Add New Jersey LIHEAP regular heating assistance

changelog.d/nj-liheap.added.md

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+Add New Jersey LIHEAP regular heating assistance for FY2026 and FY2027.

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dca/liheap/eligibility/in_effect.yaml

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+description: New Jersey provides regular heating assistance under the modeled rules when this is true under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+# The modeled rules begin with FY2022, when the income standard moved from a
+# poverty-level test to 60 percent of state median income (BPU announcement of
+# October 19, 2021). The earlier standard is not encoded, so the program is not
+# modeled before 2021-10-01; the explicit early false stops backdating.
+values:
+  0000-01-01: false
+  2021-10-01: true
+metadata:
+  unit: bool
+  period: year
+  label: New Jersey LIHEAP modeled rules in effect
+  reference:
+  - title: NJ Board of Public Utilities, Utility Assistance Week announcement, October 19, 2021
+    href: https://www.nj.gov/bpu/newsroom/2021/approved/20211019.html
+  - title: FY2026 LIHEAP Handbook, section 2.3.A
+    href: https://www.nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/FY2026%20LIHEAP%20Handbook%20.pdf#page=7

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dca/liheap/eligibility/max_table_size.yaml

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+description: New Jersey sets income limits through this household size, with a fixed monthly increment for each additional member, under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 12
+metadata:
+  unit: person
+  period: year
+  label: New Jersey LIHEAP maximum income table size
+  reference:
+  - title: FFY2026 LIHEAP and USF fact sheet, income guidelines
+    href: https://nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/FY2026%20USFHEA%20Factsheet%20-%20English.pdf#page=2
+  - title: FFY2027 LIHEAP and USF fact sheet, income guidelines
+    href: https://nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/FY2027%20USFHEA%20Factsheet%20-%20English.pdf#page=2

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dca/liheap/eligibility/smi_rate.yaml

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+description: New Jersey limits monthly income to this share of state median income under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+# In force since FY2022, when the test moved from a poverty-level standard to
+# 60% SMI (BPU announcement of October 19, 2021). Earlier periods are not
+# modeled (eligibility/in_effect).
+values:
+  2021-10-01: 0.6
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: New Jersey LIHEAP SMI rate
+  reference:
+  - title: FY2026 LIHEAP Handbook, section 2.3.A
+    href: https://www.nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/FY2026%20LIHEAP%20Handbook%20.pdf#page=7
+  - title: FY2027 LIHEAP Handbook, section 2.3.A
+    href: https://www.nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/FY2027%20LIHEAP%20Handbook.pdf#page=7
+  - title: FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, section 2.1
+    href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/NJ_Plan_2026.pdf#page=9
+  - title: FY2027 LIHEAP State Plan, section 2.1
+    href: https://www.nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/LIHEAP_Detailed_Model_Plan.pdf#page=9
+  - title: NJ Board of Public Utilities, Utility Assistance Week announcement, October 19, 2021
+    href: https://www.nj.gov/bpu/newsroom/2021/approved/20211019.html

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dca/liheap/income/adult_age.yaml

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+description: New Jersey excludes child earnings and Social Security below this age under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 18
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: New Jersey LIHEAP adult income age
+  reference:
+  - title: FY2026 LIHEAP Handbook, section 2.3.E.9
+    href: https://www.nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/FY2026%20LIHEAP%20Handbook%20.pdf#page=9
+  - title: FY2027 LIHEAP Handbook, section 2.3.E.9
+    href: https://www.nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/FY2027%20LIHEAP%20Handbook.pdf#page=9
+  - title: FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, section 1.9
+    href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/NJ_Plan_2026.pdf#page=7
+  - title: FY2027 LIHEAP State Plan, section 1.9
+    href: https://www.nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/LIHEAP_Detailed_Model_Plan.pdf#page=7

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dca/liheap/income/nonqualified_member_disregard.yaml

