Sentences with phrase «under federal poverty guidelines»

KIPP alumni are predominantly low - income students of color, the network says: 95 percent are African - American or Latino and nearly 90 percent qualify for free or reduced - price lunch under federal poverty guidelines.

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You've got a partial financial hardship id your annual federal student loan payments calculated under a ten - year standard repayment plan are greater than 15 % of the difference between your adjusted gross income (and that of a spouse, if you're married and file taxes jointly) and 150 % of the poverty guideline for your family size and state.

The poverty guidelines may be formally referenced as «the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902 (2).»

A. Under the rules, «the poor» are not only those living below the federal poverty guidelines (a sliding income scale based on family size), but also the «working poor».

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.