Add Indiana EAP regular heating assistance

changelog.d/in-eap.added.md

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+Add Indiana Energy Assistance Program (EAP) regular heating assistance and the winter electric allowance.

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/benefit/amount_per_point.yaml

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+description: Indiana provides this regular heating amount per matrix point under the Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 25
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana EAP amount per point
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Section 8.11, page 77
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=77

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/benefit/dwelling_points.yaml

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+description: Indiana provides these regular heating points by dwelling type under the Energy Assistance Program.
+SINGLE_FAMILY:
+  2025-10-01: 3
+MOBILE_HOME:
+  2025-10-01: 2
+MULTI_UNIT:
+  2025-10-01: 1
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  breakdown:
+    - in_eap_dwelling_type
+  label: Indiana EAP dwelling points
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Section 8.4, page 71
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=71
+    - title: Indiana PY2025-26 EAP Benefit Matrix, page 1
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/IN_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/benefit/electricity/higher_income.yaml

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+description: Indiana provides this regular electric supplement in the highest income band or when electricity is included in rent under the Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 50
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana EAP higher income electric payment
+  reference:
+    # Page 72 holds the electricity-in-rent rule and page 73 the 45% to 60% chart.
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Section 8.7, pages 72-73
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=72
+    - title: Indiana PY2025-26 EAP Benefit Matrix, page 1
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/IN_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/benefit/electricity/lower_income.yaml

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+description: Indiana provides this regular electric supplement in the lowest income band under the Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2024-10-01: 100
+  2025-10-01: 125
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana EAP lower income electric payment
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Section 8.7, page 72
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=72
+    - title: Indiana PY2025-26 EAP Benefit Matrix, page 1
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/IN_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Indiana PY2024-25 EAP Benefit Matrix, page 1
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2025/benefits-matricies/IN_BenefitMatrix_2025.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/benefit/electricity/middle_income.yaml

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+description: Indiana provides this regular electric supplement in the middle income band under the Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2024-10-01: 75
+  2025-10-01: 100
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana EAP middle income electric payment
+  reference:
+    # Page 72 holds the payment amount and page 73 the 30% to 45% chart.
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Section 8.7, pages 72-73
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=72
+    - title: Indiana PY2025-26 EAP Benefit Matrix, page 1
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/IN_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Indiana PY2024-25 EAP Benefit Matrix, page 1
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2025/benefits-matricies/IN_BenefitMatrix_2025.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/benefit/fuel_points.yaml

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+description: Indiana provides these regular heating points by primary fuel under the Energy Assistance Program.
+UNSPECIFIED:
+  2025-10-01: 0
+# The PY2024-25 matrix awarded zero points for natural gas and electric heat.
+ELECTRICITY:
+  2024-10-01: 0
+  2025-10-01: 1
+NATURAL_GAS:
+  2024-10-01: 0
+  2025-10-01: 1
+FUEL_OIL:
+  2025-10-01: 6
+# Section 1.1 bars EAP funds for kerosene, and Section 8.5 does not list it as a
+# bulk fuel, so a kerosene-primary household receives the electric allowance only.
+KEROSENE:
+  2025-10-01: 0
+PROPANE:
+  2025-10-01: 6
+WOOD:
+  2025-10-01: 6
+COAL:
+  2025-10-01: 6
+# Assumption: neither the manual nor the matrix lists solar heat, so it is given
+# no fuel points.
+SOLAR:
+  2025-10-01: 0
+# Assumption: Section 8.5 has no zero-point fuel outside rent. The remaining named
+# fuels (wood pellets, corn and biofuels) are bulk fuels that the heating type
+# input cannot separate within OTHER, so OTHER receives the bulk-fuel points.
+OTHER:
+  2025-10-01: 6
+NONE:
+  2025-10-01: 0
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  breakdown:
+    - heating_type
+  label: Indiana EAP heating fuel points
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Sections 1.1 (page 10) and 8.5 (page 71)
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=71
+    - title: Indiana PY2025-26 EAP Benefit Matrix, page 1
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/IN_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf#page=1
+    # Page 1 holds the fuel source rows and page 2 the fuel source instruction.
+    - title: Indiana PY2024-25 EAP Benefit Matrix, pages 1-2
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2025/benefits-matricies/IN_BenefitMatrix_2025.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/benefit/heating_award_fuels.yaml

