before 73 # also count but cannot be told apart from lump sums, which are # ignored as asset drawdowns. From 6bee540633ac0eb243faaadcd00e33f08c9db432 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ziming Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 22:13:19 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 07/11] Drop the options=[ADD] code-health check PolicyEngine/policyengine-core#647 fixes the cause in Core: it lets a Microsimulation accept the keyword an entity call passes with options=[ADD] or options=[DIVIDE]. Once that is released the option works again, so a check that bans it here would be wrong. The 26 formula files stay without the option, which was redundant and lets `liheap` run on today's Core. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.2 --- ...o_add_or_divide_options_in_entity_calls.py | 40 ------------------- 1 file changed, 40 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 policyengine_us/tests/code_health/test_no_add_or_divide_options_in_entity_calls.py diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/code_health/test_no_add_or_divide_options_in_entity_calls.py b/policyengine_us/tests/code_health/test_no_add_or_divide_options_in_entity_calls.py deleted file mode 100644 index c0966626caf..00000000000 --- a/policyengine_us/tests/code_health/test_no_add_or_divide_options_in_entity_calls.py +++ /dev/null @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ -import ast - -from policyengine_us.model_api import REPO - - -VARIABLES_ROOT = REPO / "variables" -PERIOD_OPTIONS = {"ADD", "DIVIDE"} - - -def passes_period_option(node: ast.AST) -> bool: - if not isinstance(node, ast.Call): - return False - return any( - keyword.arg == "options" - and any( - isinstance(child, ast.Name) and child.id in PERIOD_OPTIONS - for child in ast.walk(keyword.value) - ) - for keyword in node.keywords - ) - - -def test_entity_calls_do_not_pass_add_or_divide_options(): - violations = [] - - for file_name in sorted(VARIABLES_ROOT.glob("**/*.py")): - tree = ast.parse(file_name.read_text(), filename=str(file_name)) - for node in ast.walk(tree): - if passes_period_option(node): - violations.append(f"{file_name.relative_to(REPO)}:{node.lineno}") - - assert not violations, ( - "Read the variable with the bare period, or use add(entity, period, " - "sources): Core already sums a monthly variable over a year and " - "divides a yearly one over a month. options=[ADD] and " - "options=[DIVIDE] raise a TypeError in a Microsimulation, whose " - "calculate_add and calculate_divide do not accept the decode_enums " - "keyword that an entity call passes, so household tests pass while " - "the formula fails over microdata. Violations:\n" + "\n".join(violations) - ) From 12f458f3261c84835b7447b94baeedb43139aa17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ziming Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 22:57:22 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 08/11] Pin the Wayback capture of the 2023 Virginia cooling release Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.2 --- .../gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/electric_bill_maximum.yaml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/electric_bill_maximum.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/electric_bill_maximum.yaml index 1f5f6ec61eb..5c2245b1cfb 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/electric_bill_maximum.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/electric_bill_maximum.yaml @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ metadata: - title: 22VAC40-680-63(C) Eligibility criteria; benefits href: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title22/agency40/chapter680/section63/ - title: VDSS news release, Cooling Assistance Application Period Underway (July 5, 2023), one-time $600 benefit for electric bills (Wayback Machine copy) - href: https://web.archive.org/web/2026/https://dss.virginia.gov/files/division/pa/news_releases/2023/Cooling_Assistance_2023_ENG.pdf#page=1 + href: https://web.archive.org/web/20260413134008/https://dss.virginia.gov/files/division/pa/news_releases/2023/Cooling_Assistance_2023_ENG.pdf#page=1 - title: Press report, WYDaily, Cooling assistance available, application period underway (July 20, 2025), VDSS one-time $365 benefit for electric bills href: https://wydaily.com/latest/regional-national/2025/07/20/cooling-assistance-available-application-period-underway/ - title: Press report, WRIC on WAVY (July 17, 2025), VDSS one-time $365 benefit for electric bills From f08fde986ba00b9a62e221a5d610f7fb4e485e15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ziming Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:27:43 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 09/11] Label the WYDaily citation for Virginia's cooling guideline year as a press report Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 --- .../parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/fpg_year_lag.yaml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/fpg_year_lag.