Add Louisiana LIHEAP regular heating assistance

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+Add Louisiana LIHEAP regular heating assistance.

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/lhc/liheap/elderly_age.yaml

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+description: Louisiana treats household members at least this age as elderly for the priority group supplement and the utility allowance exemption under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+# The guide exempts "Applicants 60 years or older" from the utility allowance
+# rule and names "Persons 60 years or older" as a priority group. Plan item 2.3
+# words the exemption as "over 60 years old"; the guide's 60-or-older wording
+# is followed for both uses. No input names the applicant, so any counted
+# member of this age qualifies.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 60
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana LIHEAP elderly age
+  reference:
+    - title: "Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide, revised January 1, 2024, Sections 4.1 C and 4.2 A #page 40-41"
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20REVISED%20January%201_%202024.pdf#page=40
+    - title: "Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide, effective April 1, 2026, Sections 4.1 C and 4.2 A #page 46,48"
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20FINAL%20-%20Effective%20April%201%2c%202026.pdf#page=46
+    - title: Louisiana FFY2026 Heating and Cooling Benefit Matrix, targeted priority groups
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/LA_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Cool_2026.pdf
+    - title: "Louisiana FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, Sections 2.3-2.4 #page 9-10"
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/LA_Plan_2026.pdf#page=9

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/lhc/liheap/eligibility/fpg_year_lag.yaml

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+description: Louisiana uses the federal poverty guidelines from this many years before the model year for the federal income floor under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+# HHS made the 2025 guidelines mandatory for LIHEAP from October 1, 2025, so
+# model period 2026 (FY2026) uses the 2025 guidelines and 2027 the 2026
+# guidelines. Louisiana sets its limit at 60% of state median income; the
+# guidelines enter only through the 110% floor of 42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(2)(B).
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 1
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana LIHEAP poverty guideline year lag
+  reference:
+    - 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
+    - title: 42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(2)(B)
+      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/8624#b_2_B

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/lhc/liheap/eligibility/smi_rate.yaml

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+description: Louisiana limits heating assistance income to this share of state median income under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+# The FFY2026 notice prints the resulting limits for household sizes 1-10.
+# No adopted FFY2027 plan is available; later years carry this rate forward
+# as unverified estimates.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 0.6
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana LIHEAP state median income rate
+  reference:
+    - title: Louisiana FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, Section 2.1
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/LA_Plan_2026.pdf#page=9
+    - title: Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide, revised January 1, 2024, Section 3.6 C.1
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20REVISED%20January%201_%202024.pdf#page=29
+    - title: Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide, effective April 1, 2026, Section 3.6 C.1
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20FINAL%20-%20Effective%20April%201%2c%202026.pdf#page=34
+    - title: Louisiana Notice LHP-2025-01, LIHEAP Income Eligibility Limits for FFY2026
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Notice%20LHP-2025-01%20-%20LIHEAP%20Income%20Eligibility%20Limits%20for%20FFY2026%20-%20LOUISIANA.pdf

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/lhc/liheap/income/adult_age.yaml

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+description: Louisiana counts the income of household members at least this age, while members under it count only Social Security and Supplemental Security Income, under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+# The guide counts "Any income of a household member age 18 and older".
+# Appendix E counts Social Security benefits, including SSI, "paid to minors",
+# and FAQ A4 counts the Social Security a parent receives for a minor child;
+# no other income of a minor is counted. Appendix E also excludes income earned
+# by members 18 and over still enrolled in high school (is_in_k12_school).
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 18
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana LIHEAP adult age
+  reference:
+    - title: "Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide, revised January 1, 2024, Section 3.6 C.1 and Appendix E #page 29,82,85"
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20REVISED%20January%201_%202024.pdf#page=29
+    - title: "Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide, effective April 1, 2026, Section 3.6 C.1 and Appendix E #page 35,89,92"
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20FINAL%20-%20Effective%20April%201%2c%202026.pdf#page=35
+    - title: Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide FAQs, February 11, 2022, A4
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20Frequently%20Asked%20Questions%20(FAQs)%20-%202%2011%2022.pdf#page=2
+    - title: Louisiana FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, Section 1.9
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/LA_Plan_2026.pdf#page=6

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/lhc/liheap/income/sources/earned.yaml

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+description: Louisiana counts these sources as earned income of adult members not enrolled in high school under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+# The guide counts gross wages, salaries and commissions, military pay and net
+# receipts from self-employment (self-employment income less business
+# expenses). The existing net business inputs get no further deduction, and
+# each source is floored at zero, so a loss in one source cannot offset another.
+values:
+  2025-10-01:
+    - employment_income
+    - self_employment_income
+    - sstb_self_employment_income
+    - farm_operations_income
+    - partnership_s_corp_income
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana LIHEAP earned income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: "Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide, revised January 1, 2024, Section 3.6 C.1 and Appendix E #page 29-30,82,84-85"
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20REVISED%20January%201_%202024.pdf#page=29
+    - title: "Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide, effective April 1, 2026, Section 3.6 C.1 and Appendix E #page 34-35,89,91-92"
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20FINAL%20-%20Effective%20April%201%2c%202026.pdf#page=34
+    - title: "Louisiana FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, Sections 1.8-1.9 #page 5-7"
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/LA_Plan_2026.pdf#page=5

