hua7450 · Nov 5, 2026 · Oct 3, 2026 · Oct 4, 2026 · Oct 21, 2026 · Oct 21, 2026
diff --git a/changelog.d/co-leap-wave2c.added.md b/changelog.d/co-leap-wave2c.added.md
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+Add Colorado LEAP regular heating assistance for fiscal year 2026, including received income, heating-cost adjustments and federal income protection for large households.
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/eligibility/max_household_size.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/eligibility/max_household_size.yaml
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+description: Colorado counts at most this many household members under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-11-01: 15
+
+metadata:
+  unit: person
+  period: year
+  label: Colorado LEAP maximum household size
+  reference:
+    - title: Colorado 2025–26 LEAP Training Operations Manual
+      href: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3XKsXyKoPZmsA5-P6NI6w3svP99xOZd/view#page=31
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/income/additional_person_amount.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/income/additional_person_amount.yaml
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+description: Colorado increases the monthly income limit by this amount per additional person under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-11-01: 208
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: Colorado LEAP additional person income limit
+  reference:
+    - title: Colorado 2025–26 LEAP Training Operations Manual
+      href: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3XKsXyKoPZmsA5-P6NI6w3svP99xOZd/view#page=4
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/income/additional_person_threshold.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/income/additional_person_threshold.yaml
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+description: Colorado tabulates income limits through this household size under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-11-01: 8
+
+metadata:
+  unit: person
+  period: year
+  label: Colorado LEAP maximum tabulated household size
+  reference:
+    - title: Colorado 2025–26 LEAP Training Operations Manual
+      href: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3XKsXyKoPZmsA5-P6NI6w3svP99xOZd/view#page=4
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/income/earned_min_age.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/income/earned_min_age.yaml
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+description: Colorado counts earnings from household members at least this age under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-11-01: 18
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Colorado LEAP minimum age for countable earnings
+  reference:
+    - title: Colorado 2025–26 LEAP Training Operations Manual
+      href: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3XKsXyKoPZmsA5-P6NI6w3svP99xOZd/view#page=51
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/income/smi_rate.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/income/smi_rate.yaml
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+description: Colorado limits income to this share of state median income under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-11-01: 0.6
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Colorado LEAP income limit SMI rate
+  reference:
+    - title: Colorado 2025–26 LEAP Training Operations Manual
+      href: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3XKsXyKoPZmsA5-P6NI6w3svP99xOZd/view#page=4
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/income/sources/earned.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/income/sources/earned.yaml
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+description: Colorado counts these earned income sources under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+# Existing net business income is used without another expense deduction.
+# partnership_s_corp_income nets the two business types before the source floor.
+# Enter basic pay in military_basic_pay or employment_income, not both.
+values:
+  2025-11-01: ["employment_income", "military_basic_pay", "self_employment_income", "sstb_self_employment_income", "farm_operations_income", "partnership_s_corp_income"]
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Colorado LEAP earned income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: "Colorado 2025–26 LEAP Training Operations Manual #page 48-49,51,61-62,79-80"
+      href: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3XKsXyKoPZmsA5-P6NI6w3svP99xOZd/view#page=48
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/income/sources/unearned.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/income/sources/unearned.yaml
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+description: Colorado counts these unearned income sources before separately rounding Social Security and SSI under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+# Social Security and SSI are separately truncated per recipient monthly.
+# Take-up-gated TANF is added once at SPM-unit level. Survivor benefits exclude
+# SSA survivors; pension totals already include their public/private parts.
+# Military retirement includes Survivor Benefit Plan annuities.
+# Retirement distributions aggregate IRA, 401(k), SEP, 403(b), and Keogh.
+# OAP and the AND state supplement are public assistance income (3.752.21 L).
+# Railroad retirement and trust payments are periodic payments (3.752.211 G, K).
+# miscellaneous_income and gi_cash_assistance fall under the catch-all for
+# payments from any other source (3.752.21). Generic gifts are limited to
+# financial_assistance. GI educational benefits and source-specific exclusions
+# lack exact inputs.