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+description: New Jersey excludes this amount of monthly income of a nonqualified member before adding the excess to household income under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 500
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: New Jersey LIHEAP nonqualified member income disregard
+  reference:
+  - title: FY2026 LIHEAP Handbook, section 2.2.5
+    href: https://www.nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/FY2026%20LIHEAP%20Handbook%20.pdf#page=6
+  - title: FY2027 LIHEAP Handbook, section 2.2.5
+    href: https://www.nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/FY2027%20LIHEAP%20Handbook.pdf#page=6

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dca/liheap/income/sources/earned.yaml

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+description: New Jersey uses these sources as earned income under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+# Self-employment and farm sources are the model's net inputs; no further
+# business-expense deduction is applied.
+values:
+  2025-10-01:
+  - employment_income
+  - self_employment_income
+  - sstb_self_employment_income
+  - farm_operations_income
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: New Jersey LIHEAP earned sources
+  reference:
+  - title: FY2026 LIHEAP Handbook, sections 2.3.C and 2.3.E.3, PDF pages 7, 8
+    href: https://www.nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/FY2026%20LIHEAP%20Handbook%20.pdf#page=7
+  - title: FY2027 LIHEAP Handbook, sections 2.3.C and 2.3.E.3, PDF pages 7, 8
+    href: https://www.nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/FY2027%20LIHEAP%20Handbook.pdf#page=7
+  - title: FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, section 1.9, PDF pages 6, 7
+    href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/NJ_Plan_2026.pdf#page=6
+  - title: FY2027 LIHEAP State Plan, section 1.9, PDF pages 6, 7
+    href: https://www.nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/LIHEAP_Detailed_Model_Plan.pdf#page=6

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dca/liheap/income/sources/unearned.yaml

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+description: New Jersey uses these sources as unearned income under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01:
+  - unemployment_compensation
+  # The FY2027 plan (1.9, page 6) leaves Strike Pay and General Assistance
+  # unchecked where the FY2026 plan checks them; handbook 2.2 (page 6) counts GA
+  # grants toward the standard and 2.2.3 makes striker households ineligible,
+  # so the handbook controls and both stay listed.
+  - strike_benefits
+  - ssi
+  - pension_income
+  # Handbook 2.3.D counts pensions and annuities; 2.3.E.10 excludes veterans'
+  # benefits, but VA survivor payments cannot be separated and count here.
+  - survivor_benefits
+  - general_assistance
+  - rental_income
+  - farm_rent_income
+  - alimony_income
+  - child_support_received
+  - interest_income
+  - ordinary_dividend_income
+  - workers_compensation
+  - disability_benefits
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: New Jersey LIHEAP unearned sources
+  reference:
+  - title: FY2026 LIHEAP Handbook, sections 2.3.D and 2.3.E, PDF pages 8, 9
+    href: https://www.nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/FY2026%20LIHEAP%20Handbook%20.pdf#page=8
+  - title: FY2027 LIHEAP Handbook, sections 2.3.D and 2.3.E, PDF pages 8, 9
+    href: https://www.nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/FY2027%20LIHEAP%20Handbook.pdf#page=8
+  - title: FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, section 1.9, PDF pages 6, 7
+    href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/NJ_Plan_2026.pdf#page=6
+  - title: FY2027 LIHEAP State Plan, section 1.9, PDF pages 6, 7
+    href: https://www.nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/LIHEAP_Detailed_Model_Plan.pdf#page=6

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dca/liheap/payment/amount/deliverables.yaml

