Low Income Household Water Assistance Program — CFDA 93.499

LIHWAP obligations at $720,956,890.38

USAspending.gov records $720,956,890.38 in obligations under CFDA 93.499. Two hundred fifty-nine awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $2,783,617 per award. That average is a quotient of two packet totals, not a typical household benefit and not a cost per reconnection. Other Administration for Children and Families energy-or-water listings tagged under different CFDA numbers are not mixed into the $720,956,890.38.

The assistance-listing title is LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD WATER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. CFDA 93.499 is the identifier. Combining 93.499 with LIHEAP or wastewater-infrastructure codes would invent a combined water-and-energy total this packet does not contain. Read the $720,956,890.38 as the obligation book tagged 93.499 only.

137 recipients across 52 jurisdictions

One hundred thirty-seven recipients share 259 awards, or about 1.9 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $720,956,890.38 evenly would assign about $5.26 million per recipient. That density is a state-grantee pattern: a moderate named-agency-and-tribe headcount carrying a couple of assistance rows. The packet does not list the 137.

Fifty-two jurisdictions in the geographic count cover states plus extra coded entities. LIHWAP dollars follow funded water-assistance administrators, not equal shares. Place-of-performance amounts are on the program table. Recipient count is organizational, not a census of households or utilities.

Award rows are not a household census

Among HHS listings, 93.499 is a mid-row assistance file: 259 awards against 137 recipients. Award count is a weak proxy for “number of water programs” and a worse proxy for households helped. Recipients (137) tell you how many named organizations sit on the extract; awards (259) tell you how many assistance rows were stored.

The packet does not report shutoffs averted, arrearages paid, or gallons restored. Citing 259 as households would be a unit error. Keep the units straight: dollars, awards, recipients, jurisdictions. The $720,956,890.38 stock is the obligation figure from USAspending.gov.

Obligations versus LIHWAP outlays

The $720,956,890.38 is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid against Low Income Household Water Assistance Program awards — are not in the packet. A state-grant file can show a large obligation stock while administrators pay utilities on a later calendar. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total.

Use CFDA 93.499 to size this water-assistance listing in the assistance file. Do not use it as a shutoff dashboard. Those series live elsewhere. This page reports the obligation book tagged 93.499.

What the 93.499 tables omit

The program hub lists award-backed obligations from USAspending.gov. It is not a household roster, not a utility arrearage file, and not a drinking-water quality log. Series that never appear as assistance awards will not show up in the $720,956,890.38. That omission is definitional rather than a gap in the 259 award rows.

Place-of-performance on 52 jurisdictions is a coding field. Read the program page before treating those cells as equal shares of water-assistance funding. Recipient dollars, if shown on the hub, are still obligation amounts, not cash already paid to state LIHWAP agencies.

Where the 93.499 table lives

The program page overlays these four facts. The all-programs index ranks 93.499 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include this CFDA among other HHS listings. For 93.499 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 93.499’s 259 awards spread $720,956,890.38 across 137 recipients and 52 jurisdictions. Quote award count as a record count, recipient count as the organizational headcount, and dollars as obligations from USAspending.gov. About 1.9 award records per recipient is the density story. Outlays remain a separate column. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

A researcher comparing 93.499 with LIHEAP or wastewater-infrastructure codes should keep CFDA numbers separate. The 137-recipient headcount on 52 jurisdictions is a state-and-territory water-assistance fingerprint. Quote $720,956,890.38 as the USAspending obligation stock for the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program only. About 1.9 award records per recipient is the density story on 259 awards. Household counts, shutoffs averted, and arrearages paid remain outside the packet. Outlays are a separate column.

Questions

How much is obligated for the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program?

USAspending.gov records $720,956,890.38 in obligations for CFDA 93.499. SpendingVault indexes 259 awards, 137 recipients, and 52 jurisdictions. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not a household count. CFDA 93.499’s $720,956,890.38 is the USAspending obligation stock.

How many awards does CFDA 93.499 carry?

The listing shows 259 awards against 137 recipients, or about 1.9 award records per recipient. A simple average is about $2,783,617 per award. Award count is not a count of shutoffs prevented or households served. Recipient dollars are on the program page.

How many organizations receive 93.499 awards?

The extract lists 137 recipients. Those are organizational recipients on assistance awards tagged 93.499, not a census of utilities. Geographic coding covers 52 jurisdictions. The packet does not name the 137 or publish household counts. The packet reports obligations from USAspending.gov, not outlays.

Is $720,956,890.38 already paid for water assistance?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. CFDA 93.499’s indexed total is the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. This page does not report cash drawn, remaining balances, or households restored. The $720,956,890.38 on 259 awards is the obligation figure. The packet reports obligations from USAspending.gov, not outlays.