Add Hawaii LIHEAP regular heating eligibility and subsidized-dwelling benefit

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

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+Add Hawaii LIHEAP regular heating eligibility, the flat benefit for subsidized dwellings and private-dwelling points for fiscal year 2026; private-dwelling dollar awards stay unmodeled because the statewide value per point was not located.

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/eligibility/fpg_rate.yaml

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+description: Hawaii uses this share of federal poverty guidelines as the income limit above its published state-median-income sizes under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 1.5
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Hawaii LIHEAP poverty guideline income limit rate
+  reference:
+    - title: Hawaii FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, section 2.1
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/HI_Plan_2026.pdf#page=9

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/eligibility/smi_amount.yaml

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+description: Hawaii publishes these annual state-median-income-based limits by qualified household size under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 0
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 0
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 1
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 41_941
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 2
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 54_846
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 3
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 67_751
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 4
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 80_656
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 5
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 93_560
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 6
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 106_454
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 7
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 108_885
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 8
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 111_305
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 9
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 113_724
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 10
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 116_144
+# These are operational provider amounts, including the published six-person
+# amount. No single SMI rounding rule reproduces all ten entries.
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: person
+  amount_unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Hawaii LIHEAP annual SMI-schedule income limits
+  reference:
+    - title: HCAP 2026 H-HEAP income limits
+      href: https://www.hcapweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/H-HEAP-2026-Income-Eligibility.pdf
+    - title: Hawaii FY2026 H-HEAP benefit matrix
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/HI_BenefitMatrix_2026.pdf#page=3

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/eligibility/smi_max_household_size.yaml

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+description: Hawaii uses its published state-median-income schedule through this household size under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 10
+metadata:
+  unit: person
+  period: year
+  label: Hawaii LIHEAP maximum SMI-schedule household size
+  reference:
+    - title: HCAP 2026 H-HEAP income limits
+      href: https://www.hcapweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/H-HEAP-2026-Income-Eligibility.pdf

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/eligibility/ssn_min_age.yaml

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+description: Hawaii requires a Social Security Number from household members at or above this age under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 1
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Hawaii LIHEAP Social Security Number minimum age
+  reference:
+    - title: DHS LIHEAP Policies and Procedures 2020, section 2.4
+      href: https://humanservices.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Policies-and-Procedures-2020.pdf#page=6
+    - title: Draft FY2026 Policies and Procedures, section 2.4
+      href: https://humanservices.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Model-Plan-Packet-2026.pdf#page=59

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/fpg_year_lag.yaml

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+description: Hawaii uses federal poverty guidelines from this many calendar years before the benefit year under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 1
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Hawaii LIHEAP federal poverty guideline year lag
+  reference:
+    - title: "Hawaii FY2026 H-HEAP benefit matrix #page 1,3"
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/HI_BenefitMatrix_2026.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Hawaii draft FY2026 Policies and Procedures, definition of State Poverty Level
+      href: https://humanservices.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Model-Plan-Packet-2026.pdf#page=56

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/income/sources.yaml

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+description: Hawaii counts these represented income sources under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01:
+    - employment_income
+    # Draft 5.2 counts military base pay, an input apart from employment_income;
+    # enter it in one of the two.
+    - military_basic_pay
+    - self_employment_income
+    - sstb_self_employment_income
+    - farm_operations_income
+    - partnership_s_corp_income
+    - total_unemployment_compensation
+    - strike_benefits
+    - social_security
+    - ssi
+    - pension_income
+    - military_retirement_income
+    - railroad_benefits
+    - retirement_distributions
+    - survivor_benefits
+    - general_assistance
+    - rental_income
+    - farm_rent_income
+    - alimony_income
+    - child_support_received
+    - interest_income
+    - ordinary_dividend_income
+    - veterans_benefits
+    - workers_compensation
+    - disability_benefits
+    - estate_income
+    - life_insurance_benefits
+    - financial_assistance
+    - gambling_winnings
+    - gi_cash_assistance
+    # Jury pay, legal settlements and other receipts the plan checks.
+    - miscellaneous_income
+# Pension, Social Security and retirement-distribution components enter once.
+# Military retirement includes Survivor Benefit Plan annuities.
+# TANF is added once at household level; monthly SSI is annualized by aggregation.
+# No minor-earnings exclusion applies. Receipts without a separate input, such as
+# mortgage principal, are not policy exclusions. Royalties are in rental_income.
+# Military housing and subsistence allowances have no input.
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Hawaii LIHEAP countable income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: "Hawaii FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, countable income #page 6-7"
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/HI_Plan_2026.pdf#page=6