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+description: New Jersey provides this annual regular heating benefit to households in the deliverables panel, by county region, monthly income band and household size group, under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+1:
+  1:
+    1:
+      2025-10-01: 641
+    2:
+      2025-10-01: 859
+    3:
+      2025-10-01: 1_025
+    4:
+      2025-10-01: 1_128
+  2:
+    1:
+      2025-10-01: 641
+    2:
+      2025-10-01: 859
+    3:
+      2025-10-01: 1_025
+    4:
+      2025-10-01: 1_128
+  3:
+    1:
+      2025-10-01: 535
+    2:
+      2025-10-01: 715
+    3:
+      2025-10-01: 855
+    4:
+      2025-10-01: 941
+  4:
+    1:
+      2025-10-01: 428
+    2:
+      2025-10-01: 573
+    3:
+      2025-10-01: 685
+    4:
+      2025-10-01: 754
+  5:
+    1:
+      2025-10-01: 321
+    2:
+      2025-10-01: 428
+    3:
+      2025-10-01: 513
+    4:
+      2025-10-01: 564
+2:
+  1:
+    1:
+      2025-10-01: 961
+    2:
+      2025-10-01: 983
+    3:
+      2025-10-01: 1_162
+    4:
+      2025-10-01: 1_278
+  2:
+    1:
+      2025-10-01: 961
+    2:
+      2025-10-01: 983
+    3:
+      2025-10-01: 1_162
+    4:
+      2025-10-01: 1_278
+  3:
+    1:
+      2025-10-01: 613
+    2:
+      2025-10-01: 820
+    3:
+      2025-10-01: 979
+    4:
+      2025-10-01: 1_077
+  4:
+    1:
+      2025-10-01: 491
+    2:
+      2025-10-01: 657
+    3:
+      2025-10-01: 784
+    4:
+      2025-10-01: 862
+  5:
+    1:
+      2025-10-01: 366
+    2:
+      2025-10-01: 493
+    3:
+      2025-10-01: 587
+    4:
+      2025-10-01: 646
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: New Jersey LIHEAP deliverables payment
+  breakdown:
+  - range(1, 3)
+  - range(1, 6)
+  - range(1, 5)
+  reference:
+  - title: FY2026 Benefit Matrix
+    href: https://nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/FY2026%20Benefit%20Matrix.pdf
+  - title: FY2027 Benefit Matrix
+    href: https://www.nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/FY2027%20Benefit%20Matrix.png

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nj/dca/liheap/payment/amount/electric.yaml

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+description: New Jersey provides this annual regular heating benefit to households in the electric panel, by county region, monthly income band and household size group, under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+1:
+  1:
+    1:
+      2025-10-01: 529
+    2:
+      2025-10-01: 710
+    3:
+      2025-10-01: 846
+    4:
+      2025-10-01: 931
+  2:
+    1:
+      2025-10-01: 529
+    2:
+      2025-10-01: 710
+    3:
+      2025-10-01: 846
+    4:
+      2025-10-01: 931
+  3:
+    1:
+      2025-10-01: 442
+    2:
+      2025-10-01: 591
+    3:
+      2025-10-01: 705
+    4:
+      2025-10-01: 776
+  4:
+    1:
+      2025-10-01: 352
+    2:
+      2025-10-01: 473
+    3:
+      2025-10-01: 564
+    4:
+      2025-10-01: 620
+  5:
+    1:
+      2025-10-01: 265
+    2:
+      2025-10-01: 354
+    3:
+      2025-10-01: 424
+    4:
+      2025-10-01: 466
+2:
+  1:
+    1:
+      2025-10-01: 606
+    2:
+      2025-10-01: 821
+    3:
+      2025-10-01: 970
+    4:
+      2025-10-01: 1_067
+  2:
+    1:
+      2025-10-01: 606
+    2:
+      2025-10-01: 821
+    3:
+      2025-10-01: 970
+    4:
+      2025-10-01: 1_067
+  3:
+    1:
+      2025-10-01: 506
+    2:
+      2025-10-01: 675
+    3:
+      2025-10-01: 807
+    4:
+      2025-10-01: 888
+  4:
+    1:
+      2025-10-01: 404
+    2:
+      2025-10-01: 541
+    3:
+      2025-10-01: 646
+    4:
+      2025-10-01: 711
+  5:
+    1:
+      2025-10-01: 304
+    2:
+      2025-10-01: 406
+    3:
+      2025-10-01: 485
+    4:
+      2025-10-01: 534
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: New Jersey LIHEAP electric payment
+  breakdown:
+  - range(1, 3)
+  - range(1, 6)
+  - range(1, 5)
+  reference:
+  - title: FY2026 Benefit Matrix
+    href: https://nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/FY2026%20Benefit%20Matrix.pdf
+  - title: FY2027 Benefit Matrix
+    href: https://www.nj.gov/dca/dhcr/offices/docs/FY2027%20Benefit%20Matrix.png