Add Delaware LIHEAP regular heating assistance

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

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+Add Delaware LIHEAP regular heating assistance for fiscal year 2026, including the income-interval benefit matrix, the subsidized-housing flat award, federal income protection and Social Security net of Part B.

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/de/dhss/liheap/eligibility/fpg_year_lag.yaml

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+description: Delaware uses federal poverty guidelines from this many years before the benefit year under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 1
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Delaware LIHEAP poverty guideline year lag
+  reference:
+    - title: Delaware FY2026 Energy Assistance Program Benefit Matrix, guideline footnotes
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CO_BenefitMatrix_Heating_2026.pdf#page=1
+    - 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

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/de/dhss/liheap/eligibility/smi_rate.yaml

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+description: Delaware limits adjusted income to this share of state median income under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 0.6
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Delaware LIHEAP state median income limit rate
+  reference:
+    - title: Delaware FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, section 2.1
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/DE_Plan_2026.pdf#page=9

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/de/dhss/liheap/income/earned_income_min_age.yaml

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+description: Delaware counts earned income beginning at this age under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 18
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Delaware LIHEAP minimum age for counting earned income
+  reference:
+    - title: Delaware FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, section 1.9
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/DE_Plan_2026.pdf#page=6

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/de/dhss/liheap/income/sources/earned.yaml

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+description: Delaware counts these earned income sources for adults under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01:
+    - employment_income
+    # Plan 1.9 checks "Wages" and manual 418.1 counts all gross wages and salaries.
+    # Basic pay is an input apart from employment_income; enter it in one of the
+    # two. The estimated taxes deduct nothing on it.
+    - military_basic_pay
+    - self_employment_income
+    - sstb_self_employment_income
+    - farm_operations_income
+    - partnership_s_corp_income
+    # Historical manual section 418 treats property rental as earned income.
+    # Existing net business income is used without another expense deduction.
+    - rental_income
+    - farm_rent_income
+    # Manual 416.1 counts other taxable income as earned income.
+    - miscellaneous_income
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Delaware LIHEAP earned income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: "Delaware FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, sections 1.8-1.9 #page 5-7"
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/DE_Plan_2026.pdf#page=5
+    - title: "Historical Delaware Energy Assistance Program Manual, sections 416 and 418 #page 33,35-36"
+      href: https://bidcondocs.delaware.gov/HSS/HSS_15027Liheap_MAN.pdf#page=33

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/de/dhss/liheap/income/sources/minor_unearned.yaml

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+description: Delaware counts these unearned income sources of household members younger than the earned income age under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+# Manual 418 excludes minors' income except child support and Social Security;
+# 419.1 includes SSI and railroad retirement among Social Security benefits.
+values:
+  2025-10-01:
+    - child_support_received
+    - social_security
+    - ssi
+    - railroad_benefits
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Delaware LIHEAP minor unearned income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: "Historical Delaware Energy Assistance Program Manual, sections 418-419 #page 35,37"
+      href: https://bidcondocs.delaware.gov/HSS/HSS_15027Liheap_MAN.pdf#page=35

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/de/dhss/liheap/income/sources/unearned.yaml

