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Add Oklahoma LIHEAP regular heating assistance, including qualified household size, income deeming, heating responsibility, and published payment schedules, with documented input limitations.
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description: Oklahoma deducts up to this monthly amount from each employed member's earned income under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
# Eligible members receive this deduction after the gross income test.
# Ineligible members receive it within deeming before that test.
# The 10/1/2024, 10/1/2025 and 10/1/2026 editions of Appendix C-7 all print
# $240.
values:
2024-10-01: 240

metadata:
unit: currency-USD
period: month
label: Oklahoma LIHEAP monthly earned income deduction
reference:
- title: OKDHS Appendix C-7, Earned income deduction, 10/1/2024 edition
href: https://web.archive.org/web/20241207141659id_/https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/okdhs/documents/searchcenter/okdhsformresults/c-7.pdf
- title: OKDHS Appendix C-7, Earned income deduction, 10/1/2025 edition
href: https://web.archive.org/web/20260509201726id_/https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/okdhs/documents/searchcenter/okdhsformresults/c-7.pdf
- title: OKDHS Appendix C-7, Earned income deduction, current edition (10/1/2026)
href: https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/okdhs/documents/searchcenter/okdhsformresults/c-7.pdf
- title: OAC 340:20-1-11(c)(3), September 2025 permanent adoption
href: https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/omma/content/rulemaking-process/rules/Register_Volume-42_Issue-20.pdf#page=581
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description: Oklahoma limits the medical expense deduction to members this age or older, or disabled, under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
values:
2025-09-15: 60

metadata:
unit: year
period: year
label: Oklahoma LIHEAP medical deduction age threshold
reference:
- title: OAC 340:20-1-11(c)(1), September 2025 permanent adoption
href: https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/omma/content/rulemaking-process/rules/Register_Volume-42_Issue-20.pdf#page=580
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description: Oklahoma deducts this monthly need standard from the income of a children-only group of ineligible members before deeming it under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
# C-1 Schedule IX-B is children only. Adult-containing groups reuse the
# existing TANF Schedule IX-A parameter. The 1/1/2025, 7/1/2025, 4/1/2026
# and 7/1/2026 editions of Appendix C-1 print the same schedule.
brackets:
- threshold:
2025-01-01: 1
amount:
2025-01-01: 193
- threshold:
2025-01-01: 2
amount:
2025-01-01: 380
- threshold:
2025-01-01: 3
amount:
2025-01-01: 535
- threshold:
2025-01-01: 4
amount:
2025-01-01: 691
- threshold:
2025-01-01: 5
amount:
2025-01-01: 830
- threshold:
2025-01-01: 6
amount:
2025-01-01: 974
- threshold:
2025-01-01: 7
amount:
2025-01-01: 1_098
- threshold:
2025-01-01: 8
amount:
2025-01-01: 1_219
- threshold:
2025-01-01: 9
amount:
2025-01-01: 1_333

metadata:
type: single_amount
threshold_unit: person
amount_unit: currency-USD
period: month
label: Oklahoma LIHEAP children-only deemed-income need standard
reference:
- title: OAC 340:20-1-11(a)(4)(C), need allowance for ineligible members
href: https://prod-ok-administrativerules.tecuity.com/api/BlobStorageGetFile?storageContainer=TitleHtml&name=Title_340.html
- title: OKDHS Appendix C-1, Schedule IX-B, 1/1/2025 edition
href: https://web.archive.org/web/20250222193016id_/https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/okdhs/documents/searchcenter/okdhsformresults/c-1.pdf#page=4
- title: OKDHS Appendix C-1, Schedule IX-B, 7/1/2026 edition
href: https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/okdhs/documents/searchcenter/okdhsformresults/c-1.pdf#page=5
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description: Oklahoma limits gross income to this multiple of the federal poverty guideline under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
values:
2024-10-01: 1.3

metadata:
unit: /1
period: year
label: Oklahoma LIHEAP federal poverty guideline rate
reference:
- title: Oklahoma FY2025 State Plan, Section 2.1
href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2025/state-plans/OK_Plan_2025.pdf#page=9
- title: Oklahoma FY2026 State Plan, Section 2.1
href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/OK_Plan_2026.pdf#page=9
- title: Oklahoma FY2025 Winter Heating application announcement
href: https://oklahoma.gov/okdhs/newsroom/2024/december/comm12172024.html
- title: Oklahoma FY2026 Winter Heating application announcement
href: https://oklahoma.gov/okdhs/newsroom/2026/january/comm01062026.html
- title: OKDHS Appendix C-7, effective October 1, 2026
href: https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/okdhs/documents/searchcenter/okdhsformresults/c-7.pdf
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description: Oklahoma uses the federal poverty guideline from this many years before the heating benefit year under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
# The 10/1/2024, 10/1/2025 and 10/1/2026 Appendix C-7 charts reconcile to
# the 2024, 2025 and 2026 guidelines.
values:
2024-10-01: 1