+values:
+  2025-11-01: ["rental_income", "farm_rent_income", "interest_income", "ordinary_dividend_income", "total_unemployment_compensation", "strike_benefits", "pension_income", "military_retirement_income", "railroad_benefits", "retirement_distributions", "survivor_benefits", "disability_benefits", "workers_compensation", "veterans_benefits", "general_assistance", "co_oap", "co_state_supplement", "estate_income", "alimony_income", "child_support_received", "financial_assistance", "gambling_winnings", "miscellaneous_income", "gi_cash_assistance"]
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Colorado LEAP unearned income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: "Colorado 2025–26 LEAP Training Operations Manual #page 46-48"
+      href: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3XKsXyKoPZmsA5-P6NI6w3svP99xOZd/view#page=46
diff --git a/...us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/contribution/additional_person_amounts.yaml b/...us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/contribution/additional_person_amounts.yaml
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+description: Colorado increases monthly contribution-group income boundaries by these amounts per additional person under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-11-01: [344, 573, 802]
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: month
+  label: Colorado LEAP contribution additional person amounts
+  reference:
+    - title: Colorado 2025–26 LEAP Training Operations Manual
+      href: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3XKsXyKoPZmsA5-P6NI6w3svP99xOZd/view#page=4
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/contribution/fpg_rates.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/contribution/fpg_rates.yaml
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+description: Colorado sets household contribution boundaries at these poverty guideline rates under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-11-01: [0.75, 1.25, 1.75]
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Colorado LEAP household contribution poverty rates
+  reference:
+    - title: Colorado 2025–26 LEAP Training Operations Manual
+      href: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3XKsXyKoPZmsA5-P6NI6w3svP99xOZd/view#page=4
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/contribution/rates.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/contribution/rates.yaml
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+description: Colorado deducts these shares of estimated heating costs by income group under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-11-01: [0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3]
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Colorado LEAP household contribution rates
+  reference:
+    - title: Colorado 2025–26 LEAP Training Operations Manual
+      href: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3XKsXyKoPZmsA5-P6NI6w3svP99xOZd/view#page=5
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/electric_heat_share.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/electric_heat_share.yaml
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+description: Colorado treats this share of electricity costs as heating by dwelling type under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+HOUSE_MODULAR:
+  2025-11-01: 0.62
+MOBILE_HOME:
+  2025-11-01: 0.62
+DUPLEX_TRIPLEX_FOURPLEX:
+  2025-11-01: 0.48
+TOWNHOUSE:
+  2025-11-01: 0.48
+APARTMENT_CONDO:
+  2025-11-01: 0.43
+HOTEL_MOTEL:
+  2025-11-01: 0.43
+CABIN:
+  2025-11-01: 0.43
+TINY_HOME:
+  2025-11-01: 0.43
+CAMPER_RV:
+  2025-11-01: 0.5
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Colorado LEAP electric heating share
+  breakdown:
+    - co_leap_dwelling_type
+  reference:
+    - title: Colorado FY2026 LEAP benefit methodology and annual rates
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CO_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf#page=6
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/fpg_year_lag.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/fpg_year_lag.yaml
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+description: Colorado uses federal poverty guidelines from this many years before the calendar year in which the heating season ends under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+# FY2026 uses the 2025 FPG; earlier backfilled years are unverified.
+values:
+  2025-11-01: 1
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Colorado LEAP federal poverty guideline year lag
+  reference:
+    - title: Colorado 2025–26 LEAP Training Operations Manual
+      href: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3XKsXyKoPZmsA5-P6NI6w3svP99xOZd/view#page=4
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/heat_in_rent/electricity.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/heat_in_rent/electricity.yaml
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+description: Colorado estimates these electricity heating costs when included in rent under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+HOUSE_MODULAR:
+  2025-11-01: 472
+MOBILE_HOME:
+  2025-11-01: 440
+DUPLEX_TRIPLEX_FOURPLEX:
+  2025-11-01: 343
+TOWNHOUSE:
+  2025-11-01: 350
+APARTMENT_CONDO:
+  2025-11-01: 227
+HOTEL_MOTEL:
+  2025-11-01: 239
+CABIN:
+  2025-11-01: 380
+TINY_HOME:
+  2025-11-01: 357
+CAMPER_RV:
+  2025-11-01: 393
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Colorado LEAP electricity heating included in rent
+  breakdown:
+    - co_leap_dwelling_type
+  reference:
+    - title: Colorado FY2026 LEAP benefit methodology and annual rates
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CO_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf#page=6
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/heat_in_rent/natural_gas.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/heat_in_rent/natural_gas.yaml
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+description: Colorado estimates these natural gas heating costs when included in rent under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+HOUSE_MODULAR:
+  2025-11-01: 200
+MOBILE_HOME:
+  2025-11-01: 177
+DUPLEX_TRIPLEX_FOURPLEX:
+  2025-11-01: 156
+TOWNHOUSE:
+  2025-11-01: 146
+APARTMENT_CONDO:
+  2025-11-01: 110
+HOTEL_MOTEL:
+  2025-11-01: 116
+CABIN:
+  2025-11-01: 186
+TINY_HOME:
+  2025-11-01: 271
+CAMPER_RV:
+  2025-11-01: 151
