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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Delayed Update of the HHS Poverty
Guidelines for the Remainder of 2010
Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice provides a
delayed update of the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS)
poverty guidelines for the remainder of
2010, and until the 2011 poverty
guidelines are published, which is
expected to occur in late January 2011.
HHS is issuing this delayed update due
to recent legislation that prohibited the
Secretary of HHS from publishing 2010
poverty guidelines before May 31, 2010,
and required that the 2009 poverty
guidelines remain in effect until the
Secretary of HHS published updated
guidelines.
SUMMARY:
Effective Date: Date of
publication, unless an office
administering a program using the
guidelines specifies a different effective
date for that particular program.
ADDRESSES: Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation,
Room 404E, Humphrey Building,
Department of Health and Human
Services, Washington, DC 20201.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information about how the guidelines
are used or how income is defined in a
particular program, contact the Federal,
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State, or local office that is responsible
for that program. For information about
poverty figures for immigration forms,
the Hill-Burton Uncompensated
Services Program, and the number of
people in poverty, use the specific
telephone numbers and addresses given
below.
For general questions about the
poverty guidelines themselves, contact
Gordon Fisher, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation,
Room 404E, Humphrey Building,
Department of Health and Human
Services, Washington, DC 20201—
telephone: (202) 690–7507—or visit
https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/.
For information about the percentage
multiple of the poverty guidelines to be
used on immigration forms such as
USCIS Form I–864, Affidavit of Support,
contact U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services at 1–800–375–
5283.
For information about the Hill-Burton
Uncompensated Services Program (free
or reduced-fee health care services at
certain hospitals and other facilities for
persons meeting eligibility criteria
involving the poverty guidelines),
contact the Office of the Director,
Division of Facilities Compliance and
Recovery, Health Resources and
Services Administration, HHS, Room
10–105, Parklawn Building, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland
20857. To speak to a staff member,
please call (301) 443–5656. To receive a
Hill-Burton information package, call 1–
800–638–0742 (for callers outside
Maryland) or 1–800–492–0359 (for
callers in Maryland). You also may visit
https://www.hrsa.gov/hillburton/
default.htm.
For information about the number of
people in poverty, visit the Poverty
section of the Census Bureau’s Web site
at https://www.census.gov/hhes/www/
poverty/poverty.html or contact the
Census Bureau’s Demographic Call
Center Staff at (301) 763–2422 or 1–866–
758–1060 (toll-free).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1981 (42
U.S.C. 9902(2)) requires the Secretary of
HHS to update the poverty guidelines at
least annually, adjusting them on the
basis of the Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers (CPI–U). The
poverty guidelines are used as an
eligibility criterion by the Community
Services Block Grant program and a
number of other Federal programs. The
poverty guidelines issued here are a
simplified version of the poverty
thresholds that the Census Bureau uses
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to prepare its estimates of the number of
individuals and families in poverty.
However, provisions in three recent
laws prohibited the Secretary of HHS
from publishing updated poverty
guidelines for 2010 before May 31, 2010,
and required that the poverty guidelines
published on January 23, 2009, remain
in effect until updated poverty
guidelines were published. These
provisions were section 1012 of the
Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111–118), section 7
of the Temporary Extension Act of 2010
(Pub. L. 111–144), and section 6 of the
Continuing Extension Act of 2010 (Pub.
L. 111–157).
The provisions included in these laws
were in response to a decrease in the
annual average CPI–U for 2009. In the
absence of a legislative change, this
decrease would have required HHS to
issue 2010 poverty guidelines that were
lower than the 2009 poverty guidelines,
resulting in an adverse effect on
potential and actual program
beneficiaries. An explanatory statement
in the December 16, 2009 Congressional
Record described the first legislative
provision to delay the publication of the
2010 guidelines as a ‘‘freeze’’ of the
guidelines at 2009 levels ‘‘in order to
prevent a reduction in eligibility for
certain means-tested programs,
including Medicaid, Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),
and child nutrition * * *.’’
(Congressional Record (House),
December 16, 2009, p. H15370).
Legislation to further delay the
publication of the 2010 poverty
guidelines beyond May 31, 2010, did
not pass Congress. Accordingly, HHS is
publishing poverty guidelines for the
remainder of 2010 in this notice. These
2010 guidelines will remain in effect
until HHS publishes the 2011 poverty
guidelines, which is expected to occur
in late January 2011.