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+description: Indiana provides the regular heating award to households heating with these fuels under the Energy Assistance Program.
+# The heating_type input names each fuel. OTHER covers wood pellets, corn and
+# biofuels, which Section 8.5 lists as bulk fuels.
+# KEROSENE is left out because Section 1.1 bars EAP funds for kerosene.
+# SOLAR is left out as an assumption: neither the manual nor the matrix lists it.
+# NONE and UNSPECIFIED are left out, so an unspecified fuel receives no heating
+# award. Heat included in rent is handled in the benefit formula, not here.
+values:
+  2024-10-01:
+    - ELECTRICITY
+    - NATURAL_GAS
+    - FUEL_OIL
+    - PROPANE
+    - WOOD
+    - COAL
+    - OTHER
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana EAP heating award fuels
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Sections 1.1 (page 10) and 8.5 (page 71)
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=71
+    - title: Indiana PY2024-25 EAP Benefit Matrix, page 1
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2025/benefits-matricies/IN_BenefitMatrix_2025.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/benefit/income/higher_points.yaml

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+description: Indiana provides these income points in the highest income band or when heat is included in rent under the Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 2
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana EAP higher income points
+  reference:
+    # Page 69 holds the heat-in-rent rule and page 70 the 45% to 60% chart.
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Section 8.3, pages 69-70
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=70
+    - title: Indiana PY2025-26 EAP Benefit Matrix, page 1
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/IN_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/benefit/income/lower_points.yaml

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+description: Indiana provides these income points in the lowest income band under the Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2024-10-01: 6
+  2025-10-01: 9
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana EAP lower income points
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Section 8.3, pages 69-70
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=69
+    - title: Indiana PY2025-26 EAP Benefit Matrix, page 1
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/IN_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Indiana PY2024-25 EAP Benefit Matrix, page 1
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2025/benefits-matricies/IN_BenefitMatrix_2025.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/benefit/income/lower_rate.yaml

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+description: Indiana sets the upper limit of the lowest income band at this share of state median income under the Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 0.3
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana EAP lower income rate
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Section 8.3, pages 69-70
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=69

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/benefit/income/middle_points.yaml

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+description: Indiana provides these income points in the middle income band under the Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2024-10-01: 4
+  2025-10-01: 5
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana EAP middle income points
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Section 8.3, page 70
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=70
+    - title: Indiana PY2025-26 EAP Benefit Matrix, page 1
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/IN_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Indiana PY2024-25 EAP Benefit Matrix, page 1
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2025/benefits-matricies/IN_BenefitMatrix_2025.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/benefit/income/middle_rate.yaml

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+description: Indiana sets the upper limit of the middle income band at this share of state median income under the Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 0.45
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana EAP middle income rate
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Section 8.3, page 70
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=70

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/benefit/vulnerability/elderly_age.yaml

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+description: Indiana sets this minimum age for the elderly vulnerable population category under the Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 60
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana EAP elderly age
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Sections 3.4 (pages 26-27) and 8.6 (pages 71-72)
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=26
+    - title: Indiana PY2025-26 EAP Benefit Matrix, page 1
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/IN_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/benefit/vulnerability/points.yaml

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+description: Indiana provides these additional points once per household with a vulnerable member under the Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 2
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana EAP vulnerability points
+  reference:
+    # Section 8.6 starts on page 71; the two-point award is on page 72.
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Section 8.6, pages 71-72
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=72
+    - title: Indiana PY2025-26 EAP Benefit Matrix, page 1
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/IN_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/benefit/vulnerability/young_child_age_limit.yaml

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+description: Indiana sets this maximum age for the young child vulnerable population category under the Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 5
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana EAP young child age limit
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Sections 3.4 (pages 26-27) and 8.6 (pages 71-72)
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=26
+    - title: Indiana PY2025-26 EAP Benefit Matrix, page 1
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/IN_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/eligibility/adult_age.yaml