metadata:
unit: year
period: year
label: Oklahoma LIHEAP federal poverty guideline year lag
reference:
- title: Oklahoma FY2025 State Plan, Section 2.1
href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2025/state-plans/OK_Plan_2025.pdf#page=9
- title: Oklahoma FY2025 Winter Heating application announcement
href: https://oklahoma.gov/okdhs/newsroom/2024/december/comm12172024.html
- title: Oklahoma FY2026 State Plan, Section 2.1
href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/OK_Plan_2026.pdf#page=9
- title: Oklahoma FY2026 Winter Heating application announcement
href: https://oklahoma.gov/okdhs/newsroom/2026/january/comm01062026.html
- title: OKDHS Appendix C-7, effective October 1, 2026
href: https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/okdhs/documents/searchcenter/okdhsformresults/c-7.pdf
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description: Oklahoma sets monthly income limits through this household size and adds a per-member amount above it under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
values:
2024-10-01: 8

metadata:
unit: person
period: year
label: Oklahoma LIHEAP maximum income table size
reference:
- title: Oklahoma FY2025 Winter Heating application announcement
href: https://oklahoma.gov/okdhs/newsroom/2024/december/comm12172024.html
- title: Oklahoma FY2026 Winter Heating application announcement
href: https://oklahoma.gov/okdhs/newsroom/2026/january/comm01062026.html
- title: OKDHS Appendix C-7, additional-person instruction, 10/1/2024 edition
href: https://web.archive.org/web/20241207141659id_/https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/okdhs/documents/searchcenter/okdhsformresults/c-7.pdf
- title: OKDHS Appendix C-7, additional-person instruction, 10/1/2026 edition
href: https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/okdhs/documents/searchcenter/okdhsformresults/c-7.pdf
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description: Oklahoma rounds monthly income limits up to this increment under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
# Ceiling the base and each extra-person amount separately matches the
# published charts and their $583, $596 and $616 additional-person amounts
# (Appendix C-7, 10/1/2024, 10/1/2025 and 10/1/2026 editions).
values:
2024-10-01: 1

metadata:
unit: currency-USD
period: month
label: Oklahoma LIHEAP monthly income limit rounding increment
reference:
- title: Oklahoma FY2025 Winter Heating application announcement
href: https://oklahoma.gov/okdhs/newsroom/2024/december/comm12172024.html
- title: Oklahoma FY2026 Winter Heating application announcement
href: https://oklahoma.gov/okdhs/newsroom/2026/january/comm01062026.html
- title: OKDHS Appendix C-7, 10/1/2024 edition
href: https://web.archive.org/web/20241207141659id_/https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/okdhs/documents/searchcenter/okdhsformresults/c-7.pdf
- title: OKDHS Appendix C-7, effective October 1, 2026
href: https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/okdhs/documents/searchcenter/okdhsformresults/c-7.pdf
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description: Oklahoma uses these sources as earned income under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
# Existing net business inputs stand in for gross receipts less the 50%
# business-expense deduction (OAC 340:20-1-11(c)(4)); no new expense input.
# partnership_s_corp_income mixes active partners' self-employment earnings,
# earned under 340:20-1-11(a)(2), with S corporation and passive partnership
# shares that Oklahoma SNAP counts as unearned (340:50-7-29(b)(2), (c)(8)).
# The input cannot separate them; only the $240 earned deduction differs.
values:
2025-09-15:
- employment_income
- self_employment_income
- sstb_self_employment_income
- farm_operations_income
- partnership_s_corp_income

metadata:
unit: list
period: year
label: Oklahoma LIHEAP earned income sources
reference:
- title: "OAC 340:20-1-11(a)-(b), September 2025 permanent adoption #page 576-578"
href: https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/omma/content/rulemaking-process/rules/Register_Volume-42_Issue-20.pdf#page=576
- title: OAC 340:50-7-22, Incorporated SNAP income exclusions
href: https://prod-ok-administrativerules.tecuity.com/api/BlobStorageGetFile?storageContainer=TitleHtml&name=Title_340.html
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description: Oklahoma uses these sources as unearned income under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
# OAC 340:20-1-11(a) counts earned and unearned income unless excluded.
# Income sources represent regular receipts, not excluded asset principal,
# loans, nonrecurring lump sums or restricted trust distributions. The
# September 2025 rule replaces the old 38-item list with program-specific
# exclusions, defaulting to Oklahoma SNAP exclusions. Aggregate inputs cannot
# distinguish every exclusion, including irregular small gifts, qualified
# educational/VA aid, restricted tribal trust receipts, redirected support
# and third-party payments. Those detailed pathways remain unverified.
# State SSP receipts are not modeled; SSI is federal, and TANF is added once
# at SPMUnit level through the take-up-gated tanf aggregate.
values:
2025-09-15:
# Reported unemployment compensation, otherwise modeled Oklahoma UI (ok_ui).
- total_unemployment_compensation
- strike_benefits
# OAC 340:20-1-11(a) counts "All gross earned and unearned income", and
# 340:20-1-11(c) requires the gross income standard to be met "before
# allowing applicable income deductions", which include "Medicare premiums"
# (340:50-7-31(a)(3)(A)(vi)). Plan item 1.9 (FY2025-FY2027, PDF page 6)
# checks "Excluding MediCare deduction" for SSA benefits; the regulation
# governs, and the plan narrative (FY2026, PDF page 7) also uses gross income.
- social_security
- ssi
# 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.
- pension_income
- military_retirement_pay
# Plan Section 1.9 counts retirement benefits; IRA, 401(k), 403(b), SEP
# and Keogh distributions are separate inputs from pension_income.
- retirement_distributions
- survivor_benefits
- railroad_benefits
- workers_compensation
- disability_benefits
- rental_income
- farm_rent_income
- alimony_income
- child_support_received
- interest_income
- ordinary_dividend_income
- veterans_benefits
- financial_assistance
- estate_income