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Colorado LEAP natural gas heating included in rent
+  breakdown:
+    - co_leap_dwelling_type
+  reference:
+    - title: Colorado FY2026 LEAP benefit methodology and annual rates
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CO_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf#page=6
diff --git a/...yengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/heat_in_rent/oil_kerosene_coal.yaml b/...yengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/heat_in_rent/oil_kerosene_coal.yaml
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+description: Colorado estimates these oil kerosene coal heating costs when included in rent under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+HOUSE_MODULAR:
+  2025-11-01: 378
+MOBILE_HOME:
+  2025-11-01: 202
+DUPLEX_TRIPLEX_FOURPLEX:
+  2025-11-01: 169
+TOWNHOUSE:
+  2025-11-01: 444
+APARTMENT_CONDO:
+  2025-11-01: 169
+HOTEL_MOTEL:
+  2025-11-01: 169
+CABIN:
+  2025-11-01: 169
+TINY_HOME:
+  2025-11-01: 169
+CAMPER_RV:
+  2025-11-01: 151
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Colorado LEAP oil kerosene coal heating included in rent
+  breakdown:
+    - co_leap_dwelling_type
+  reference:
+    - title: Colorado FY2026 LEAP benefit methodology and annual rates
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CO_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf#page=6
+    - title: Colorado 2025–26 LEAP Training Operations Manual
+      href: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3XKsXyKoPZmsA5-P6NI6w3svP99xOZd/view#page=92
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/heat_in_rent/propane.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/heat_in_rent/propane.yaml
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+description: Colorado estimates these propane heating costs when included in rent under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+HOUSE_MODULAR:
+  2025-11-01: 405
+MOBILE_HOME:
+  2025-11-01: 378
+DUPLEX_TRIPLEX_FOURPLEX:
+  2025-11-01: 339
+TOWNHOUSE:
+  2025-11-01: 240
+APARTMENT_CONDO:
+  2025-11-01: 286
+HOTEL_MOTEL:
+  2025-11-01: 301
+CABIN:
+  2025-11-01: 375
+TINY_HOME:
+  2025-11-01: 337
+CAMPER_RV:
+  2025-11-01: 314
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Colorado LEAP propane heating included in rent
+  breakdown:
+    - co_leap_dwelling_type
+  reference:
+    - title: Colorado FY2026 LEAP benefit methodology and annual rates
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CO_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf#page=6
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/heat_in_rent/wood.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/heat_in_rent/wood.yaml
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+description: Colorado estimates these wood heating costs when included in rent under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+HOUSE_MODULAR:
+  2025-11-01: 480
+MOBILE_HOME:
+  2025-11-01: 310
+DUPLEX_TRIPLEX_FOURPLEX:
+  2025-11-01: 215
+TOWNHOUSE:
+  2025-11-01: 215
+APARTMENT_CONDO:
+  2025-11-01: 208
+HOTEL_MOTEL:
+  2025-11-01: 208
+CABIN:
+  2025-11-01: 208
+TINY_HOME:
+  2025-11-01: 208
+CAMPER_RV:
+  2025-11-01: 196
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Colorado LEAP wood heating included in rent
+  breakdown:
+    - co_leap_dwelling_type
+  reference:
+    - title: Colorado FY2026 LEAP benefit methodology and annual rates
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CO_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf#page=6
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/initial_reduction.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/initial_reduction.yaml
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+description: Colorado applies this initial statewide reduction to estimated heating costs under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+# Current-season statement governs; the later worked examples use a
+# hypothetical 20 percent adjustment rather than the FY2026 value.
+values:
+  2025-11-01: 0
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Colorado LEAP initial statewide reduction
+  reference:
+    - title: Colorado 2025–26 LEAP Training Operations Manual
+      href: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3XKsXyKoPZmsA5-P6NI6w3svP99xOZd/view#page=92
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/maximum.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/maximum.yaml
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+description: Colorado provides at most this regular heating benefit under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-11-01: 1000
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Colorado LEAP maximum benefit
+  reference:
+    - title: Colorado 2025–26 LEAP Training Operations Manual
+      href: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3XKsXyKoPZmsA5-P6NI6w3svP99xOZd/view#page=5
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/minimum.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/minimum.yaml
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+description: Colorado provides at least this regular heating benefit to an eligible household under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-11-01: 200
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Colorado LEAP minimum benefit
+  reference:
+    - title: Colorado 2025–26 LEAP Training Operations Manual
+      href: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3XKsXyKoPZmsA5-P6NI6w3svP99xOZd/view#page=5
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/subsidized_housing_deduction.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/co/cdhs/leap/payment/subsidized_housing_deduction.yaml
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+description: Colorado deducts this amount after household cost sharing for subsidized housing under the Low-income Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-11-01: 180
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Colorado LEAP subsidized housing deduction
+  reference:
+    - title: Colorado 2025–26 LEAP Training Operations Manual
+      href: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3XKsXyKoPZmsA5-P6NI6w3svP99xOZd/view#page=94
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		Add Colorado LEAP regular heating assistance for fiscal year 2026, including received income, heating-cost adjustments and federal income protection for large households.