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/fpg_year_lag.yaml index e4399d13817..052d0a8a6e2 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/fpg_year_lag.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/fpg_year_lag.yaml @@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ metadata: reference: - title: LIHEAP Clearinghouse Virginia FY2026 benefit matrix, income limits note (the 150% limits "were used for Cooling Assistance in June of 2025") href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/VA_BenefitMatrix_2026.pdf#page=1 - - title: WYDaily, State cooling assistance program helps residents with summer energy costs (June 15, 2026), 2026 limits of $1,995 a month for one person and $4,125 for four + - title: Press report, WYDaily, State cooling assistance program helps residents with summer energy costs (June 15, 2026), 2026 limits of $1,995 a month for one person and $4,125 for four href: https://wydaily.com/latest/2026/06/15/state-cooling-assistance-program-helps-residents-with-summer-energy-costs/ From 4625f4e59ad10068e346d45bf5170289d03c6490 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ziming Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 12:09:13 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 10/11] Pin the Michigan, California and Illinois list entries and add the program prefix Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 --- policyengine_us/programs.yaml | 3 +- .../baseline/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.yaml | 48 +++++++++++++++++-- .../liheap/il_liheap_regular_heating.yaml | 2 + .../tests/test_aggregate_list_integrity.py | 46 +++++++++++++----- .../variables/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.py | 6 +++ .../az_liheap_countable_unearned_income.py | 4 +- .../ia_liheap_countable_unearned_income.py | 3 +- .../eap/income/mn_eap_countable_income.py | 3 +- .../income/ok_liheap_countable_income.py | 2 +- .../income/sd_liheap_countable_income.py | 3 +- .../va/dss/eap/va_eap_countable_income.py | 3 +- 11 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/policyengine_us/programs.yaml b/policyengine_us/programs.yaml index 8cdd3f0d812..943411659ef 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/programs.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/programs.yaml @@ -1037,6 +1037,7 @@ programs: status: partial coverage: AK, AR, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, HI, Riverside County, MA, FL, IL, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY variable: liheap + parameter_prefix: gov.hhs.liheap state_implementations: - state: AL status: partial @@ -1418,7 +1419,7 @@ programs: variable: wv_lieap parameter_prefix: gov.states.wv.dhhr.lieap verified_years: "2026-2027" - notes: FY2026-FY2027 regular heating payments for households of one to twenty qualified members. West Virginia has no regular cooling payment, and cooling help comes only through Emergency Cooling crisis payments and unit repair or replacement; crisis, equipment, weatherization and the utility discount are out of scope. + notes: FY2026-FY2027 regular heating payments for households of one to twenty qualified members. West Virginia's plans reserve a regular cooling payment of up to $2,000 if funds remain, which is not modeled; Emergency Cooling crisis payments, unit repair or replacement, weatherization and the utility discount are out of scope. - state: WY status: partial name: Wyoming LIEAP diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.yaml b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.yaml index 3d44d473075..cd2f6750493 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.yaml @@ -29,14 +29,15 @@ tx_ceap: 1_200 liheap: 1_200 -- name: Case 2, a Michigan household gets nothing because the Home Heating Credit is not in the total. - period: 2026 +- name: Case 2, a Michigan household's Home Heating Credit is not in the total. + period: 2025 absolute_error_margin: 0.01 input: people: person1: age: 41 - employment_income_before_lsr: 24_000 + # Part-time wages. + employment_income_before_lsr: 9_000 spm_units: spm_unit: members: [person1] @@ -49,8 +50,12 @@ members: [person1] state_code: MI output: - # Michigan's regular heating help is the refundable Home Heating Credit, - # which the list leaves out, and Michigan has no regular cooling payment. + # TY2025 MI-1040CR-7 standard credit: the one-exemption allowance of 604 + # less 3.5% of 9,000 household resources (315) is 289, paid