Categorical Eligibility FY 2024

[Last updated: 02/21/2024]

State

Tribe

TANF

SSI

SNAP

VA

Other

Alabama Ma-Chis Lower Creek Indian Tribe x x x    
Alabama Mowa Band of Choctaw x x    
Alabama Poarch Band of Creek Indians x x x    
Alabama United Cherokee Ani'Yun'Wiya Nation    
Alaska Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association    
Alaska Aniak Traditional Council x x x    
Alaska Association of Village Council Presidents x   x    
Alaska Bristol Bay x x      
Alaska Chuathbakuk Traditional Council    
Alaska Cook Inlet Tribal Council x x x    
Alaska Kenaitze Indian Tribe      
Alaska Orutsararmiut Native Council x x x    
Alaska Seldovia Village Tribe      
Alaska Sitka Tribe of Alaska x x x    
Alaska Tanana Dena'Nena'Henash      
Alaska Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority x x x    
Alaska Yakutat Tlingit Tribe        
Arizona Cocopah Indian Tribe      
Arizona Colorado River Indian Tribes x x x x  
Arizona Gila River Indian Community      
Arizona Pasqua Yaqui Tribe x x x x  
Arizona Quechan Indian Tribe x x x x  
Arizona Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community x   x    
Arizona San Carlos Apache Tribe x x x x  
Arizona Navajo Nation x x x    
Arizona White Mountain Apache Tribe x x x    
California Berry Creek Rancheria - Tyme Maidu Tribe x x x x  
California Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians x x x    
California Bishop Paiute Tribe x x x x  
California Enterprise Rancheria      
California Hoopa Valley Tribe        
California Hopland Band of Pomo Indians x x   x  
California Karuk Tribe x x x x  
California Mooretown Rancheria x x x x  
California Northern California Indian Development Council x x x    
California Pinoleville Pomo Nation x x      
California Pit River Tribe x x x    
California Quartz Valley Indian Reservation    
California Redding Rancheria x x x    
California Riverside-San Bernardino Indian Co. Health, Inc x x x x  
California Round Valley Indian Tribes x x   x  
California Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians x x x x  
California Southern Indian Health Council, Inc. x x x x  
California Yurok Tribe x x x x  
Idaho Coeur d'Alene Tribe        
Idaho Nez Perce Tribe        
Idaho Shoshone Bannock Tribes x x x x  
Kansas United Tribes of Kansas and SE Nebraska, Inc. x      
Maine Aroostook Band of Micmacs x   x  
Maine Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians    
Maine Passamaquoddy Tribe - Indian Township x x      
Maine Passamaquoddy Tribe - Pleasant Point x x x x  
Maine Penobscot Indian Nation x x x x  
Massachusetts Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council x x x x  
Michigan Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians x x x    
Michigan Inter-Tribal Council of MI, Inc.      
Michigan Keweenaw Bay Indian Community x x x    
Michigan Little River Band of Ottawa Indians x x x x  
Michigan Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians    
Michigan Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians  
Mississippi Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians x x x    
Montana Assinioboine and Sioux Tribes (Fort Peck)   
Montana Blackfeet Tribal Business Council    
Montana Chippewa Cree Tribe x x      
Montana Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes x   x    
Montana Fort Belknap Indian Community x x x    
Montana Northern Cheyenne Tribe      
New Jersey Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation    
New Mexico Jicarilla Apache Nation      
New Mexico Nambe Pueblo        
New Mexico Pueblo of Jemez        
New Mexico Pueblo of Laguna Utility Authority x x x x  
New Mexico Pueblo of Zuni x x x    
New York Seneca Nation of Indians x x x    
New York St. Regis Mohawk Tribe x      
North Carolina Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians    
North Carolina Lumbee Nation        
North Dakota Spirit Lake Tribe        
North Dakota Standing Rock Sioux      
North Dakota Three Affiliated Tribes x x x    
North Dakota Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians  
Oklahoma Absentee Shawnee Tribe      
Oklahoma Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town    
Oklahoma Cherokee Nation        
Oklahoma Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes x   x    
Oklahoma Chickasaw Nation x x x x  
Oklahoma Choctaw Nation x x      