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/lhc/liheap/income/sources/unearned.yaml

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+description: Louisiana counts these sources as unearned income of adult members under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01:
+    # Government and private pensions, annuities and insurance payments.
+    - pension_income
+    # Includes survivor benefit plan annuities.
+    - military_retirement_income
+    - railroad_benefits
+    - survivor_benefits
+    - veterans_benefits
+    - workers_compensation
+    - disability_benefits
+    - total_unemployment_compensation
+    - strike_benefits
+    - alimony_income
+    - interest_income
+    - ordinary_dividend_income
+    # The guide counts net rental income.
+    - rental_income
+    - farm_rent_income
+    # Periodic receipts from estates or trusts.
+    - estate_income
+    # Regular contributions that are not loans; existing inputs do not
+    # separate regular from irregular gifts.
+    - financial_assistance
+# Social Security net of the Medicare Part B premium and SSI count for every
+# member, and net gambling winnings and FITAP are added, in
+# la_liheap_countable_income. The guide excludes child support, capital gains,
+# bank and retirement-account withdrawals, tax refunds and SNAP. Royalties,
+# jury duty pay, military family allotments, training stipends and informal
+# income have no existing input.
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana LIHEAP unearned income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: "Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide, revised January 1, 2024, Section 3.6 C.1 and Appendix E #page 29-30,81,83-86"
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20REVISED%20January%201_%202024.pdf#page=29
+    - title: "Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide, effective April 1, 2026, Section 3.6 C.1 and Appendix E #page 34-36,88,90-93"
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20FINAL%20-%20Effective%20April%201%2c%202026.pdf#page=34
+    - title: "Louisiana FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, Sections 1.8-1.9 #page 5-7"
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/LA_Plan_2026.pdf#page=5

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/lhc/liheap/payment/amount.yaml

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+description: Louisiana provides this regular heating benefit by energy burden band and household size group under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+# The matrix prints one amount for sizes 1-3 and another for sizes 4 through
+# "8 or More". The FY2026 plan's $200 minimum and $800 maximum (Section 2.6)
+# equal the lowest cell and the highest cell plus the $100 priority supplement.
+# Energy burden band 1: 9.9% and less.
+1:
+  1:
+    2025-10-01: 200
+  2:
+    2025-10-01: 250
+# Energy burden band 2: 10% to 17.9%.
+2:
+  1:
+    2025-10-01: 350
+  2:
+    2025-10-01: 400
+# Energy burden band 3: 18% to 24.9%.
+3:
+  1:
+    2025-10-01: 500
+  2:
+    2025-10-01: 550
+# Energy burden band 4: 25% and greater.
+4:
+  1:
+    2025-10-01: 650
+  2:
+    2025-10-01: 700
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana LIHEAP regular heating benefit amount
+  breakdown:
+    - range(1, 5) # energy burden band
+    - range(1, 3) # household size group (1 = size 1-3, 2 = size 4+)
+  breakdown_labels:
+    - Energy burden band
+    - Household size group
+  reference:
+    - title: Louisiana FFY2026 Heating and Cooling Benefit Matrix, benefit amount
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/LA_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Cool_2026.pdf
+    - title: Louisiana FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, Sections 2.4-2.6
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/LA_Plan_2026.pdf#page=10
+    - title: Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide, revised January 1, 2024, Section 4.2
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20REVISED%20January%201_%202024.pdf#page=41
+    - title: Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide, effective April 1, 2026, Section 4.2
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20FINAL%20-%20Effective%20April%201%2c%202026.pdf#page=48

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/lhc/liheap/payment/burden_band.yaml

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+description: Louisiana assigns this benefit matrix energy burden band from total energy cost as a share of countable income under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+# The matrix prints the bands as "9.9% and Less", "10% to 17.9%", "18% to
+# 24.9%" and "25% and Greater". The unrounded burden uses lower-inclusive
+# cutoffs at 10%, 18% and 25%, which equals truncating the percent to one
+# decimal. Households with zero income receive band 4 in la_liheap.
+brackets:
+  # 9.9% and less.
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 0
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 1
+  # 10% to 17.9%.
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 0.1
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 2
+  # 18% to 24.9%.
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 0.18
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 3
+  # 25% and greater.
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 0.25
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 4
+
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: /1
+  amount_unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana LIHEAP energy burden band
+  reference:
+    - title: Louisiana FFY2026 Heating and Cooling Benefit Matrix, energy burden percent
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/LA_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Cool_2026.pdf
+    - title: Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide, revised January 1, 2024, Section 4.2
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20REVISED%20January%201_%202024.pdf#page=41
+    - title: Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide, effective April 1, 2026, Section 4.2
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20FINAL%20-%20Effective%20April%201%2c%202026.pdf#page=48
+    - title: Louisiana FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, Section 2.4
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/LA_Plan_2026.pdf#page=10

