Add Connecticut CEAP regular heating assistance

changelog.d/ct-liheap-wave2c.added.md

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+Add Connecticut Energy Assistance Program basic and rental heating assistance for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, including federal income protection, military pensions, Social Security net of Part B premiums and receipt-based benefits.

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ct/dss/ceap/eligibility/smi_rate.yaml

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+description: Connecticut limits household income to this share of state median income under the Connecticut Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 0.6
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Connecticut CEAP state median income limit
+  reference:
+    - title: Connecticut FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, Section 2.1
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/CT_Plan_2026.pdf#page=9
+    - title: Connecticut approved FY2027 LIHEAP Allocation Plan, Section IV.B
+      href: https://portal.ct.gov/dss/-/media/departments-and-agencies/dss/winter-heating-assistance/09012026/ffy-27-liheap-allocation-plan.pdf#page=7

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ct/dss/ceap/income/earned_income_min_age.yaml

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+description: Connecticut counts earned income from household members this age or older under the Connecticut Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 18
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Connecticut CEAP minimum age for earned income
+  reference:
+    - title: "Connecticut FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, Section 1.8-1.9 #page 5-7"
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/CT_Plan_2026.pdf#page=5

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ct/dss/ceap/income/sources/earned.yaml

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+description: Connecticut counts these earned income sources under the Connecticut Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01:
+    - employment_income
+    # Enter basic pay here or in employment_income, not both.
+    - military_basic_pay
+    - self_employment_income
+    - sstb_self_employment_income
+    - farm_operations_income
+    - partnership_s_corp_income
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Connecticut CEAP countable earned income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: "Connecticut FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, Section 1.8-1.9 #page 5-7"
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/CT_Plan_2026.pdf#page=5
+    - title: "Connecticut approved FY2027 LIHEAP Allocation Plan, Sections III-V #page 5-9"
+      href: https://portal.ct.gov/dss/-/media/departments-and-agencies/dss/winter-heating-assistance/09012026/ffy-27-liheap-allocation-plan.pdf#page=5

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ct/dss/ceap/income/sources/unearned.yaml

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+description: Connecticut counts these unearned income sources under the Connecticut Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01:
+    # Social Security is counted separately after its Medicare deduction.
+    - total_unemployment_compensation
+    - strike_benefits
+    - pension_income
+    # Military retirement includes Survivor Benefit Plan annuities.
+    - military_retirement_income
+    - railroad_benefits
+    # Ongoing IRA/401k distributions are separate from pension_income.
+    # Include taxable and exempt account distributions once.
+    - retirement_distributions
+    - survivor_benefits
+    - workers_compensation
+    - disability_benefits
+    - rental_income
+    - farm_rent_income
+    - estate_income
+    - interest_income
+    - ordinary_dividend_income
+    - alimony_income
+    - child_support_received
+    - financial_assistance
+    - gambling_winnings
+    # The residual input for the plan's one-time lump sums, jury duty, legal
+    # settlements and insurance payments; it may hold other receipts.
+    - miscellaneous_income
+    - veterans_benefits
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Connecticut CEAP countable unearned income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: "Connecticut FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, Section 1.8-1.9 #page 5-7"
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/CT_Plan_2026.pdf#page=5
+    - title: "Connecticut approved FY2027 LIHEAP Allocation Plan, Sections III-V #page 5-9"
+      href: https://portal.ct.gov/dss/-/media/departments-and-agencies/dss/winter-heating-assistance/09012026/ffy-27-liheap-allocation-plan.pdf#page=5

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ct/dss/ceap/payment/basic.yaml

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+description: Connecticut provides this basic heating benefit by income level under the Connecticut Energy Assistance Program.
+1:
+  2025-10-01: 595
+  2026-10-01: 655
+2:
+  2025-10-01: 445
+  2026-10-01: 505
+3:
+  2025-10-01: 295
+  2026-10-01: 355
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Connecticut CEAP basic heating benefit
+  propagate_metadata_to_children: true
+  breakdown:
+    - range(1, 4)
+  breakdown_labels:
+    - Benefit income level
+  reference:
+    - title: Connecticut FY2026 LIHEAP Benefit Matrix
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CT_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf
+    - title: "Connecticut approved FY2027 LIHEAP Allocation Plan, Sections VIII-IX #page 10-11"
+      href: https://portal.ct.gov/dss/-/media/departments-and-agencies/dss/winter-heating-assistance/09012026/ffy-27-liheap-allocation-plan.pdf#page=10

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ct/dss/ceap/payment/fpg_year_lag.yaml

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+description: Connecticut uses federal poverty guidelines from this many years before the benefit fiscal year for payment bands and the federal income floor under the Connecticut Energy Assistance Program.
+# The FY2026 matrix uses 2025 guidelines and FY2027 uses 2026 guidelines,
+# matching HHS's mandatory fiscal-year timing for both bands and the floor.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 1
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Connecticut CEAP federal poverty guideline lag
+  reference:
+    - title: Connecticut FY2026 LIHEAP Benefit Matrix
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CT_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf
+    - title: "Connecticut approved FY2027 LIHEAP Allocation Plan, Sections VIII-IX #page 10-11"
+      href: https://portal.ct.gov/dss/-/media/departments-and-agencies/dss/winter-heating-assistance/09012026/ffy-27-liheap-allocation-plan.pdf#page=10
+    - title: LIHEAP IM 2025-02, Attachment 2, poverty guidelines for mandatory use in FY26
+      href: https://acf.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ocs/COMM_LIHEAP_IM2025-02_FPGSte-Table_Att2.pdf#page=1
+    - title: LIHEAP IM 2026-01, poverty guidelines for optional use in FY26 and mandatory use in FY27
+      href: https://acf.gov/ocs/policy-guidance/liheap-im2026-01-federal-poverty-guidelines-fpg-and-state-median-income-smi