Oklahoma Citizen Potawatomi Nation x x x    
Oklahoma Comanche Nation of Oklahoma    
Oklahoma Delaware Nation        
Oklahoma Delaware Tribe of Indians      
Oklahoma Eastern Shawnee        
Oklahoma Fort Sill Apache Tribe x      
Oklahoma Kaw Nation   x    
Oklahoma Kialegee Tribeal Town      
Oklahoma Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma x x x x  
Oklahoma Kiowa Tribe x x x    
Oklahoma Miami Tribe of Oklahoma      
Oklahoma Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma      
Oklahoma Muscogee (Creek) Nation x x x    
Oklahoma Osage Nation x x x x  
Oklahoma Otoe - Missouria Tribe of Indians x x x    
Oklahoma Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma x x x    
Oklahoma Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma x x x x  
Oklahoma Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma x x x    
Oklahoma Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma x x x    
Oklahoma Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma x   x x  
Oklahoma Seminole Nation of Oklahoma x x x    
Oklahoma Seneca Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma x x x x  
Oklahoma Shawnee Tribe x x      
Oklahoma Thlopthlocco Tribal Town x x x    
Oklahoma Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma x x x x  
Oklahoma United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians  
Oklahoma Wichita and Affiliated Tribes      
Oklahoma Wyandotte Nation x x x x  
Oregon Confederated Tribes of Coos_Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians
Oregon Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians    
Oregon Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon x x x x  
Oregon Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs    
Oregon Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians  
Oregon Klamath Tribes        
Rhode Island Narragansett Indian Tribe      
South Carolina Catawba Indian Nation x x x x  
South Dakota Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe      
South Dakota Oglala Sioux Tribe x x x x  
South Dakota Rosebud Sioux Tribe x x x    
South Dakota Yankton Sioux x x x    
Utah Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah x x x x  
Utah Ute Tribe x x x    
Washington Confederate Tribes of Colville x x x x  
Washington Hoh Indian Tribe x x      
Washington Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe x x x    
Washington Kalispel Tribe of Indians      
Washington Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe x      
Washington Lummi Indian Business Council x x x x  
Washington Makah Indian Tribe        
Washington Muckleshoot Indian Tribe x x x x SSA, Foster Care
Washington Nooksack Indian Tribe      
Washington Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe x x x    
Washington Quileute Indian Tribe x x x x  
Washington Quinault Indian Nation x x x x  
Washington Samish Indian Nation x x x    
Washington Small Tribes Organization of Western Washington x x x    
Washington South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency x x      
Washington Spokane Tribe x x x x  
Washington Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port of Madison Reservation x x      
Washington Swinomish Indian Tribal Community x x x x  
Washington Yakama Indian Nation      
Wyoming Eastern Shoshone Tribe x x x x  
Wyoming Northern Arapaho Tribe x x x    

Source: FY 2024 LIHEAP Plans.



In addition to determining eligibility on the basis of income under the FPG or SMI guidelines, tribes may define a household as "categorically" eligible,[(Section 2605(b)(2)(A)] also referred to as "automatically" eligible, if at least one person in that household receives assistance under any of the following programs: TANF, SNAP, SSI or "certain means tested veteran's programs." According to Section D of the Tribal Manual, using categorical eligibility for LIHEAP can simplify the processing of applications. However, to make sure the household is receiving some type of categorical assistance listed above, a tribe may have to coordinate with state and federal government offices, which could result in more time required to process applications. The Manual also says that, although categorical eligibility is allowed under LIHEAP, some tribes feel it gives households an unfair advantage and would rather determine eligibility for LIHEAP based on the total income of the household.