Sentences with phrase «federal poverty threshold»

This is because Census data are not typically available on the number of school - age children enrolled in a school — or living in a residential school attendance zone — with income below the standard federal poverty threshold.

«Most [low - wage workers] would receive higher pay that would increase their family's income, and some of those families would see their income rise above the federal poverty threshold,» the CBO says in its report.

In some states, you couldn't access the public health plan even if your income fell below the federal poverty threshold as long as you were a childless adult.

This brief finds that even with the increase, the public assistance grant is less than half the federal poverty threshold in fifty - five counties — and just 50 to 53 percent of the threshold in the other seven counties.

Low - income families are defined as those with incomes less than two times the Federal Poverty Threshold (about $ 47,000 for a family of four with two children) and poor families are defined as those with incomes below the threshold (about $ 24,000 for a family of four with two children).

They found that states with higher spending on social services and public health — such as education and income support — per person living in poverty (according to the federal poverty threshold) had significantly lower HIV / AIDS case rates and fewer AIDS deaths.

NCCP defines a poor household as one where incomes are below the federal poverty threshold (i.e., $ 24,036 for a family of four with two children in 2015).

NCCP defines a low - income household as one where incomes fall below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Threshold (e.g., $ 48,016 for a family of four with two children in 2014).

In Year Two of the program, that threshold rises to 133 percent of the free and reduced lunch program, or 240 percent of the federal poverty threshold.

In Louisiana, if a student's public school received a «C» or lower AND the student's household income is 250 percent of the federal poverty threshold or lower, then that student is eligible for a voucher.

«It became a schoolwide reform,» says Vito Chiala, principal of Overfelt, where 92 % of the students live in households earning less than the federal poverty threshold.

Children are eligible if they live in Washington D.C. with a household income at or below 185 % of the federal poverty threshold.

Priority for scholarships would be given to students who received a scholarship in the prior year; students with family income below 185 % of the federal poverty threshold; and students with family income in the preceding year below 185 % of the federal poverty threshold who also reside in Philadelphia or financially distressed school districts.

Last year, approximately 22,000 seniors had enough of their Social Security benefits garnished that their monthly total fell below the federal poverty threshold.

Again, it's important to remember that the totals shown as eligible for forgiveness are only estimates as they're based on approximations of your income and the federal poverty threshold.

Determine disposable income by calculating the difference between the debtor's gross income and 150 % of the federal poverty threshold for similarly - situated individuals.

«The legislation is in response to new guidelines released by the state's Office of Indigent Legal Defense that drastically increase the number of criminal defendants who would qualify for a free public defender by doubling the income cutoff from 125 percent of the federal poverty threshold to 250 percent.

This poverty data is based on the federal poverty threshold which is an annual income of $ 19,073 for a family of three with two children and $ 24,008 for a family of four with two children in 2014.

Extreme poverty, or 50 percent of the federal poverty threshold, was an annual household income of $ 11,925 or less for a family of four.

This equated to 44,923 of Rhode Island's 208,700 children under the age of 18 living below the federal poverty threshold, which was an income of $ 18,769 for a family of three with two children, and $ 23,624 for a family of four with two children in 2013.

Families with incomes below 50 % of the federal poverty threshold are considered to be living in extreme poverty.

Families that adopt from foster care have less money and education, but still 70 % have education post high school and 25 % have incomes exceeding four times the federal poverty threshold.