metadata:
unit: list
period: year
label: Oklahoma LIHEAP unearned income sources
reference:
- title: "OAC 340:20-1-11(a)-(b), September 2025 permanent adoption #page 576-578"
href: https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/omma/content/rulemaking-process/rules/Register_Volume-42_Issue-20.pdf#page=576
- title: OAC 340:50-7-22 and 340:50-7-29(c), incorporated SNAP income exclusions and inclusions
href: https://prod-ok-administrativerules.tecuity.com/api/BlobStorageGetFile?storageContainer=TitleHtml&name=Title_340.html
- title: "Oklahoma FY2026 State Plan, Section 1.9 and income narrative #page 6-7"
href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/OK_Plan_2026.pdf#page=6
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description: Oklahoma excludes earned income of elementary or high school students under adult control below this age under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
# The current LIHEAP rule incorporates program-dependent exclusions and
# defaults to Oklahoma SNAP exclusions. is_in_k12_school represents elementary
# or high school attendance and tax dependency approximates adult control;
# excluded training income is not separately identified.
values:
2025-09-15: 18

metadata:
unit: year
period: year
label: Oklahoma LIHEAP student earned income exclusion age limit
reference:
- title: OAC 340:20-1-11(b), September 2025 permanent adoption
href: https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/omma/content/rulemaking-process/rules/Register_Volume-42_Issue-20.pdf#page=578
- title: OAC 340:50-7-22(9), Child earnings
href: https://prod-ok-administrativerules.tecuity.com/api/BlobStorageGetFile?storageContainer=TitleHtml&name=Title_340.html
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description: Oklahoma uses this household-size group for the regular heating payment under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
brackets:
- threshold:
2021-10-01: 0
amount:
2021-10-01: 1
- threshold:
2021-10-01: 4
amount:
2021-10-01: 2
- threshold:
2021-10-01: 7
amount:
2021-10-01: 3

metadata:
type: single_amount
threshold_unit: person
amount_unit: /1
period: year
label: Oklahoma LIHEAP payment household size group
reference:
- title: OKDHS Appendix C-7-A, Winter Heating Program
href: https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/okdhs/documents/searchcenter/okdhsformresults/c-7-a.pdf#page=1
- title: Oklahoma FY2026 Benefits Matrix
href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/OK_BenefitMatrix_2026.docx
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description: Oklahoma uses this net monthly income band for the regular heating payment under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
# Printed lower bounds are inclusive. Monthly net income is rounded half up
# to the nearest dollar before the lookup (OAC 340:20-1-11(a)).
brackets:
- threshold:
2021-10-01: 0
amount:
2021-10-01: 1
- threshold:
2021-10-01: 401
amount:
2021-10-01: 2
- threshold:
2021-10-01: 701
amount:
2021-10-01: 3

metadata:
type: single_amount
threshold_unit: currency-USD
amount_unit: /1
period: month
label: Oklahoma LIHEAP net monthly income band
reference:
- title: OKDHS Appendix C-7-A, Winter Heating Program
href: https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/okdhs/documents/searchcenter/okdhsformresults/c-7-a.pdf#page=1
- title: Oklahoma FY2026 Benefits Matrix
href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/OK_BenefitMatrix_2026.docx
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description: Oklahoma provides this regular winter heating payment by net income and household size for propane, kerosene or heating oil under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

1:
1:
2021-10-01: 425
2:
2021-10-01: 468
3:
2021-10-01: 500

2:
1:
2021-10-01: 350
2:
2021-10-01: 385
3:
2021-10-01: 412

3:
1:
2021-10-01: 280
2:
2021-10-01: 308
3:
2021-10-01: 330

metadata:
unit: currency-USD
period: year
label: Oklahoma LIHEAP delivered winter payment matrix
propagate_metadata_to_children: true
breakdown:
- range(1, 4)
- range(1, 4)
breakdown_labels:
- Net monthly income band
- Household size group
reference:
- title: OKDHS Appendix C-7-A, Winter Heating Program
href: https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/okdhs/documents/searchcenter/okdhsformresults/c-7-a.pdf#page=1
- title: Oklahoma FY2026 Benefits Matrix
href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/OK_BenefitMatrix_2026.docx
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