Add Nebraska LIHEAP regular heating assistance

changelog.d/ne-liheap.added.md

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+Add partial Nebraska LIHEAP regular heating assistance verified for FY2026, with single-family and multifamily schedules and assumed economic vulnerability for separately billed or rent-included heating.

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ne/dhhs/liheap/earned_income_disregard.yaml

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+description: Nebraska excludes this share of gross countable earned income when determining regular heating payments under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 0.2
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Nebraska LIHEAP earned income disregard
+  reference:
+    - title: Nebraska LIHEAP Guidance Document effective October 1, 2025
+      href: https://dhhs.ne.gov/Documents/Low%20Income%20Home%20Energy%20Assistance%20Program%20%28LIHEAP%29%20Guidance%20Document%202026.pdf#page=2

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ne/dhhs/liheap/earned_income_sources.yaml

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+description: Nebraska counts these earned income sources under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01:
+    - employment_income
+    # 475 NAC 3-002.04(B)(i), in the text in effect for FY2026, counts each
+    # source of self-employment. The existing net business and farm inputs are
+    # read without another business expense deduction.
+    - self_employment_income
+    - sstb_self_employment_income
+    - farm_operations_income
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Nebraska LIHEAP earned income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: 475 NAC 3-002.04(B)(i), text in effect for FY2026, page 44 (each source of self-employment)
+      href: https://rules.nebraska.gov/api/fileStorage/GetAsByteArray/historical-chapter-pdfs/475%20NAC%203%20(09-17-2024)-202607280000.pdf#page=44
+    - title: Nebraska FY2026 state plan, Section 1.9, page 7
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/NE_Plan_2026.pdf#page=7

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ne/dhhs/liheap/fpg_year_lag.yaml

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+description: Nebraska uses federal poverty guidelines from this many years before the modeled heating-season ending year under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 1
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Nebraska LIHEAP federal poverty guideline year lag
+  reference:
+    - title: Nebraska LIHEAP Guidance Document effective October 1, 2025 (the one-person limit of $23,475 is 150% of the 2025 guideline)
+      href: https://dhhs.ne.gov/Documents/Low%20Income%20Home%20Energy%20Assistance%20Program%20%28LIHEAP%29%20Guidance%20Document%202026.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Annual Update of the HHS Poverty Guidelines, Federal Register, January 17, 2025, page 1 ($15,650 for one person, $5,500 for each additional person)
+      href: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-17/pdf/2025-01377.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ne/dhhs/liheap/income_limit.yaml

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+description: Nebraska limits gross countable income to this share of the federal poverty guidelines under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 1.5
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Nebraska LIHEAP income limit
+  reference:
+    - title: Nebraska LIHEAP Guidance Document effective October 1, 2025, pages 1-2 (income limits; "at or below 150% of the federal poverty level")
+      href: https://dhhs.ne.gov/Documents/Low%20Income%20Home%20Energy%20Assistance%20Program%20%28LIHEAP%29%20Guidance%20Document%202026.pdf#page=1
+    - title: 476 NAC 2-002.01 Income Guidelines (total annual income "may not exceed 150% of the federal poverty level")
+      href: https://rules.nebraska.gov/api/fileStorage/GetAsByteArray/chapter-pdfs/476%20NAC%202%20(06-26-2022).pdf/1747#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ne/dhhs/liheap/payment/multifamily.yaml

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+description: Nebraska provides these regular multi-family heating payments for all fuel types by countable income as a share of the federal poverty guideline under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: -.inf
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 380
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 0.7
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 300
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 1
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 220
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 1.3
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 154
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: /1
+  amount_unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Nebraska LIHEAP multi-family heating payment
+  reference:
+    - title: Nebraska LIHEAP Guidance Document effective October 1, 2025, Heating Payment Computation
+      href: https://dhhs.ne.gov/Documents/Low%20Income%20Home%20Energy%20Assistance%20Program%20%28LIHEAP%29%20Guidance%20Document%202026.pdf#page=2

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ne/dhhs/liheap/payment/oil.yaml