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ct/dss/ceap/payment/income_level.yaml

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+description: Connecticut assigns this benefit level by the ratio of countable income to federal poverty guidelines under the Connecticut Energy Assistance Program.
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: -.inf
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 1
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 1.25
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 2
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 2
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 3
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Connecticut CEAP benefit income level
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: /1
+  amount_unit: /1
+  reference:
+    - title: Connecticut FY2026 LIHEAP Benefit Matrix
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CT_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf
+    - title: "Connecticut approved FY2027 LIHEAP Allocation Plan, Sections VIII-IX #page 10-11"
+      href: https://portal.ct.gov/dss/-/media/departments-and-agencies/dss/winter-heating-assistance/09012026/ffy-27-liheap-allocation-plan.pdf#page=10

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ct/dss/ceap/payment/rental.yaml

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+description: Connecticut provides this rental heating benefit by income level under the Connecticut Energy Assistance Program.
+1:
+  2025-10-01: 125
+  2026-10-01: 140
+2:
+  2025-10-01: 100
+  2026-10-01: 115
+3:
+  2025-10-01: 75
+  2026-10-01: 90
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Connecticut CEAP rental heating benefit
+  propagate_metadata_to_children: true
+  breakdown:
+    - range(1, 4)
+  breakdown_labels:
+    - Benefit income level
+  reference:
+    - title: Connecticut FY2026 LIHEAP Benefit Matrix
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CT_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf
+    - title: "Connecticut approved FY2027 LIHEAP Allocation Plan, Sections VIII-IX #page 10-11"
+      href: https://portal.ct.gov/dss/-/media/departments-and-agencies/dss/winter-heating-assistance/09012026/ffy-27-liheap-allocation-plan.pdf#page=10

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ct/dss/ceap/payment/vulnerable/elderly_age.yaml

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+description: Connecticut treats household members this age or older as vulnerable under the Connecticut Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 60
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Connecticut CEAP elderly age threshold
+  reference:
+    - title: Connecticut FY2026 LIHEAP Benefit Matrix
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CT_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf
+    - title: "Connecticut approved FY2027 LIHEAP Allocation Plan, Sections VIII-IX #page 10-11"
+      href: https://portal.ct.gov/dss/-/media/departments-and-agencies/dss/winter-heating-assistance/09012026/ffy-27-liheap-allocation-plan.pdf#page=10

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ct/dss/ceap/payment/vulnerable/supplement.yaml

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+description: Connecticut adds this amount to basic heating assistance for households with a vulnerable member under the Connecticut Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 50
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Connecticut CEAP vulnerable household supplement
+  reference:
+    - title: Connecticut FY2026 LIHEAP Benefit Matrix
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CT_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf
+    - title: "Connecticut approved FY2027 LIHEAP Allocation Plan, Sections VIII-IX #page 10-11"
+      href: https://portal.ct.gov/dss/-/media/departments-and-agencies/dss/winter-heating-assistance/09012026/ffy-27-liheap-allocation-plan.pdf#page=10

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ct/dss/ceap/payment/vulnerable/young_child_age.yaml

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+description: Connecticut treats children below this age as vulnerable under the Connecticut Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 6
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Connecticut CEAP young child age threshold
+  reference:
+    - title: Connecticut FY2026 LIHEAP Benefit Matrix
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CT_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Crisis_2026.pdf
+    - title: "Connecticut approved FY2027 LIHEAP Allocation Plan, Sections VIII-IX #page 10-11"
+      href: https://portal.ct.gov/dss/-/media/departments-and-agencies/dss/winter-heating-assistance/09012026/ffy-27-liheap-allocation-plan.pdf#page=10

policyengine_us/programs.yaml

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     category: Benefits
     agency: HHS
     status: partial
-    coverage: AK, AR, AL, AZ, CA, CO, DC, DE, GA, HI, Riverside County, MA, FL, IL, IA, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY
+    coverage: AK, AR, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, HI, Riverside County, MA, FL, IL, IA, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY
     state_implementations:
       - state: AL
         status: partial
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         parameter_prefix: gov.states.co.cdhs.leap
         verified_years: "2026"
         notes: FY2026 regular heating assistance, including heat-in-rent costs, income contribution rates and the subsidized-housing deduction. Crisis, cooling, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope.
+      - state: CT
+        status: partial
+        name: Connecticut CEAP
+        full_name: Connecticut Energy Assistance Program
+        variable: ct_ceap
+        parameter_prefix: gov.states.ct.dss.ceap
+        verified_years: "2026-2027"
+        notes: FY2026-FY2027 basic and rental heating assistance. The SNAP nominal benefit, crisis, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope.
       - state: GA
         status: partial
         name: Georgia LIHEAP