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+description: Delaware counts these individual unearned income sources under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01:
+    - total_unemployment_compensation
+    # The Social Security aggregate includes its survivor-benefit component.
+    - social_security
+    - ssi
+    # Taxable/exempt pension components are already in pension_income.
+    # Military retirement includes Survivor Benefit Plan annuities.
+    - pension_income
+    - military_retirement_income
+    # Ongoing IRA/401k distributions are separate from pension_income.
+    # Existing annual inputs do not identify an excluded one-time lump sum.
+    - retirement_distributions
+    - survivor_benefits
+    - general_assistance
+    - alimony_income
+    - child_support_received
+    - interest_income
+    - ordinary_dividend_income
+    - veterans_benefits
+    - workers_compensation
+    # Manual 419.1 counts railroad retirement.
+    - railroad_benefits
+    # Plan vs manual: 419.3 counts disability payments from insurance and 416.2
+    # counts strike benefits; plan 1.9 leaves "Insurance payments made directly
+    # to the insured" and "Strike Pay" unchecked. The manual is followed.
+    - disability_benefits
+    - strike_benefits
+    # Manual 416.2 counts trusts; the plan has no line for them.
+    - estate_income
+    # Manual 416.2 counts gifts only from the same source more than once a
+    # month; the annual financial_assistance input cannot identify those.
+    # Take-up-gated TANF is added once at SPMUnit level, not once per person.
+    # Royalties are represented only to the extent included in rental_income.
+    # Part B nets Social Security; pension-health withholding lacks attribution.
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Delaware LIHEAP unearned income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: "Delaware FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, section 1.9 #page 6-7"
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/DE_Plan_2026.pdf#page=6
+    - title: "Historical Delaware Energy Assistance Program Manual, sections 416 and 419 #page 33,37-39"
+      href: https://bidcondocs.delaware.gov/HSS/HSS_15027Liheap_MAN.pdf#page=33

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/de/dhss/liheap/income/student_income_exclusion_age.yaml

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+description: Delaware excludes income of dependent full-time college students younger than this age under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+# Historical rule retained because the FY2026 plan supplies no replacement.
+# The parameter date identifies researched coverage, not adoption of the rule.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 22
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Delaware LIHEAP dependent college student income exclusion age
+  reference:
+    - title: "Historical Delaware Energy Assistance Program Manual, section 429.2 #page 41-42"
+      href: https://bidcondocs.delaware.gov/HSS/HSS_15027Liheap_MAN.pdf#page=41

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/de/dhss/liheap/payment/income_band_upper_rates.yaml

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+description: Delaware sets these income-band upper bounds as shares of the income limit under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+# The matrix IPI upper bounds (25.4999 through 200 percent) are divided by
+# 200: IPI is household income divided by half the 60% SMI income limit.
+# Floor the product of these rates and the whole-dollar income limit.
+values:
+  2025-10-01:
+    - 0.1274995
+    - 0.2524995
+    - 0.3774995
+    - 0.5024995
+    - 0.6274995
+    - 0.7524995
+    - 0.8774995
+    - 1
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Delaware LIHEAP income band upper rates
+  reference:
+    - title: Delaware FY2026 Energy Assistance Program Benefit Matrix, income intervals and footnotes 2-5
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CO_BenefitMatrix_Heating_2026.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/de/dhss/liheap/payment/matrix/electricity.yaml

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+description: Delaware provides these regular heating benefits for electricity under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+
+1:
+  2025-10-01: 1391
+2:
+  2025-10-01: 1190
+3:
+  2025-10-01: 988
+4:
+  2025-10-01: 588
+5:
+  2025-10-01: 394
+6:
+  2025-10-01: 283
+7:
+  2025-10-01: 215
+8:
+  2025-10-01: 192
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Delaware LIHEAP electricity benefit amounts
+  breakdown:
+    - range(1, 9)
+  reference:
+    - title: Delaware FY2026 Energy Assistance Program Benefit Matrix
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CO_BenefitMatrix_Heating_2026.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/de/dhss/liheap/payment/matrix/natural_gas.yaml

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+description: Delaware provides these regular heating benefits for natural gas under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+
+1:
+  2025-10-01: 1126
+2:
+  2025-10-01: 963
+3:
+  2025-10-01: 800
+4:
+  2025-10-01: 476
+5:
+  2025-10-01: 318
+6:
+  2025-10-01: 229
+7:
+  2025-10-01: 174
+8:
+  2025-10-01: 155
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Delaware LIHEAP natural gas benefit amounts
+  breakdown:
+    - range(1, 9)
+  reference:
+    - title: Delaware FY2026 Energy Assistance Program Benefit Matrix
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CO_BenefitMatrix_Heating_2026.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/de/dhss/liheap/payment/matrix/oil.yaml