If HHS had published the 2010
poverty guidelines in late January 2010,
on the normal schedule, the update
would have been based on the 2008
Census Bureau poverty thresholds and
the percentage change in the annual
average CPI–U from calendar year 2008
to calendar year 2009 (the period from
January through December 2009). Since
the publication of the 2010 poverty
guidelines was delayed through May 31,
2010, HHS is basing this update on the
2008 Census Bureau poverty
thresholds—which remain the most
recent published thresholds available—
and the percentage change in the
average CPI–U from calendar year 2008
to the period beginning with January
2009 and ending on May 31, 2010. The
average CPI–U for the January 2009–
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May 2010 period was 0.042 percent
higher than the annual average CPI–U
for calendar year 2008. (The Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981
requires that the starting point for the
update of the poverty guidelines shall
be the latest published Census Bureau
poverty thresholds, rather than the
previous HHS poverty guidelines.) The
percentage increase in the CPI–U was so
small that after the rounding procedures
used in the guidelines calculation, the
guidelines for the remainder of 2010
showed no change from the 2009
guidelines.
The poverty guidelines are calculated
each year using the latest published
Census Bureau poverty thresholds as the
starting point. They are not calculated
from the previous year’s poverty
guidelines. As a result, the level of next
year’s poverty guidelines—the 2011
guidelines—will not be affected by the
way in which these 2010 poverty
guidelines were calculated.
The poverty guidelines for the
remainder of 2010 are provided below.
The guideline figures shown represent
annual income. These guidelines will
remain in effect until HHS publishes the
2011 poverty guidelines, which is
expected in late January 2011.
2010 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR THE
48 CONTIGUOUS STATES AND THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Poverty
guideline
Persons in family
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
$10,830
14,570
18,310
22,050
25,790
29,530
33,270
37,010
For families with more than 8
persons, add $3,740 for each additional
person.
2010 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR
ALASKA
Poverty
guideline
Persons in family
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
$13,530
18,210
22,890
27,570
32,250
36,930
41,610
46,290
For families with more than 8
persons, add $4,680 for each additional
person.
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2010 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR
HAWAII
Persons in family
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Poverty
guideline
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
$12,460
16,760
21,060
25,360
29,660
33,960
38,260
42,560
For families with more than 8
persons, add $4,300 for each additional
person.
Dated: July 30, 2010.
Kathleen Sebelius,
Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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Solicitation of Nomination for
Appointment to the Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome Advisory Committee
Department of Health and
Human Services, Office of the Secretary,
Office of Public Health and Science.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 217a, section 222 of
the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as
amended. The committee is governed by the
provisions of Public Law 92–463, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App 2), which sets forth
standards for the formation and use of
advisory committees.
The Office of Public Health
and Science, Office on Women’s Health,
HHS, is seeking nominations of
qualified candidates to be considered
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory
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and Human Services on September 5,
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April 1, 2011. Nominations of qualified
candidates are being sought to fill future
vacancies.
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than 5 p.m. EDT on Wednesday,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Delayed Update of the HHS Poverty Guidelines for the Remainder of
2010
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice provides a delayed update of the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) poverty guidelines for the remainder of
2010, and until the 2011 poverty guidelines are published, which is
expected to occur in late January 2011. HHS is issuing this delayed
update due to recent legislation that prohibited the Secretary of HHS
from publishing 2010 poverty guidelines before May 31, 2010, and
required that the 2009 poverty guidelines remain in effect until the
Secretary of HHS published updated guidelines.
DATES: Effective Date: Date of publication, unless an office
administering a program using the guidelines specifies a different
effective date for that particular program.
ADDRESSES: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation, Room 404E, Humphrey Building, Department of Health and
Human Services, Washington, DC 20201.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about how the
guidelines are used or how income is defined in a particular program,
contact the Federal, State, or local office that is responsible for
that program. For information about poverty figures for immigration
forms, the Hill-Burton Uncompensated Services Program, and the number
of people in poverty, use the specific telephone numbers and addresses
given below.
For general questions about the poverty guidelines themselves,
contact Gordon Fisher, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning
and Evaluation, Room 404E, Humphrey Building, Department of Health and
Human Services, Washington, DC 20201--telephone: (202) 690-7507--or
visit https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/.
For information about the percentage multiple of the poverty
guidelines to be used on immigration forms such as USCIS Form I-864,
Affidavit of Support, contact U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
at 1-800-375-5283.
For information about the Hill-Burton Uncompensated Services
Program (free or reduced-fee health care services at certain hospitals
and other facilities for persons meeting eligibility criteria involving
the poverty guidelines), contact the Office of the Director, Division
of Facilities Compliance and Recovery, Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS, Room 10-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, Maryland 20857. To speak to a staff member, please call
(301) 443-5656. To receive a Hill-Burton information package, call 1-
800-638-0742 (for callers outside Maryland) or 1-800-492-0359 (for
callers in Maryland). You also may visit https://www.hrsa.gov/hillburton/default.htm.