at 60%: + # 173.40. The alternate credit is 70% of (1,020 - 11% of 9,000) = 21. + # Michigan's regular heating help is this refundable credit, which the + # list leaves out, and Michigan has no regular cooling payment. + mi_home_heating_credit: 173.4 liheap: 0 - name: Case 3, Illinois counts the regular heating payment but not the crisis amount. @@ -205,3 +210,36 @@ il_liheap_regular_heating: [0, 0, 425] # No household is paid by another state's program. liheap: [1_200, 529, 425] + +# California's ordinary liquid-fuel payment applies in Madera County only. Base +# benefit 411 for one person in burden group 4, plus 105 for the priority +# category at exactly 20 points (ca_liheap_covered_liquid_heating.yaml Case 5). +# A liquid-fuel payment rules out the utility payment the same year. +- name: Case 6, a Madera County propane household's liquid-fuel payment counts once. + period: 2026 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 40 + is_citizen_or_legal_immigrant: true + ssi: 0 + employment_income: 12_000 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: PROPANE + snap: 0 + tanf: 0 + ca_state_supplement: 0 + bottled_gas_expense: 12 + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 2_028 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: CA + county: MADERA_COUNTY_CA + output: + ca_liheap_covered_liquid_heating: 516 + ca_liheap_utility_heating: 0 + liheap: 516 diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/il/dceo/liheap/il_liheap_regular_heating.yaml b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/il/dceo/liheap/il_liheap_regular_heating.yaml index 879ce06541d..39d4e161b03 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/il/dceo/liheap/il_liheap_regular_heating.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/il/dceo/liheap/il_liheap_regular_heating.yaml @@ -63,3 +63,5 @@ # but the unit is ineligible, so the regular heating payment is zero. il_liheap_base_payment: 310 il_liheap_regular_heating: 0 + # The national total sums the regular heating payment, not the base. + liheap: 0 diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/test_aggregate_list_integrity.py b/policyengine_us/tests/test_aggregate_list_integrity.py index 1f5ac0922ff..29c0492bf9c 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/tests/test_aggregate_list_integrity.py +++ b/policyengine_us/tests/test_aggregate_list_integrity.py @@ -177,13 +177,20 @@ def test_no_silent_removals_between_year_blocks(list_path): LIHEAP_PAYMENTS = "gov/hhs/liheap/regular_payments.yaml" -# Registry payment variables the national LIHEAP total leaves out on purpose. -LIHEAP_PAYMENTS_NOT_SUMMED = { - # il_liheap_regular_heating is summed instead: il_liheap also counts - # crisis assistance. - "il_liheap", +# Registry payment variables that reach the national LIHEAP total through +# other list entries, or not at all. Every other registry payment variable must +# be in the list itself. +LIHEAP_PAYMENT_STAND_INS = { + # il_liheap also counts crisis assistance; its regular part is summed. + "il_liheap": {"il_liheap_regular_heating"}, + # California's three regular components are exclusive by eligibility. + "ca_liheap_utility_heating": { + "ca_liheap_utility_heating", + "ca_liheap_covered_liquid_heating", + "ca_liheap_wood_heating", + }, # The Home Heating Credit already counts as a refundable state credit. - "mi_home_heating_credit", + "mi_home_heating_credit": set(), } @@ -191,9 +198,11 @@ def test_liheap_total_sums_every_registered_state_payment(variables): """A state payment in the registry must reach the national total. The LIHEAP registry entry names one variable per state implementation. - Each one that is a dollar amount belongs in the list `liheap` sums, so a - new state payment, or a list line deleted by mistake, cannot drop a state - from the total unnoticed. Eligibility flags carry no amount. + Each one that is a dollar amount belongs in the list `liheap` sums, or its + stand-ins in LIHEAP_PAYMENT_STAND_INS do, so a new state payment, or a list + line deleted or swapped by mistake, cannot drop a state from the total + unnoticed. A registry variable that a stand-in replaces must stay out of + the list, so it is not counted twice. Eligibility flags carry no amount. """ programs = yaml.safe_load((PACKAGE / "programs.yaml").read_text())["programs"] liheap = next(program for program in programs if program["id"] == "liheap") @@ -202,13 +211,26 @@ def test_liheap_total_sums_every_registered_state_payment(variables): for implementation in liheap["state_implementations"] if variables[implementation["variable"]].value_type is float } + listed = members_of(LIHEAP_PAYMENTS) missing = sorted( - payments - LIHEAP_PAYMENTS_NOT_SUMMED - members_of(LIHEAP_PAYMENTS) + entry + for payment in