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/payment/points/burden_rate.yaml

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+description: Hawaii awards an energy-burden point at or above this electric-cost share of income under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 0.3
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Hawaii LIHEAP energy burden point threshold
+  reference:
+    - title: Hawaii FY2026 H-HEAP benefit matrix
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/HI_BenefitMatrix_2026.pdf#page=2

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/payment/points/household_size.yaml

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+description: Hawaii assigns these points by qualified household size under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 0
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 0
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 1
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 1
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 3
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 2
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 6
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 3
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: /1
+  amount_unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Hawaii LIHEAP household size points
+  reference:
+    - title: Hawaii FY2026 LIHEAP benefit matrix
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/HI_BenefitMatrix_2026.pdf#page=2

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/payment/points/income.yaml

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+description: Hawaii assigns these points by the ratio of income to federal poverty guidelines under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: -.inf
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 3
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 0.5
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 2
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 1
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 1
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 1.5
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 0
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: /1
+  amount_unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Hawaii LIHEAP income points
+  reference:
+    - title: "Hawaii FY2026 LIHEAP benefit matrix #page 2-3"
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/HI_BenefitMatrix_2026.pdf#page=2

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/payment/points/region.yaml

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+description: Hawaii assigns these regional points under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+oahu:
+  2025-10-01: 1
+neighbor:
+  2025-10-01: 2
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Hawaii LIHEAP regional points
+  reference:
+    - title: Hawaii FY2026 LIHEAP benefit matrix, regional points
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/HI_BenefitMatrix_2026.pdf#page=2

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/payment/points/vulnerability/adult_min_age.yaml

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+description: Hawaii treats a disabled person at or above this age as an adult for the vulnerability point under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+# The plan says "a disabled adult" and states no age. 18 is an inference.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 18
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Hawaii LIHEAP disabled adult minimum age
+  reference:
+    - title: Hawaii FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/HI_Plan_2026.pdf#page=10

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/payment/points/vulnerability/child_max_age.yaml

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+description: Hawaii awards a vulnerability point when a qualified household member is at or below this age under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 5
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Hawaii LIHEAP young child maximum age
+  reference:
+    - title: Hawaii FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan and benefit schedule
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/HI_Plan_2026.pdf#page=10

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/payment/points/vulnerability/elderly_min_age.yaml

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+description: Hawaii awards a vulnerability point when a qualified household member is at or above this age under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 60
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Hawaii LIHEAP elderly minimum age
+  reference:
+    - title: Hawaii FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan and benefit schedule
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/HI_Plan_2026.pdf#page=10

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/hi/dhs/liheap/payment/subsidized_amount.yaml

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+description: Hawaii provides these flat subsidized-dwelling benefits by qualified household size under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 0
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 0
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 1
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 375
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 3
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 425
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 6
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 475
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: /1
+  amount_unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Hawaii LIHEAP subsidized dwelling flat benefit
+  reference:
+    - title: Hawaii FY2026 LIHEAP benefit matrix
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/HI_BenefitMatrix_2026.pdf#page=2

policyengine_us/programs.yaml

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     category: Benefits
     agency: HHS
     status: partial
-    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
+    coverage: AK, AR, AL, AZ, 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, SD, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY
     state_implementations:
       - state: AL
         status: partial
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         parameter_prefix: gov.states.ga.dfcs.liheap
         verified_years: "2025-2026"
         notes: FY2025-FY2026 regular heating only, with the published fuel matrix and the bundled-utility rental payment. Crisis, cooling, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope.
+      - state: HI
+        status: partial
+        name: Hawaii LIHEAP subsidized dwelling benefit
+        full_name: Hawaii Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program subsidized dwelling benefit
+        variable: hi_liheap_subsidized_amount
+        parameter_prefix: gov.states.hi.dhs.liheap
+        notes: FY2026 eligibility, the subsidized-dwelling flat benefit and private-dwelling points; no private-dwelling dollar award because its statewide value per point was not located. Crisis, cooling, weatherization and equipment assistance are out of scope.
       - state: OH
         status: partial
         name: Ohio HEAP