Annual Update of the HHS Poverty Guidelines, 4034-4035 [2012-1603]

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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 23, 2012. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2012–1616 Filed 1–25–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary Annual Update of the HHS Poverty Guidelines Department of Health and Human Services. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice provides an update of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) poverty guidelines to account for last calendar year’s increase in prices as measured by the Consumer Price Index. 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 Kendall Swenson or 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 Health Facilities, Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS, Room 10–105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. To speak to a staff member, SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\26JAN1.SGM 26JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 17 / Thursday, January 26, 2012 / Notices 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/gethealthcare/ affordable/hillburton/. 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 Customer Service Center at 1–(800) 923–8282 (toll-free) or visit https://ask.census.gov for further information. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 2012 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR THE administers the program is generally 48 CONTIGUOUS STATES AND THE responsible for deciding whether to use the contiguous-states-and-DC guidelines DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Persons in family/household 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES VerDate Mar<15>2010 Poverty guideline $11,170 15,130 19,090 23,050 27,010 30,970 34,930 38,890 For families/households with more than 8 persons, add $3,960 for each additional person. 2012 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR ALASKA Background Section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services 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 to prepare its estimates of the number of individuals and families in poverty. As required by law, this update is accomplished by increasing the latest published Census Bureau poverty thresholds by the relevant percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI–U). The guidelines in this 2012 notice reflect the 3.2 percent price increase between calendar years 2010 and 2011. After this inflation adjustment, the guidelines are rounded and adjusted to standardize the differences between family sizes. The same calculation procedure was used this year as in previous years. (Note that these 2012 guidelines are roughly equal to the poverty thresholds for calendar year 2011 which the Census Bureau expects to publish in final form in September 2012.) The poverty guidelines continue to be derived from the Census Bureau’s current official poverty thresholds; they are not derived from the Census Bureau’s new Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM). The following guideline figures represent annual income. 17:14 Jan 25, 2012 Jkt 226001 4035 Persons in family/household 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ Poverty guideline $13,970 18,920 23,870 28,820 33,770 38,720 43,670 48,620 For families/households with more than 8 persons, add $4,950 for each additional person. 2012 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR HAWAII Persons in family/household 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ Poverty guideline $12,860 17,410 21,960 26,510 31,060 35,610 40,160 44,710 For families/households with more than 8 persons, add $4,550 for each additional person. Separate poverty guideline figures for Alaska and Hawaii reflect Office of Economic Opportunity administrative practice beginning in the 1966–1970 period. (Note that the Census Bureau poverty thresholds—the version of the poverty measure used for statistical purposes—have never had separate figures for Alaska and Hawaii.) The poverty guidelines are not defined for Puerto Rico or other outlying jurisdictions. In cases in which a Federal program using the poverty guidelines serves any of those jurisdictions, the Federal office that PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 for those jurisdictions or to follow some other procedure. Due to confusing legislative language dating back to 1972, the poverty guidelines sometimes have been mistakenly referred to as the ‘‘OMB’’ (Office of Management and Budget) poverty guidelines or poverty line. In fact, OMB has never issued the guidelines; the guidelines are issued each year by the Department of Health and Human Services. 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).’’ Some federal programs use a percentage multiple of the guidelines (for example, 125 percent or 185 percent of the guidelines), as noted in relevant authorizing legislation or program regulations. Non-Federal organizations that use the poverty guidelines under their own authority in non-Federallyfunded activities also may choose to use a percentage multiple of the guidelines. The poverty guidelines do not make a distinction between farm and non-farm families, or between aged and non-aged units. (Only the Census Bureau poverty thresholds have separate figures for aged and non-aged one-person and twoperson units.) Note that this notice does not provide definitions of such terms as ‘‘income’’ or ‘‘family,’’ because there is considerable variation in defining these terms among the different programs that use the guidelines. These variations are traceable to the different laws and regulations that govern the various programs. This means that questions such as ‘‘Is income counted before or after taxes?’’, ‘‘Should a particular type of income be counted?’’, and ‘‘Should a particular person be counted as a member of the family/household?’’ are actually questions about how a specific program applies the poverty guidelines. All such questions about how a specific program applies the guidelines should be directed to the entity that administers or funds the program, since that entity has the responsibility for defining such terms as ‘‘income’’ or ‘‘family,’’ to the extent that these terms are not already defined for the program in legislation or regulations. Dated: January 19, 2012. Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services. [FR Doc. 2012–1603 Filed 1–25–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150–05–P E:\FR\FM\26JAN1.SGM 26JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4034-4035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1603]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Annual Update of the HHS Poverty Guidelines

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides an update of the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) poverty guidelines to account for last calendar
year's increase in prices as measured by the Consumer Price Index.

