Measuring Poverty A New Approach (1995) / Chapter Skim
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D ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE WITH LOW INCOMES
D ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE WITH LOW INCOMES
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In 1993, 70 percent of the lower living standard income level for a family of four varied from $14,300 in nonmetropolitan areas of the South to $23,870 in metropolitan areas of Hawaii; in comparison, the federal poverty guideline for a family of four in 1993 was $14,350 (Burke, 1993:Tables 12,14)
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Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Child and Adult Care Food Program Community Health Centers Community Services Block Grant Special Programs for Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds (TRIO Programs) Legal Services Summer Food Service Program for Children Title X Family Planning Services Foster Grandparents Migrant Health Centers Senior Companions Follow Through Special Milk Program (free segment)
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Home Investment Partnershipse Total D Programs that have their own income eligibility standards (or that link eligibility to participation in another program)
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"This program also permits eligibility on the basis of a percentage of the local area median income defined by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. hThis program accords eligibility to people with incomes below 195 percent of the Department of Labor lower living standard income level.
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Some of these programs, as a sole eligibility criterion or as one of their criteria, explicitly have a comparison of income with a standard that varies by geographic area: either a percentage of the local area median income defined by HUD, a percentage of the Department of Labor lower living standard income level, or a percentage of state median family income. Other programs (e.g., AFDC)
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People can be deemed medically needy if their incomes fall below a state-set standard that does not exceed 133 percent of the state's AFDC maximum benefit or if their incomes fall below AFDC or SSI limits after deducting out-of-pocket medical expenses. Beginning in the mid-1980s, Congress has allowed-and, in some cases, required states to provide Medicaid benefits to people on the basis of comparing their family incomes with the federal poverty guidelines rather than with AFDC or SSI standards.
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Free service is given to people whose principal employment is in agriculture on a seasonal basis and whose family incomes are below 100 percent ofthe federal poverty guidelines; partial payment, on a sliding scale, is required for people with incomes bet~veen 100 and 200 percent of the poverty guidelines. Title X Family Planning Services Clinics must provide family planning services to all people who request them.
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Almost all participants in the School Breakfast Program- 98 percent are children who receive free or reduced-price breakfasts; in contrast, 48 percent of participants in the School Lunch Program receive free or reduced-price lunches. Special Milk Program Children in participating schools and residential child care institutions whose gross family incomes are at or below 130 percent of the federal poverty guidelines are eligible for free or partially subsidized
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Head Start Children from families with incomes below 100 percent of the federal poverty guidelines are eligible for Head Start, as are children from families receiving AFDC or other public assistance. No more than 10 percent of participating children, including handicapped children, can be from nonpoor families.
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includes recipients of AFDC or other cash welfare; recipients offood stamps; people with countable family incomes below 100 percent of the federal poverty guidelines or below 70 percent of the lower living standard income level, whichever is higher; foster children whose care is supported by the government; and handicapped
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Senior Community Service Employment Program People aged 55 and over with low incomes are eligible for part-time community service jobs for which their wages are subsidized by the federal government. People meet the income eligibility criteria if their countable incomes are less than 125 percent of the federal poverty guidelines or if they are receiving regular cash welfare.
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In fiscal 1992, average benefits for heating assistance ranged widely, presumably as a function of climate conditions as well as state choices regarding eligibility and benefit levels, from $39 in Texas to $459 in Massachusetts. Weatherization Assistance Weatherization aid is available to families receiving AFDC, SSI, or state assistance program benefits or whose family incomes are below 125 percent of the federal poverty guidelines.
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Currently, states must deduct from gross income the following unearned income components: the first $50 of monthly child support receipts; certain Department of Education grants and loans to college students; the value of Department of Agriculture donated foods; benefits from child nutrition programs; and payments to participants in Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) , some payments to certain Indian tribes, and Agent Orange settlement payments.
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In relation to the poverty thresholds, in January 1994 the median state AFDC need standard was 60 percent of the poverty threshold for a family of three, and the median state AFDC maximum payment was 38 percent of that threshold (see Table 8-3~. Earned Income Tax Credit The EITC was enacted in 1975 to provide tax relief to low-income working families and improve incentives to work.
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To be eligible for SSI benefits, aged, blind, or disabled people must have countable monthly incomes that do not exceed the federal benefit standard plus the applicable state supplementation. Countable income is gross income minus: $20 of unearned income (not counting such means-tested income as 1 1 ~-.
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Maximum pension amounts (paid to those with no countable income) are about the same as the official poverty thresholds for veterans with no more than two dependents.
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