hua7450 · Nov 6, 2026 · Oct 3, 2026 · Oct 4, 2026 · Oct 21, 2026 · Oct 21, 2026
diff --git a/changelog.d/wv-liheap-wave2c.added.md b/changelog.d/wv-liheap-wave2c.added.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add West Virginia LIEAP regular heating payments for FY2026 and FY2027 for one through twenty qualified members, with the manual's income rules, income ceiling and payment chart.
diff --git a/...gov/hhs/medicaid/eligibility/categories/senior_or_disabled/covers_non_ssi_recipients.yaml b/...gov/hhs/medicaid/eligibility/categories/senior_or_disabled/covers_non_ssi_recipients.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ metadata:
     - title: Wyoming Medicaid Eligibility Online Manual M1005 - SSI and SSI Related
       href: https://ecom.wyo.gov/m1000-aged-blind-or-disabled-program/m1005-ssi-and-ssi-related
     - title: West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual 23.11.4 - SSI-Related/Non-Cash Assistance (October 5, 2026 edition)
-      href: https://bfa.wv.gov/media/40005/download?inline#page=1889
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20261023203756/https://bfa.wv.gov/media/40005/download?inline#page=1889
 
 AK:
   2018-01-01: true

diff --git a/...d/eligibility/categories/senior_or_disabled/income/limit/requires_income_below_limit.yaml b/...d/eligibility/categories/senior_or_disabled/income/limit/requires_income_below_limit.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ metadata:
     - title: "North Dakota Administrative Code 75-02-02.1-40(1)(a)(2) (the income level \"which establishes supplemental security income eligibility\") and 75-02-02.1-41.1 (recipient liability is net income \"remaining after\" the Medicaid income level) #page 89,93"
       href: https://www.ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/pdf/75-02-02.1.pdf#page=89
     - title: West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual § 4.14.3 Step 5 - SSI-Related income eligibility ("equal to or less than the appropriate SSI Maximum Payment Level")
-      href: https://bfa.wv.gov/media/40005/download?inline#page=662
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20261023203756/https://bfa.wv.gov/media/40005/download?inline#page=662
     - title: West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual (archived) § 10.23.C Step 5 - SSI-Related income eligibility (rev. 5/13)
       href: https://www.wvdhhr.org/bcf/policy/imm/new_manual/immanual/manual_pdf_files/chapter_10/ch10_23.pdf#page=4
     - title: 42 U.S. Code § 1382(a)(1)(A) and (2)(A) - SSI eligible individual (income "at a rate of not more than" the benefit rate)

diff --git a/...eligibility/categories/senior_or_disabled/income/limit/uses_ssi_federal_benefit_rate.yaml b/...eligibility/categories/senior_or_disabled/income/limit/uses_ssi_federal_benefit_rate.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ metadata:
     - title: Washington Administrative Code 182-512-0100(2)(a) - SSI-related categorically needy medical eligibility
       href: https://app.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=182-512-0100
     - title: "West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual, Chapter 4 Appendix A (SSI Max), § 23.9 (SSI Related/Non-Cash Assistance, optional categorically needy) and § 23.11.4 SSI-Related/Non-Cash Assistance #page 405,1859,1889"
-      href: https://bfa.wv.gov/media/40005/download?inline#page=405
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20261023203756/https://bfa.wv.gov/media/40005/download?inline#page=405
     - title: West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual (archived), § 16.7.H SSI-Related/Non-Cash Assistance (rev. 10/13)
       href: https://www.wvdhhr.org/bcf/policy/imm/new_manual/immanual/manual_pdf_files/chapter_16/ch16_7.pdf#page=8
 

diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wv/dhhr/lieap/eligibility/fpg_rate.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wv/dhhr/lieap/eligibility/fpg_rate.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+description: West Virginia limits income to this share of federal poverty guidelines for larger households under the Low Income Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 1.5
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: West Virginia LIEAP fpg rate
+  reference:
+    - title: "West Virginia accepted FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, heating eligibility #page 9,11"
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/WV_Plan_2026.pdf#page=9
+    - title: "West Virginia submitted FY2027 LIHEAP State Plan, heating eligibility #page 9,12"
+      href: https://bfa.wv.gov/media/39990/download?inline=#page=9
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wv/dhhr/lieap/eligibility/fpg_year_lag.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wv/dhhr/lieap/eligibility/fpg_year_lag.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# The plan names HHS Poverty Guidelines without a year. The printed limits fix the
+# lag: 150% x $54,150 / 12 = $6,768.75, printed as $6,769 for eight in FY2026.
+description: West Virginia uses poverty guidelines from this many calendar years before the benefit year under the Low Income Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 1
+metadata:
+  unit: int
+  period: year
+  label: West Virginia LIEAP fpg year lag
+  reference:
+    - title: West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual, Chapter 4 Appendix A
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20260302130424/https://bfa.wv.gov/media/39948/download?inline#page=407
+    - title: West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual, October 2026 edition, Chapter 4 Appendix A
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20261023203756/https://bfa.wv.gov/media/40005/download?inline#page=405
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wv/dhhr/lieap/eligibility/smi_max_household_size.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wv/dhhr/lieap/eligibility/smi_max_household_size.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+description: West Virginia uses state median income through this household size under the Low Income Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 7
+metadata:
+  unit: person
+  period: year
+  label: West Virginia LIEAP smi max household size
+  reference:
+    - title: "West Virginia accepted FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, heating eligibility #page 9,11"
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/WV_Plan_2026.pdf#page=9
+    - title: "West Virginia submitted FY2027 LIHEAP State Plan, heating eligibility #page 9,12"
+      href: https://bfa.wv.gov/media/39990/download?inline=#page=9
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wv/dhhr/lieap/eligibility/smi_rate.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wv/dhhr/lieap/eligibility/smi_rate.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+description: West Virginia limits income to this share of state median income for smaller households under the Low Income Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 0.6
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: West Virginia LIEAP smi rate
+  reference:
+    - title: "West Virginia accepted FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, heating eligibility #page 9,11"
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/WV_Plan_2026.pdf#page=9
+    - title: "West Virginia submitted FY2027 LIHEAP State Plan, heating eligibility #page 9,12"
+      href: https://bfa.wv.gov/media/39990/download?inline=#page=9
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wv/dhhr/lieap/income/sources.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wv/dhhr/lieap/income/sources.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+description: West Virginia counts these represented recurring income sources under the Low Income Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01:
+    - employment_income
+    # Active-duty basic pay, entered apart from employment_income; enter it in one
+    # of the two.
+    - military_basic_pay
+    # The source deducts 20% from gross receipts. Existing inputs are already net;
+    # using them without another deduction is an explicit modeling approximation.
+    - self_employment_income
+    - sstb_self_employment_income
+    - farm_operations_income
+    - partnership_s_corp_income
+    - estate_income
+    - total_unemployment_compensation
+    - strike_benefits
+    - pension_income
+    - military_retirement_income
+    # Railroad retirement is paid by the Railroad Retirement Board, not SSA.
+    - 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
+    - financial_assistance
+    # The only input able to carry contract, mineral-rights, jury-duty or settlement
+    # receipts, which the manual's all-source rule counts.
+    - miscellaneous_income
+# All members' income counts, regardless of age or immigration qualification.
+# Take-up-gated TANF is counted separately once at the household level.
+# Military retirement includes Survivor Benefit Plan annuities.
+# RSDI, SSI and nonrecurring lump sums are excluded. Aggregate annual receipts
+# are treated as recurring; VA Aid and Attendance cannot be separated from
+# veterans_benefits.
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: West Virginia LIEAP recurring income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: "West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual, Chapter 21.3.1.A #page 1732-1735"
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20260302130424/https://bfa.wv.gov/media/39948/download?inline#page=1732
+    - title: "West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual, October 2026 edition, Chapter 21.3.1.A #page 1726-1729"
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20261023203756/https://bfa.wv.gov/media/40005/download?inline#page=1726
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wv/dhhr/lieap/payment/amount_step.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wv/dhhr/lieap/payment/amount_step.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Across the two finite published grids, all 840 occupied cells equal
+# base_amount + amount_step * (household_size - 1 - zero_based_band).
+# This is exact transcription compression, not a legal extrapolation rule.
+# The finite table does not define payments for blank cells or sizes above 20.
+description: West Virginia varies adjacent published base payments by this amount under the Low Income Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 5
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: West Virginia LIEAP published base payment step
+  reference:
+    - title: "West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual, Appendix A #page 1780-1781"
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20260302130424/https://bfa.wv.gov/media/39948/download?inline#page=1780
+    - title: "West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual, October 2026 edition, Appendix A #page 1775-1776"
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20261023203756/https://bfa.wv.gov/media/40005/download?inline#page=1775
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wv/dhhr/lieap/payment/base_amount.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wv/dhhr/lieap/payment/base_amount.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Across the two finite published grids, all 840 occupied cells equal
+# base_amount + amount_step * (household_size - 1 - zero_based_band).
+# This is exact transcription compression, not a legal extrapolation rule.
+# The finite table does not define payments for blank cells or sizes above 20.
+description: West Virginia sets this first-row one-person base payment under the Low Income Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 160
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: West Virginia LIEAP first published base amount
+  reference:
+    - title: "West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual, Appendix A #page 1780-1781"
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20260302130424/https://bfa.wv.gov/media/39948/download?inline#page=1780
+    - title: "West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual, October 2026 edition, Appendix A #page 1775-1776"
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20261023203756/https://bfa.wv.gov/media/40005/download?inline#page=1775
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wv/dhhr/lieap/payment/fuel_multiplier.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/wv/dhhr/lieap/payment/fuel_multiplier.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# bulk_fuel covers the source's LPG, coal, wood, fuel oil and kerosene rows.
+# These are total payment multipliers, as confirmed by the printed products;
+# do not add the base amount again. No multiplier is inferred for other fuels.
+description: West Virginia multiplies regular base payments by these heating-source factors under the Low Income Energy Assistance Program.
+electricity:
+  values:
+    2025-10-01: 1.75
+natural_gas:
+  values:
+    2025-10-01: 1.198
+bulk_fuel:
+  values:
+    2025-10-01: 1.089
+metadata:
+  propagate_metadata_to_children: true
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: West Virginia LIEAP heating-source payment multiplier
+  reference:
+    - title: "West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual, section 21.4.11.B #page 1761-1762"
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20260302130424/https://bfa.wv.gov/media/39948/download?inline#page=1761
+    - title: "West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual, October 2026 edition, section 21.4.11.B #page 1757-1758"
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20261023203756/https://bfa.wv.gov/media/40005/download?inline#page=1757
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		Add West Virginia LIEAP regular heating payments for FY2026 and FY2027 for one through twenty qualified members, with the manual's income rules, income ceiling and payment chart.