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/lhc/liheap/payment/energy_cost_sources.yaml

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+description: Louisiana adds these residential energy bills to compute the total energy cost under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+# The guide adds the bills of every energy vendor. Annual amounts stand in for
+# the application-month bill; the ratio to annual income gives the same
+# burden. Bill line items the guide includes or excludes (taxes, customer
+# charges, franchise fees, arrears, deposits) cannot be separated from these
+# totals. Community solar participants report their electric bill.
+values:
+  2025-10-01:
+    - pre_subsidy_electricity_expense
+    - gas_expense
+    - bottled_gas_expense
+    - fuel_oil_expense
+    - wood_expense
+    - coal_expense
+    - other_heating_fuel_expense
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana LIHEAP total energy cost sources
+  reference:
+    - title: "Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide, revised January 1, 2024, Section 4.1 #page 37-38"
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20REVISED%20January%201_%202024.pdf#page=37
+    - title: "Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide, effective April 1, 2026, Section 4.1 #page 43-44"
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20FINAL%20-%20Effective%20April%201%2c%202026.pdf#page=43
+    - title: Louisiana FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, Sections 2.4-2.5
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/LA_Plan_2026.pdf#page=10

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/lhc/liheap/payment/priority_supplement.yaml

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+description: Louisiana adds this heating payment once per household with at least one member in a targeted priority group under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 100
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana LIHEAP priority group supplement
+  reference:
+    - title: Louisiana FFY2026 Heating and Cooling Benefit Matrix, additional payment to targeted priority groups
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/LA_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Cool_2026.pdf
+    - title: Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide, revised January 1, 2024, Section 4.2 A
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20REVISED%20January%201_%202024.pdf#page=41
+    - title: Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide, effective April 1, 2026, Section 4.2 A
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20FINAL%20-%20Effective%20April%201%2c%202026.pdf#page=48
+    - title: Louisiana FY2026 LIHEAP State Plan, Section 2.4
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/state-plans/LA_Plan_2026.pdf#page=10

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/lhc/liheap/payment/size_group.yaml

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+description: Louisiana assigns this benefit matrix household size group from the number of counted household members under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+brackets:
+  # Household size 1-3.
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 0
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 1
+  # Household size 4 and over.
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 4
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 2
+
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: person
+  amount_unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana LIHEAP household size group
+  reference:
+    - title: Louisiana FFY2026 Heating and Cooling Benefit Matrix, household size
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/LA_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Cool_2026.pdf

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/lhc/liheap/payment/young_child_max_age.yaml

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+description: Louisiana includes household members no older than this age in the young-child priority group under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
+# "Persons five years of age and younger."
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 5
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana LIHEAP young child priority group maximum age
+  reference:
+    - title: Louisiana FFY2026 Heating and Cooling Benefit Matrix, targeted priority groups
+      href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/docs/2026/benefits-matricies/LA_BenefitMatrix_Heat-Cool_2026.pdf
+    - title: Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide, revised January 1, 2024, Section 4.2 A
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20REVISED%20January%201_%202024.pdf#page=41
+    - title: Louisiana LIHEAP Service Delivery Guide, effective April 1, 2026, Section 4.2 A
+      href: https://www.lhc.la.gov/hubfs/Document%20Libraries/Energy%20Assistance/Louisiana%20LIHEAP%20Service%20Delivery%20Guide%20-%20FINAL%20-%20Effective%20April%201%2c%202026.pdf#page=48

policyengine_us/programs.yaml

@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ programs:
     category: Benefits
     agency: HHS
     status: partial
-    coverage: AR, AL, DC, GA, Riverside County, MA, FL, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, SD, RI, TX
+    coverage: AR, AL, DC, GA, Riverside County, MA, FL, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, SD, RI, TX
     state_implementations:
       - state: AL
         status: partial
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         parameter_prefix: gov.states.ky.dcbs.liheap
         verified_years: "2025-2026"
         notes: FY2025-FY2026 regular heating only, from the published benefit workbooks. Crisis and cooling assistance are out of scope.
+      - state: LA
+        status: partial
+        name: Louisiana LIHEAP
+        full_name: Louisiana Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
+        variable: la_liheap
+        parameter_prefix: gov.states.la.lhc.liheap
+        verified_years: "2026"
+        notes: FY2026 regular heating-season benefit from the energy burden matrix, including the $100 priority supplement. The summer cooling cycle, crisis and weatherization assistance are out of scope.
       - state: MD
         status: partial
         name: Maryland MEAP