For information about the number of people in poverty, visit the
Poverty section of the Census Bureau's Web site at https://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/poverty.html or contact the Census
Bureau's Demographic Call Center Staff at (301) 763-2422 or 1-866-758-
1060 (toll-free).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of
1981 (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) requires the Secretary of HHS to update the
poverty guidelines at least annually, adjusting them on the basis of
the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). The poverty
guidelines are used as an eligibility criterion by the Community
Services Block Grant program and a number of other Federal programs.
The poverty guidelines issued here are a simplified version of the
poverty thresholds that the Census Bureau uses
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to prepare its estimates of the number of individuals and families in
poverty.
However, provisions in three recent laws prohibited the Secretary
of HHS from publishing updated poverty guidelines for 2010 before May
31, 2010, and required that the poverty guidelines published on January
23, 2009, remain in effect until updated poverty guidelines were
published. These provisions were section 1012 of the Department of
Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-118), section 7 of the
Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-144), and section 6 of the
Continuing Extension Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-157).
The provisions included in these laws were in response to a
decrease in the annual average CPI-U for 2009. In the absence of a
legislative change, this decrease would have required HHS to issue 2010
poverty guidelines that were lower than the 2009 poverty guidelines,
resulting in an adverse effect on potential and actual program
beneficiaries. An explanatory statement in the December 16, 2009
Congressional Record described the first legislative provision to delay
the publication of the 2010 guidelines as a ``freeze'' of the
guidelines at 2009 levels ``in order to prevent a reduction in
eligibility for certain means-tested programs, including Medicaid,
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and child nutrition *
* *.'' (Congressional Record (House), December 16, 2009, p. H15370).
Legislation to further delay the publication of the 2010 poverty
guidelines beyond May 31, 2010, did not pass Congress. Accordingly, HHS
is publishing poverty guidelines for the remainder of 2010 in this
notice. These 2010 guidelines will remain in effect until HHS publishes
the 2011 poverty guidelines, which is expected to occur in late January
2011.
If HHS had published the 2010 poverty guidelines in late January
2010, on the normal schedule, the update would have been based on the
2008 Census Bureau poverty thresholds and the percentage change in the
annual average CPI-U from calendar year 2008 to calendar year 2009 (the
period from January through December 2009). Since the publication of
the 2010 poverty guidelines was delayed through May 31, 2010, HHS is
basing this update on the 2008 Census Bureau poverty thresholds--which
remain the most recent published thresholds available--and the
percentage change in the average CPI-U from calendar year 2008 to the
period beginning with January 2009 and ending on May 31, 2010. The
average CPI-U for the January 2009-May 2010 period was 0.042 percent
higher than the annual average CPI-U for calendar year 2008. (The
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 requires that the starting
point for the update of the poverty guidelines shall be the latest
published Census Bureau poverty thresholds, rather than the previous
HHS poverty guidelines.) The percentage increase in the CPI-U was so
small that after the rounding procedures used in the guidelines
calculation, the guidelines for the remainder of 2010 showed no change
from the 2009 guidelines.
The poverty guidelines are calculated each year using the latest
published Census Bureau poverty thresholds as the starting point. They
are not calculated from the previous year's poverty guidelines. As a
result, the level of next year's poverty guidelines--the 2011
guidelines--will not be affected by the way in which these 2010 poverty
guidelines were calculated.
The poverty guidelines for the remainder of 2010 are provided
below. The guideline figures shown represent annual income. These
guidelines will remain in effect until HHS publishes the 2011 poverty
guidelines, which is expected in late January 2011.
2010 Poverty Guidelines for the 48 Contiguous States and the District of
Columbia
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Poverty
Persons in family guideline
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.......................................................... $10,830
2.......................................................... 14,570
3.......................................................... 18,310
4.......................................................... 22,050
5.......................................................... 25,790
6.......................................................... 29,530
7.......................................................... 33,270
8.......................................................... 37,010
------------------------------------------------------------------------
For families with more than 8 persons, add $3,740 for each
additional person.
2010 Poverty Guidelines for Alaska
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Poverty
Persons in family guideline
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.......................................................... $13,530
2.......................................................... 18,210
3.......................................................... 22,890
4.......................................................... 27,570
5.......................................................... 32,250
6.......................................................... 36,930
7.......................................................... 41,610
8.......................................................... 46,290
------------------------------------------------------------------------
For families with more than 8 persons, add $4,680 for each
additional person.
2010 Poverty Guidelines for Hawaii
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Poverty
Persons in family guideline
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.......................................................... $12,460
2.......................................................... 16,760
3.......................................................... 21,060
4.......................................................... 25,360
5.......................................................... 29,660
6.......................................................... 33,960
7.......................................................... 38,260
8.......................................................... 42,560
------------------------------------------------------------------------
For families with more than 8 persons, add $4,300 for each
additional person.
Dated: July 30, 2010.
Kathleen Sebelius,
Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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