Sentences with phrase «federal poverty level numbers»

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In addition, all three communities have a significant number of residents who live below the federal poverty level, and many have complained that insurance won't cover monitoring and that their doctors know little about the dangers of PFOA.

The fiscal bureau cost estimate factors in the number of students currently attending private schools, the number of those students with a family income of below 185 percent of the federal poverty level, and how the Milwaukee voucher system expanded over 10 years.

A recent report by Connecticut Voices for Child, the state's premier research and child advocacy organization, revealed that the number of Connecticut residents living below the Federal Poverty Level has increased from 10.1 percent in 2010 to 10.9 percent in 2011.

The estimates in the fiscal bureau memo are based on the number of students currently attending private schools, estimates of the number of those students whose family income is below 185 percent of the federal poverty level and experience with the expansion of Milwaukee's voucher program.

The Federal Poverty Level thresholds are adjusted for inflation each year, and are determined based on the number of people in the household.

Based on a report released in April, the New York State Office of Indigent Defense is recommending all counties outside of New York City increase indigent defense eligibility under the federal poverty level guidelines, which could increase the number of cases county indigent defense offices are required to handle.

The income - to - needs ratio was operationalized as the total family income divided by the federal poverty level based on family size in the year most proximal to data collection.23 The value was calculated through baseline Preschool Depression Study data of caregiver - reported total family income and total number of people living in the household.

FQHCs are an essential part of the nation's overall health care safety net, serving 25 million people annually, seven in 10 of whom live at or below the federal poverty level.2 Their role has been expanded by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which invested billions of new dollars into FQHC infrastructure, driving considerable nationwide growth in the number of sites and their capacity.3 In conjunction with their overall growth, FQHC sites have become increasingly integral to the national publicly funded family planning effort.