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 Kendall Swenson or 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 Health Facilities, Health Resources and Services Administration,
HHS, Room 10-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
Maryland 20857. To speak to a staff member,

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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/gethealthcare/affordable/hillburton/.
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 Customer Service Center at 1-(800) 923-8282 (toll-free) or
visit https://ask.census.gov for further information.

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 the Department of
Health and Human Services 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 to prepare its estimates of the number of individuals and
families in poverty.
As required by law, this update is accomplished by increasing the
latest published Census Bureau poverty thresholds by the relevant
percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
(CPI-U). The guidelines in this 2012 notice reflect the 3.2 percent
price increase between calendar years 2010 and 2011. After this
inflation adjustment, the guidelines are rounded and adjusted to
standardize the differences between family sizes. The same calculation
procedure was used this year as in previous years. (Note that these
2012 guidelines are roughly equal to the poverty thresholds for
calendar year 2011 which the Census Bureau expects to publish in final
form in September 2012.)
The poverty guidelines continue to be derived from the Census
Bureau's current official poverty thresholds; they are not derived from
the Census Bureau's new Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).
The following guideline figures represent annual income.

2012 Poverty Guidelines for the 48 Contiguous States and the District of
Columbia
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Poverty
Persons in family/household guideline
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.......................................................... $11,170
2.......................................................... 15,130
3.......................................................... 19,090
4.......................................................... 23,050
5.......................................................... 27,010
6.......................................................... 30,970
7.......................................................... 34,930
8.......................................................... 38,890
------------------------------------------------------------------------

For families/households with more than 8 persons, add $3,960 for
each additional person.

2012 Poverty Guidelines for Alaska
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Poverty
Persons in family/household guideline
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.......................................................... $13,970
2.......................................................... 18,920
3.......................................................... 23,870
4.......................................................... 28,820
5.......................................................... 33,770
6.......................................................... 38,720
7.......................................................... 43,670
8.......................................................... 48,620
------------------------------------------------------------------------

For families/households with more than 8 persons, add $4,950 for
each additional person.

2012 Poverty Guidelines for Hawaii
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Poverty
Persons in family/household guideline
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.......................................................... $12,860
2.......................................................... 17,410
3.......................................................... 21,960
4.......................................................... 26,510
5.......................................................... 31,060
6.......................................................... 35,610
7.......................................................... 40,160
8.......................................................... 44,710
------------------------------------------------------------------------

For families/households with more than 8 persons, add $4,550 for
each additional person.
Separate poverty guideline figures for Alaska and Hawaii reflect
Office of Economic Opportunity administrative practice beginning in the
1966-1970 period. (Note that the Census Bureau poverty thresholds--the
version of the poverty measure used for statistical purposes--have
never had separate figures for Alaska and Hawaii.) The poverty
guidelines are not defined for Puerto Rico or other outlying
jurisdictions. In cases in which a Federal program using the poverty
guidelines serves any of those jurisdictions, the Federal office that
administers the program is generally responsible for deciding whether
to use the contiguous-states-and-DC guidelines for those jurisdictions
or to follow some other procedure.
Due to confusing legislative language dating back to 1972, the
poverty guidelines sometimes have been mistakenly referred to as the
``OMB'' (Office of Management and Budget) poverty guidelines or poverty
line. In fact, OMB has never issued the guidelines; the guidelines are
issued each year by the Department of Health and Human Services. 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).''
Some federal programs use a percentage multiple of the guidelines
(for example, 125 percent or 185 percent of the guidelines), as noted
in relevant authorizing legislation or program regulations. Non-Federal
organizations that use the poverty guidelines under their own authority
in non-Federally-funded activities also may choose to use a percentage
multiple of the guidelines.
The poverty guidelines do not make a distinction between farm and
non-farm families, or between aged and non-aged units. (Only the Census
Bureau poverty thresholds have separate figures for aged and non-aged
one-person and two-person units.)
Note that this notice does not provide definitions of such terms as
``income'' or ``family,'' because there is considerable variation in
defining these terms among the different programs that use the
guidelines. These variations are traceable to the different laws and
regulations that govern the various programs. This means that questions
such as ``Is income counted before or after taxes?'', ``Should a
particular type of income be counted?'', and ``Should a particular
person be counted as a member of the family/household?'' are actually
questions about how a specific program applies the poverty guidelines.
All such questions about how a specific program applies the guidelines
should be directed to the entity that administers or funds the program,
since that entity has the responsibility for defining such terms as
``income'' or ``family,'' to the extent that these terms are not
already defined for the program in legislation or regulations.

Dated: January 19, 2012.
Kathleen Sebelius,
Secretary of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2012-1603 Filed 1-25-12; 8:45 am]
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