payments + for entry in LIHEAP_PAYMENT_STAND_INS.get(payment, {payment}) + if entry not in listed ) assert not missing, ( f"{LIHEAP_PAYMENTS} lacks these state payments from the LIHEAP " - f"registry entry: {missing}. Add each to the list, or record why it " - "is left out in LIHEAP_PAYMENTS_NOT_SUMMED in this test." + f"registry entry: {missing}. Add each to the list, or record what " + "stands in for it in LIHEAP_PAYMENT_STAND_INS in this test." + ) + double_counted = sorted( + payment + for payment, stand_ins in LIHEAP_PAYMENT_STAND_INS.items() + if payment not in stand_ins and payment in listed + ) + assert not double_counted, ( + f"{LIHEAP_PAYMENTS} lists {double_counted}, which " + "LIHEAP_PAYMENT_STAND_INS replaces or leaves out on purpose." ) diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.py index 558cc05ff3c..892a323b57d 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/hhs/liheap/liheap.py @@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ class liheap(Variable): entity = SPMUnit definition_period = YEAR label = "LIHEAP regular payments" + documentation = ( + "Each state's regular LIHEAP heating and cooling payment. Leaves out " + "Michigan's Home Heating Credit, which counts as a refundable state " + "tax credit, and crisis, weatherization and equipment assistance. Not " + "yet counted in household benefits or net income." + ) unit = USD reference = "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/8624#b_1_A" adds = "gov.hhs.liheap.regular_payments" diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/az/des/liheap/income/az_liheap_countable_unearned_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/az/des/liheap/income/az_liheap_countable_unearned_income.py index 80901bbf422..16b7c54dec8 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/az/des/liheap/income/az_liheap_countable_unearned_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/az/des/liheap/income/az_liheap_countable_unearned_income.py @@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ def formula(person, period, parameters): # Gross Income is "The total Household income for all Household # members before taxes and other deductions" (page 4), and a loss is # not income, so each source is floored at zero and a rental loss - # cannot offset another source. ADD sums the MONTH-defined ssi over - # the year. + # cannot offset another source. Reading the MONTH-defined ssi over the + # year sums its months. unearned = 0 for source in p.sources.unearned: unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period), 0) diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ia/hhs/liheap/income/ia_liheap_countable_unearned_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ia/hhs/liheap/income/ia_liheap_countable_unearned_income.py index 75aca29dcca..d00c1c81ff4 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ia/hhs/liheap/income/ia_liheap_countable_unearned_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ia/hhs/liheap/income/ia_liheap_countable_unearned_income.py @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ def formula(person, period, parameters): # a loss in one source cannot offset another. unearned = 0 for source in p.sources.unearned: - # ADD sums monthly sources such as ssi over the year. + # Reading a monthly source such as ssi over the year sums its + # months. unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period), 0) # Plan Section 1.9 (page 6) counts Social Security Administration # benefits "Excluding MediCare deduction". Section 6.10 (page 25) and diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mn/commerce/eap/income/mn_eap_countable_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mn/commerce/eap/income/mn_eap_countable_income.py index 71e882c897e..0fae08a51cb 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mn/commerce/eap/income/mn_eap_countable_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mn/commerce/eap/income/mn_eap_countable_income.py @@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): earned_and_unemployment = where(student, 0, earned + unemployment) unearned = 0 for source in p.sources.unearned: - # ADD sums monthly sources such as ssi over the year. + # Reading a monthly source such as ssi over the year sums its + # months. unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period), 0) # Retirement payments count from age 59 1/2. Early benefits before that # age count only when not penalized; no input shows whether a withdrawal diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ok/dhs/liheap/income/ok_liheap_countable_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ok/dhs/liheap/income/ok_liheap_countable_income.py index f207f2517b3..6dbff35ee8b 