# EBT LIHEAP Eligibility Estimator

> EBT LIHEAP Eligibility Estimator is a paid API for AI agents from energybilltoolkit.co.uk, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Estimates household eligibility for LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program) based on US state, annual income, and household size

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://energybilltoolkit.co.uk/mcp-ebt/api/liheap/estimate
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ebt-liheap-eligibility-estimator-d403cb35
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_4XYexpqEgSafiTbEonplG

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability ebt-liheap-eligibility-estimator-d403cb35 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you check whether a household of 3 people in Georgia with an annual income of $28,000 would qualify for LIHEAP energy assistance?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a fast, low-cost ($0.01) programmatic LIHEAP eligibility pre-screen for US households, particularly in social services workflows, benefits navigation chatbots, or energy assistance intake systems. Prefer this over manual lookup of LIHEAP income tables when automating eligibility screening at scale across multiple states.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or missing state code returns validation error
- Non-numeric or negative income/household size values cause bad request
- Unsupported state codes or territories may return no data
- Network timeouts on payment processing (x402 micropayment) before screening occurs
- Ambiguous income thresholds if state-specific data is unavailable or outdated

## How this service works

Pay-per-use EBT screening endpoint

## Output

Returns an estimate of whether the household qualifies for LIHEAP energy assistance, based on federal and state-level income thresholds relative to household size and state of residence. Likely includes qualification status and relevant threshold data.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "state": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Two-letter US state code"
  },
  "annualIncome": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Annual household income (USD)"
  },
  "householdSize": {
   "type": "number"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/ebt-liheap-eligibility-estimator-d403cb35/health.json
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