Size of Family unit Poverty Guideline
- ……………………………………………$14,580.00
- ……………………………………………$19,720.00
- ……………………………………………$24,860.00
- ……………………………………………$30,000.00
- ……………………………………………$35,140.00
- ……………………………………………$40,280.00
- ……………………………………………$45,420.00
- ……………………………………………$50,560.00
For family units with more than 8 members, add $5,140.00 for each additional member. For Early Head Start Families add 1 for expectant mom.
Income Means:
- Money wages or salary BEFORE deductions
- Social Security or Rail Retirement
- Unemployment compensation
- Strike benefits from Union Funds
- Worker’s Compensation
- Veteran’s benefits
- Public Assistance (including temporary assistance for needy families, supplemental security income, emergency assistance money payments and non-federally funded general assistance or general relief money payments)
- Training Stipends
- Alimony and Child support
- Military family allotments or other regular support from an absent family member or someone not living in the household
- Private or Government pensions (including military retirement pay)
- Regular insurance or annuity payments
- College or University scholarships, grants, fellowships and assistantships
- Dividends, interest and periodic receipts for Estate or Trust
For the following types of income look at the NET INCOME TOTAL (after deductions)
- Self-employment (gross receipts minus operating expenses)
- Farm self-employment
- Rental Income
- Royalties, gambling or lottery winnings
Income does NOT include:
- Capital gains
- Assets drawn down as withdrawals from a bank
- Sales of property, house or car
- Tax refunds, gifts, loans, lump-sum inheritances, one time insurance payments or compensation for injury
- Employer paid or union paid portion of health insurance or other fringe benefits
- Food or housing in lieu of wages
- Value of food & fuel produced and consumed on farms
- The imputed value of rent from owner-occupied, non-farm or farm housing
- Federal non-cash benefits programs: Medicare, Medicaid, Food stamps, School Lunches and Housing Assistance.