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ok/dhs/liheap/income/ok_liheap_countable_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/ok/dhs/liheap/income/ok_liheap_countable_income.py @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def formula(person, period, parameters): # Each source is floored at zero, so a loss in one source cannot # offset another. for source in p.unearned: - # SSI is monthly; ADD annualizes it exactly once here. Other + # SSI is monthly; add() sums its months exactly once here. Other # listed streams are disjoint annual personal income inputs. income = income + max_(add(person, period, [source]), 0) # TANF is an SPM aggregate and is counted separately once. diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/sd/dss/liheap/income/sd_liheap_countable_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/sd/dss/liheap/income/sd_liheap_countable_income.py index 1caab3a6dea..9281a0acf0d 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/sd/dss/liheap/income/sd_liheap_countable_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/sd/dss/liheap/income/sd_liheap_countable_income.py @@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): earned = earned + max_(person(source, period), 0) unearned = 0 for source in p.sources.unearned: - # ADD sums monthly sources such as ssi over the year. + # Reading a monthly source such as ssi over the year sums its + # months. unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period), 0) # Rule 67:15:01:18(12) excludes "Deductions from social security benefit # payments for Medicare", and the manual (page 28) counts Social Security diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/va_eap_countable_income.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/va_eap_countable_income.py index 8003ef047d6..f9db707156e 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/va_eap_countable_income.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/va_eap_countable_income.py @@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): # offset other income. unearned = 0 for source in p.income.sources.unearned: - # ADD sums the MONTH-defined ssi and va_ag over the year. + # Reading the MONTH-defined ssi and va_ag over the year sums + # their months. unearned = unearned + max_(person(source, period), 0) # TANF the household receives: the take-up-gated aggregate, which # includes va_tanf. From 59bdaddd35b69a56d7f1573827c83e0654144b70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ziming Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 15:25:36 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 11/11] Fix issues from review: subsidized heat-in-rent ruling, fuel condition, size pin Addresses DTrim99's round-1 review; upstream main merged first. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 --- .../va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.yaml | 2 +- .../eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.yaml | 85 ++++++++++++++++--- .../va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.py | 6 ++ .../eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.py | 14 +-- source_conflicts/candidates.yaml | 44 ++++++++++ 5 files changed, 133 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.yaml b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.yaml index 9f92cffe6a8..a1047704116 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.yaml @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ # average residential bill of $148.77 a month (Electric Sales, Revenue, and # Average Price, Table 5A). -- name: Case 1, an eligible retiree receives the 2026 maximum. +- name: Case 1, an eligible retiree receives the 2025 maximum carried into 2026. period: 2026 absolute_error_margin: 0.01 input: diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.yaml b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.yaml index cda3fb6a9bf..3a36b6962f9 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.yaml @@ -3,13 +3,12 @@ # Assistance income and citizenship tests against the current-year guideline, # at least one member aged 60 or older, under 6 or disabled, a cooling cost # paid separately from rent, a positive electric bill, and not homeless. No -# heating fuel is required, but heating_type must be reported: NONE and every -# known fuel qualify, UNSPECIFIED does not. A member aged 60 or older has $50 a -# month ($600 a year) deducted from income. 2026 one-person cooling limit -# 23,940 (2026 guideline); 2026 one-person heating limit 23,472 (2025 -# guideline). The $150 a month ($1,800 a year) electric bill is about the EIA -# 2024 Virginia average residential bill of $148.77 a month (Electric Sales, -# Revenue, and Average Price, Table 5A). +# heating fuel is required. A member aged 60 or older has $50 a month ($600 a +# year) deducted from income. 