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+description: Nebraska provides these regular single-family heating payments for fuel oil and kerosene by countable income as a share of the federal poverty guideline under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: -.inf
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 1_050
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 0.7
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 650
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 1
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 350
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 1.3
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 175
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: /1
+  amount_unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Nebraska LIHEAP fuel oil and kerosene heating payment
+  reference:
+    - title: Nebraska LIHEAP Guidance Document effective October 1, 2025, Heating Payment Computation
+      href: https://dhhs.ne.gov/Documents/Low%20Income%20Home%20Energy%20Assistance%20Program%20%28LIHEAP%29%20Guidance%20Document%202026.pdf#page=2

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ne/dhhs/liheap/payment/propane.yaml

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+description: Nebraska provides these regular single-family heating payments for propane by countable income as a share of the federal poverty guideline under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: -.inf
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 850
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 0.7
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 580
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 1
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 330
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 1.3
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 165
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: /1
+  amount_unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Nebraska LIHEAP propane heating payment
+  reference:
+    - title: Nebraska LIHEAP Guidance Document effective October 1, 2025, Heating Payment Computation
+      href: https://dhhs.ne.gov/Documents/Low%20Income%20Home%20Energy%20Assistance%20Program%20%28LIHEAP%29%20Guidance%20Document%202026.pdf#page=2

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ne/dhhs/liheap/payment/utility.yaml

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+description: Nebraska provides these regular single-family heating payments for natural gas, electricity, coal, and corn by countable income as a share of the federal poverty guideline under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: -.inf
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 700
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 0.7
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 550
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 1
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 400
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 1.3
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 280
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: /1
+  amount_unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Nebraska LIHEAP natural gas, electricity, coal, and corn heating payment
+  reference:
+    - title: Nebraska LIHEAP Guidance Document effective October 1, 2025, Heating Payment Computation
+      href: https://dhhs.ne.gov/Documents/Low%20Income%20Home%20Energy%20Assistance%20Program%20%28LIHEAP%29%20Guidance%20Document%202026.pdf#page=2

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ne/dhhs/liheap/payment/wood.yaml

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+description: Nebraska provides these regular single-family heating payments for wood by countable income as a share of the federal poverty guideline under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: -.inf
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 800
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 0.7
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 600
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 1
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 350
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 1.3
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 175
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: /1
+  amount_unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Nebraska LIHEAP wood heating payment
+  reference:
+    - title: Nebraska LIHEAP Guidance Document effective October 1, 2025, Heating Payment Computation
+      href: https://dhhs.ne.gov/Documents/Low%20Income%20Home%20Energy%20Assistance%20Program%20%28LIHEAP%29%20Guidance%20Document%202026.pdf#page=2

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ne/dhhs/liheap/payment_size_limit.yaml

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+description: Nebraska limits household size to this number when determining regular heating payment income bands under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 6
+metadata:
+  unit: person
+  period: year
+  label: Nebraska LIHEAP payment band household size limit
+  reference:
+    - title: Nebraska LIHEAP Guidance Document effective October 1, 2025
+      href: https://dhhs.ne.gov/Documents/Low%20Income%20Home%20Energy%20Assistance%20Program%20%28LIHEAP%29%20Guidance%20Document%202026.pdf#page=2

policyengine_us/programs.yaml

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     category: Benefits
     agency: HHS
     status: partial
-    coverage: OR, DC, Riverside County, MA, IL, KS, TX
+    coverage: OR, DC, Riverside County, MA, IL, KS, NE, TX
     state_implementations:
       - state: OR
         status: in_progress
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         parameter_prefix: gov.states.ks.dcf.liheap
         verified_years: "2025-2026"
         notes: FY2025-FY2026 regular heating only. The FY2026 $130 minimum comes from the plan's estimated benefit levels; crisis, cooling and weatherization assistance are out of scope.
+      - state: NE
+        status: partial
+        name: Nebraska LIHEAP
+        full_name: Nebraska Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
+        variable: ne_liheap
+        parameter_prefix: gov.states.ne.dhhs.liheap
+        verified_years: "2026"
+        notes: FY2026 regular heating only, with the single-family and multifamily schedules and the earned-income disregard. Crisis, cooling and weatherization assistance are out of scope.
       - state: TX
         status: partial
         name: Texas CEAP