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+description: Indiana sets this minimum age for an applicant and for counting a household member's income under the Energy Assistance Program.
+# Section 4.4 lets a person apply from this age. Section 6 counts income from this
+# age, subject to the Section 6.2 student exclusions; Social Security benefits paid
+# for younger members also count.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 18
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana EAP adult age
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Sections 4.4 (page 29), 6 (page 47) and 6.2 (pages 57-58)
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=47

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/eligibility/income_limit.yaml

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+description: Indiana limits countable income to this share of state median income under the Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 0.6
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana EAP income limit
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Sections 3.1 (page 23) and 8.3 (pages 69-70)
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=23

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/eligibility/minimum_monthly_rent.yaml

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+description: Indiana sets this minimum monthly out-of-pocket rent for households with utilities included in rent under the Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 1
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: Indiana EAP minimum monthly rent
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Section 4.7, page 32
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=32

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/income/calculation_months.yaml

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+description: Indiana sets the income calculation period to this number of months under the Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 3
+metadata:
+  unit: month
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana EAP income calculation months
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Sections 6 (page 47) and 8.3 (page 69)
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=47

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/income/sources.yaml

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+description: Indiana uses these income sources to compute countable income for adult members who are not exempt students under the Energy Assistance Program.
+# Social Security and SSI are not listed here. The income variable adds them
+# separately because benefits paid for children also count.
+values:
+  2025-10-01:
+    - employment_income
+    # Section 6.1 (pages 51-52) asks for gross business, farm and rental income before
+    # expenses. The business, farm and rental inputs below are net amounts, so
+    # countable income is understated for those households.
+    - self_employment_income
+    - sstb_self_employment_income
+    # Section 6.1 defines self-employment to include farming (Schedule F) and lists
+    # the Schedule E partnership and S corporation, estate and trust, and farm
+    # rental lines.
+    - farm_operations_income
+    - partnership_s_corp_income
+    - estate_income
+    - farm_rent_income
+    - unemployment_compensation
+    - strike_benefits
+    - pension_income
+    # Section 6.1 (pages 54-55) counts ongoing pension and retirement payments.
+    # Military retirement pay is a separate input from the pension inputs that
+    # pension_income adds, so both are listed; a household reports the amount
+    # in one or the other.
+    - military_retirement_pay
+    # Section 6.1 (pages 54-55) and Section 6.2 (page 59) exclude lump-sum retirement
+    # payments of the employee's contributions and interest, and withdrawals of
+    # principal. This input cannot separate them from recurring payments, so every
+    # distribution counts and income is overstated for those households.
+    - retirement_distributions
+    # Section 6.1 (pages 53-54) counts regular life insurance payments to a survivor,
+    # Black Lung benefits awarded to a survivor, and retirement funds paid to a
+    # surviving spouse or child. Social Security survivor benefits are added with
+    # Social Security, not here.
+    - survivor_benefits
+    - railroad_benefits
+    - alimony_income
+    - veterans_benefits
+    - workers_compensation
+    - disability_benefits
+    - financial_assistance
+    - ordinary_dividend_income
+    - interest_income
+    - rental_income
+    - gambling_winnings
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana EAP adult income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Sections 6.1 (pages 47-57) and 6.2 (pages 57-61)
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=47

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/ihcda/eap/income/student_age_limit.yaml

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+description: Indiana excludes dependent full-time college student income through this age under the Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 23
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana EAP student age limit
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana PY2026 EAP Intake and Operations Manual, Section 6.2, page 58
+      href: https://www.in.gov/ihcda/files/Indiana-LIHEAP-Intake-and-Operations-Program-Manual-PY2026.pdf#page=58

policyengine_us/programs.yaml

@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ programs:
     category: Benefits
     agency: HHS
     status: partial
-    coverage: OR, DC, Riverside County, MA, IL, KS, KY, MS, NE, TX
+    coverage: OR, DC, Riverside County, MA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MS, NE, TX
     state_implementations:
       - state: OR
         status: in_progress
@@ -823,6 +823,14 @@ programs:
         name: Illinois LIHEAP
         full_name: Illinois Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
         variable: il_liheap
+      - state: IN
+        status: partial
+        name: Indiana EAP
+        full_name: Indiana Energy Assistance Program
+        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.
       - state: KS
         status: partial
         name: Kansas LIEAP