2026 one-person cooling limit 23,940 (2026 +# guideline); 2026 one-person heating limit 23,472 (2025 guideline). The $150 +# a month ($1,800 a year) electric bill is about the EIA 2024 Virginia average +# residential bill of $148.77 a month (Electric Sales, Revenue, and Average +# Price, Table 5A). - name: Case 1, a retiree at the 2026 one-person cooling limit is eligible though over the heating limit. period: 2026 @@ -266,7 +265,7 @@ va_eap_eligible: false va_eap_cooling_eligible: true -- name: Case 12, an unspecified heating type is ineligible. +- name: Case 12, an unspecified heating type is eligible for cooling only. period: 2026 absolute_error_margin: 0.01 input: @@ -285,10 +284,13 @@ members: [person1] state_code: VA output: - # heating_type is a required input; NONE qualifies (Case 11). + # Regular heating pays no unspecified fuel; cooling sets no heating-fuel + # condition (manual J.3.a). va_eap_eligible: false - va_eap_cooling_eligible: false - va_eap_cooling: 0 + # Was false, now true: cooling sets no heating-fuel condition. + va_eap_cooling_eligible: true + # Was 0, now 365: the household is eligible; min(1,800, 365) = 365. + va_eap_cooling: 365 - name: Case 13, a public housing tenant who pays the electric bill is eligible. period: 2026 @@ -312,3 +314,64 @@ output: # Living arrangement G on the cooling application. va_eap_cooling_eligible: true + +- name: Case 14, a public housing tenant whose heat is in the rent and who pays a separate cooling cost is eligible. + period: 2026 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 62 + social_security_retirement: 18_000 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + heat_expense_included_in_rent: true + has_cooling_expense: true + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: VA + is_in_public_housing: true + output: + # Regular heating excludes a subsidized household whose heat is in the + # rent. Cooling follows manual J.3.a (Chapter B sections 6-8) and plan + # 3.3, which excludes such a household only when its cooling is in the + # rent: 18,000 - 600 = 17,400 <= 23,940; min(1,800, 365) = 365. + # Candidate us-va:eap-cooling-subsidized-heat-in-rent. + va_eap_eligible: false + va_eap_cooling_eligible: true + va_eap_cooling: 365 + +- name: Case 15, a household with no citizen or qualified alien member is ineligible. + period: 2026 + absolute_error_margin: 0.01 + input: + people: + person1: + age: 62 + immigration_status: UNDOCUMENTED + employment_income_before_lsr: 17_000 + spm_units: + spm_unit: + members: [person1] + heating_type: NATURAL_GAS + gas_expense: 900 + has_cooling_expense: true + pre_subsidy_electricity_expense: 1_800 + households: + household: + members: [person1] + state_code: VA + output: + # Manual B.7 (applied by J.3.a): the member is not counted in household + # size. The income limit uses a size of at least one: 17,000 - 600 = + # 16,400 <= 23,940, and the member is 60 or older, so only the household + # size term denies. + va_eap_household_size: 0 + va_eap_countable_income: 16_400 + va_eap_cooling_income_limit: 23_940 + va_eap_cooling_eligible: false + va_eap_cooling: 0 diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.py index 6d6e5f3cff7..61c1701c462 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling.py @@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ class va_eap_cooling(Variable): definition_period = YEAR unit = USD label = "Virginia EAP cooling assistance electric bill payment" + documentation = ( + "The electric bill up to the statewide maximum for the year. The annual " + "electricity expense stands in for the balance owed on the electric " + "account during the June to August application window. The first-come " + "funding pool and the application window are not modeled." + ) reference = ( # PDF pages 123, 127-129 "https://www.dss.virginia.gov/media/vdss/benefit-programs/documents/eap/Complete_Manual.pdf#page=123", diff --git a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.py b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.py index dbb5cef9f81..ccd910f361c 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.py +++ b/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.py @@ -21,10 +21,7 @@ class va_eap_cooling_eligible(Variable): def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): # Manual J.3.a applies the Chapter B.6-8 income and citizenship - # criteria; no heating fuel is required. heating_type is a required - # input: NONE and every known fuel qualify, UNSPECIFIED does not. - heating_type = spm_unit("heating_type", period) - heating_type_reported = heating_type != heating_type.possible_values.UNSPECIFIED + # criteria; no heating fuel is required. has_eligible_member = spm_unit("va_eap_household_size", period) > 0 limit = spm_unit("va_eap_cooling_income_limit", period) income_eligible = va_eap_income_test(spm_unit, period, limit) @@ -35,6 +32,12 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): # Manual J.3.f.1: households without a regular cooling expense # (living arrangements B and F) receive equipment only. Plan 3.3: # subsidized households whose cooling is in rent are not eligible. + # Renters whose cooling is in an unsubsidized rent (living + # arrangement E) have no separate cooling expense here and are not + # modeled. A subsidized household whose heat is in its rent but which + # pays a separate cooling cost is eligible, following manual J.3.a + # (Chapter B sections 6-8 only) and plan 3.3; candidate + # us-va:eap-cooling-subsidized-heat-in-rent. has_cooling_expense = spm_unit("has_cooling_expense", period) # Manual J.7.g: the application is denied "If the current balance is # zero". The annual electricity bill stands in for the balance owed. @@ -43,8 +46,7 @@ def formula(spm_unit, period, parameters): # only a security deposit. homeless = spm_unit.household("is_homeless", period) return ( - heating_type_reported - & has_eligible_member + has_eligible_member & income_eligible & vulnerable & has_cooling_expense diff --git a/source_conflicts/candidates.yaml b/source_conflicts/candidates.yaml index 352bbc3a578..35ed4d348b9 100644 --- a/source_conflicts/candidates.yaml +++ b/source_conflicts/candidates.yaml @@ -12097,6 +12097,50 @@ candidates: a filer can be claimed, not whether one is, and either claimable spouse bars a joint return (va_refundable_eitc_if_claimed.py, va_non_refundable_eitc_if_claimed.py, va_low_income_tax_credit_eligible.py). Ruled in October 2026 to use claimability; verify the guidance and distinguish this wording conflict from mixed-spouse allocation.' +- id: us-va:eap-cooling-subsidized-heat-in-rent + program: liheap + years: + from: 2023 + to: 2027 + type: federal-fiscal + question: Can a Virginia subsidized household whose heat is included in its rent, and which pays a separate cooling + cost, receive the Cooling Assistance electric bill payment, although 22VAC40-680-63(B)(1) applies all of the fuel + assistance criteria of 22VAC40-680-20, whose 20(B)(3)(a) makes such households ineligible? + sources: + - kind: regulation + citation: 22VAC40-680-63(B)(1) + url: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title22/agency40/chapter680/section63/ + - kind: regulation + citation: 22VAC40-680-20(B)(3)(a) + url: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title22/agency40/chapter680/section20/ + - kind: manual + citation: Virginia Energy Assistance Manual, Volume IX, Chapter J.3.a and J.3.f, PDF pages 120-121 + url: https://www.dss.virginia.gov/media/vdss/benefit-programs/documents/eap/Complete_Manual.pdf#page=120 + - kind: plan + citation: Virginia FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, item 3.3, PDF page 11 + url: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/VA_Plan_2026.pdf#page=11 + readings: + statute: No statute is supplied; 63(B)(1) requires a cooling household to "Meet all of the fuel assistance criteria + as set forth in 22VAC40-680-20", and 20(B)(3)(a) makes "Subsidized households whose total heating costs are + included in their rent" ineligible. + other: Manual J.3.a applies "All the criteria in Chapter B sections 6-8", which leave out the B.5.c.2 household-type + exclusions, and J.3.f says a household "may or may not be eligible for Cooling Assistance depending on their + living arrangement", limiting codes B and F to equipment and homeless households to a security deposit. Plan 3.3 + restates the exclusion in cooling terms, "Subsidized households whose total cooling costs are included in their + rent are not eligible for cooling assistance." + example: One person aged 62 in public housing with $18,000 of Social Security, natural gas heat included in the rent, + a separate cooling cost and a $1,800 electric bill receives $365 in 2026 under the manual and plan, and $0 under + 63(B)(1) and 20(B)(3)(a). + pe_us: + follows: conflicting-source + code: + - policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/va/dss/eap/cooling/va_eap_cooling_eligible.py + prs: + - https://github.com/PolicyEngine/policyengine-us/pull/10760 + state: ruled + note: 'Ruled 2026-11-13 by the project lead; the ruling record is https://github.com/PolicyEngine/policyengine-us/pull/10760#issuecomment-6863979262. Follow manual J.3.a and plan 3.3, + the current filing (22VAC40-680-63 dates from 2003): PE-US excludes a subsidized household only when its cooling is + in the rent, and va_eap_cooling_eligible.yaml Case 14 pins the reading.' - id: us-va:snap-child-support-exclusion program: snap years: