New Mexico Register / Volume XXXI, Issue 13 / July 14, 2020

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Human Service Department is required by Federal Law to file a State Plan that describes how the Department will administer the State’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The State Plan must be submitted every year to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF). The Department is required to offer a 30-day comment period for the LIHEAP State Plan that includes Weatherization prior to submittal.

The Department proposes the New Mexico LIHEAP State Plan covering the period of October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021. All comments received will be considered for the New Mexico LIHEAP State Plan.

The proposed State Plan is available on and can be printed from the Department’s website at: http://www.hsd.state.nm.us/LookingForInformation/income-support-division-plans-and-reports.aspx. A copy of the proposed LIHEAP State Plan is available in written format upon request. Please call the Income Support Division at1-505-827-7266 to request a copy. You may also send a request to:

Human Services Department

Income Support Division

Attn: Work and Family Support Bureau/ LIHEAP

39-B Plaza La Prensa

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507-2348

If you are a person with a disability and you require this information in an alternative format, or you require a special accommodation to participate in any HSD public hearing, program, or service, please contact the American Disabilities Act Coordinator, at 505-827-7701 or through the New Mexico Relay system, at 711 or toll free at 1-800-659-1779. The Department requests at least a 10-day advance notice to provide requested alternative formats and special accommodations.

A virtual public hearing to receive comments on this proposed regulation will be held on August 14, 2020, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The hearing will be held virtually via the on line platform Go-To Meeting. Interested persons may address written or recorded comments to:

Human Services Department

39-B Plaza La Prensa

Santa Fe, NM 87507-2348

Interested persons may also address comments via electronic mail to: HSD-isdrules@state.nm.us. All written comments will be published on the agency’s website at https://www.hsd.state.nm.us/ within 3 days of receipt.