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+description: Delaware provides these regular heating benefits for oil under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+
+1:
+  2025-10-01: 2016
+2:
+  2025-10-01: 1724
+3:
+  2025-10-01: 1432
+4:
+  2025-10-01: 853
+5:
+  2025-10-01: 570
+6:
+  2025-10-01: 411
+7:
+  2025-10-01: 311
+8:
+  2025-10-01: 278
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Delaware LIHEAP oil benefit amounts
+  breakdown:
+    - range(1, 9)
+  reference:
+    - title: Delaware FY2026 Energy Assistance Program Benefit Matrix
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CO_BenefitMatrix_Heating_2026.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/de/dhss/liheap/payment/matrix/other.yaml

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+description: Delaware provides these regular heating benefits for other fuels under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+
+1:
+  2025-10-01: 726
+2:
+  2025-10-01: 621
+3:
+  2025-10-01: 516
+4:
+  2025-10-01: 307
+5:
+  2025-10-01: 205
+6:
+  2025-10-01: 148
+7:
+  2025-10-01: 112
+8:
+  2025-10-01: 100
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Delaware LIHEAP other benefit amounts
+  breakdown:
+    - range(1, 9)
+  reference:
+    - title: Delaware FY2026 Energy Assistance Program Benefit Matrix
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CO_BenefitMatrix_Heating_2026.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/de/dhss/liheap/payment/matrix/propane.yaml

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+description: Delaware provides these regular heating benefits for propane under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+
+1:
+  2025-10-01: 2464
+2:
+  2025-10-01: 2108
+3:
+  2025-10-01: 1751
+4:
+  2025-10-01: 1043
+5:
+  2025-10-01: 697
+6:
+  2025-10-01: 502
+7:
+  2025-10-01: 380
+8:
+  2025-10-01: 339
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Delaware LIHEAP propane benefit amounts
+  breakdown:
+    - range(1, 9)
+  reference:
+    - title: Delaware FY2026 Energy Assistance Program Benefit Matrix
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CO_BenefitMatrix_Heating_2026.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/de/dhss/liheap/payment/subsidized_amount.yaml

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+description: Delaware provides this flat benefit to subsidized tenants who pay for heat separately and whose rent is at or below the ceiling under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 236
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Delaware LIHEAP subsidized housing flat benefit
+  reference:
+    - title: Delaware FY2026 Energy Assistance Program Benefit Matrix, subsidized housing note
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CO_BenefitMatrix_Heating_2026.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/de/dhss/liheap/payment/subsidized_rent_ceiling.yaml

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+description: Delaware limits the monthly tenant rent for the subsidized-housing flat benefit to this amount under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 679
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: Delaware LIHEAP subsidized monthly tenant rent ceiling
+  reference:
+    - title: Delaware FY2026 Energy Assistance Program Benefit Matrix, subsidized housing note
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/CO_BenefitMatrix_Heating_2026.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/programs.yaml

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     category: Benefits
     agency: HHS
     status: partial
-    coverage: AK, AR, AL, AZ, CO, DC, GA, 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, SD, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY
+    coverage: AK, AR, AL, AZ, CO, DC, DE, GA, 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, SD, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY
     state_implementations:
       - state: AL
         status: partial
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         full_name: DC Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
         variable: dc_liheap_payment
         parameter_prefix: gov.states.dc.doee.liheap
+      - state: DE
+        status: partial
+        name: Delaware LIHEAP
+        full_name: Delaware Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
+        variable: de_liheap
+        parameter_prefix: gov.states.de.dhss.liheap
+        verified_years: "2026"
+        notes: FY2026 regular heating matrix and the subsidized-housing flat award. Crisis, cooling, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope.
       - state: MA
         status: complete
         name: Massachusetts LIHEAP