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Fisher, Sheehan and Colton provides a diverse array of services on a national basis. Projects include research, program design and evaluation, litigation support and training. FSC's Law and Economic Insights, the firm's bi-monthly newsletter, provides information on current issues as well as the firm's current projects and recent publications.
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May/Jun 2009 FSC Newsletter
Under the Food Stamp program’s excess shelter deduction, to the extent that a household’s total shelter costs
exceed 50%of the household’s income, the amount of the excess is deducted from household income. As income goes
down, the amount of Food Stamps to which a household is entitled goes up. The Standard Utility Allowance (SUA)
can be used to establish household utility expenditures irrespective of the household’s actual utility costs.
This issue examines certain issues in setting SUAs to ensure that SUAs accurately capture the utility costs
associated with households with high shelter costs.
Mar/Apr 2009 FSC Newsletter
What constitutes a "best-in-class" low-income utility rate affordability program? This issue summarizes
the findings of a 2008 FSC report that identifies best-in-class criteria and applies those criteria to eight
different utility programs throughout the nation.
Jan/Feb 2009 FSC Newsletter
The Iowa Utilities Board recently proposed regulations allowing electric utilities to install "service
limiters" in the homes of customers who had defaulted on deferred payment plans. This issue reviews the
comments of the Iowa Department of Human Rights explaining how and why such technology presents unreasonable
health and safety risks to low-income customers.
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