Federal Poverty Guidelines

The federal poverty guidelines are used for administrative purposes (usually for determining eligiblity) by a number of federal programs. For example, Head Start and the Food Stamp Program use them in determining eligibility. The guidelines are issued by the Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) and published in the Federal Register. (The guidelines are a simplified version of the federal government's statistical poverty thresholds used by the Bureau of the Census to prepare its statistical estimates of the number of persons and families in poverty.) 1994 Poverty Guidelines for All States and the District of Columbia, Alaska, and Hawaii Size of All States Family Unit & DC Alaska Hawaii 1 $7,360 $9,200 $8,470 2 9,840 12,300 11,320 3 12,320 15,400 14,170 4 14,800 18,500 17,020 5 17,280 21,600 19,870 6 19,760 24,700 22,720 7 22,240 27,800 25,570 8 24,720 30,900 28,420 For family units with more than 8 members, add the amount below for each additional member. 2,480 3,100 2,850 SOURCE: Federal Register, Feb. 10, 1994, pp. 6277-6278 Poverty guidelines for all states and the District of Columbia, except Alaska and Hawaii, can be computed for recent years as follows: 3-Person Year Formula Household 1994 $2,480 * Household_Size + $4,880 $12,320 1993 $2,460 * Household_Size + $4,510 $11,890 1992 $2,380 * Household_Size + $4,430 $11,570 1991 $2,260 * Household_Size + $4,360 $11,140 1990 $2,140 * Household_Size + $4,140 $10,560 1989 $2,040 * Household_Size + $3,940 $10,060 ----- Brought to you by - The 'Lectric Law Library The Net's Finest Legal Resource For Legal Pros & Laypeople Alike. http://www.lectlaw.com