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Announcement of the Award of an
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Louden Tribal Council in Galena, AK
Administration for Native
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ACTION: Announcement of the award of
an emergency single-source grant to
Louden Tribal Council in Galena, AK, to
rebuild tribal operations following a
devastating flood and ice jams that
occurred between May 17–June 11,
2013.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
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Administration for Native Americans
(ANA) announces the award of an
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amount of $153,021 to the Louden
Tribal Council in Galena, AK. The
award will be made under ANA’s
program for Social and Economic
Development Strategies.
DATES: The award will be issued for a
project period of June 1, 2014 through
September 29, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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of Program Operations, Administration
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Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20047.
Telephone: 877–922–9262; Email:
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tribal operations following a devastating
flood that occurred in the spring and
summer of 2013. On June 25, President
Barack Obama issued a major disaster
declaration for the State of Alaska
(FEMA–4122–DR). The need for the
award is documented through the
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reports that are available at https://
www.fema.gov/disaster/4122. Of the 204
homes in the village, all but 9 were
damaged.
Galena is a rural Athabascan village
that has a population of 794 located on
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the nearest road system. Galena
Village’s governing body is the Louden
Tribal Council and tribal members
represent 75 percent of the population
of the city of Galena.
Award funds for the 16-month project
will address tribal governance needs,
including the refurbishment of four
tribal program offices, recovery and
rebuilding of tribal records and data
files, and re-establishing tribal
communications and networking
capacity by providing for the assistance
of professional IT services. The tribe
seeks to return to optimal operational
capacity to allow for the timely and
efficient delivery of services to its tribal
members.
Statutory Authority: This program is
authorized under § 803(a) of the Native
American Programs Act of 1974 (NAPA), 42
U.S.C. 2991b.
Melody Wayland,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Division of
Grants Policy, HHS/Administration for
Children and Families.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
[C.F.D.A. Number: 93.568]
Notice of LIHEAP State Median Income
Estimates for FFY 2015
Office of Community Services,
ACF, HHS.
ACTION: State Median Income Estimates
for a Four-Person Household: Notice of
the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2015 State
Median Income Estimates for Use in the
Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP).
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), Office of
Community Services (OCS), Division of
Energy Assistance (DEA) announces the
estimated median income of four-person
households in each state, the District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico for FFY 2015
(October 1, 2014, to September 30,
2015).
DATES: Effective Date: These estimates
become effective at any time between
the date of this publication and the later
of (1) October 1, 2014; or (2) the
beginning of a grantee’s fiscal year.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter Edelman, Program Analyst, Office
of Community Services, 5th Floor West,
370 L’Enfant Promenade SW.,
Washington, DC 20447. Telephone:
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202–401–5292; Email: peter.edelman@
acf.hhs.gov.
This
notice announces to grantees of the Low
Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP) the estimated median
income of four-person households in
each state, the District of Columbia, and
Puerto Rico for FFY 2015 (October 1,
2014, to September 30, 2015). LIHEAP
grantees that choose to base their
income eligibility criteria on these state
median income (SMI) estimates may
adopt these estimates (up to 60 percent)
on their date of publication in the
Federal Register or on a later date as
discussed in the ‘‘Dates’’ section. This
enables grantees to implement this
notice during the period between the
heating and cooling seasons. However,
by October 1, 2014, or the beginning of
the grantee’s fiscal year, whichever is
later, such grantees must adjust their
income eligibility criteria so that they
are in accord with the FFY 2015 SMI.
Sixty percent of SMI for each LIHEAP
grantee, as annually established by the
Secretary of Health and Human
Services, is one of the income criteria
that LIHEAP grantees may use in
determining a household’s income
eligibility for LIHEAP. The last time
LIHEAP was authorized was by the
Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law
109–58, which was enacted on August
8, 2005. This authorization expired on
September 30, 2007, and reauthorization
remains pending.
The SMI estimates in this notice are
3-year estimates derived from the
American Community Survey (ACS)
conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau,
U.S. Department of Commerce (Census
Bureau).
For additional information about the
ACS state median income estimates,
including the definition of income and
the derivation of medians see https://
www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/
data_documentation/
SubjectDefinitions/2012_
ACSSubjectDefinitions.pdf under
‘‘Income in the Past 12 Months.’’ For
additional information about using the
ACS 3-year estimates vs. using the 1year or 5-year estimates, see https://
www.census.gov/acs/www/guidance_
for_data_users/estimates/. For
additional information about the ACS in
general, see https://www.census.gov/acs/
www/ or contact the Census Bureau’s
Social, Economic, and Housing
Statistics Division at (301) 763–3243.
These SMI estimates, like those
derived from any survey, are subject to
two types of errors: (1) Non-sampling
Error, which consists of random errors
that increase the variability of the data
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and non-random errors that consistently
shift the data in a specific direction; and
(2) Sampling Error, which consists of
the error that arises from the use of
probability sampling to create the
sample. For additional information
about the accuracy of the ACS SMI
estimates, see https://www.census.gov/
acs/www/Downloads/data_
documentation/Accuracy/
MultiyearACSAccuracyofData2012.pdf.
In the state-by-state listing of SMI and
60 percent of SMI for a four-person
family for FFY 2015, LIHEAP grantees
must regard ‘‘family’’ to be the
equivalent of ‘‘household’’ with regards
to setting their income eligibility
criteria. This listing describes the
method for adjusting SMI for
households of different sizes, as
specified in regulations applicable to
LIHEAP (45 CFR 96.85(b)). These
regulations were published in the
Federal Register on March 3, 1988, (53
FR 6827) and amended on October 15,
1999 (64 FR 55858).
ESTIMATED STATE MEDIAN INCOME FOR FOUR-PERSON FAMILIES, BY STATE, FOR FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR (FFY) 2015
[For use in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)]
Estimated state median
income for four-person
families 1
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60 percent of estimated
state median income for
four-person families 2 3
$65,575
89,082
63,560
58,947
76,804
85,182
104,214
85,261
100,408
65,166
67,885
85,096
62,088
82,114
71,057
76,955
75,582
67,026
69,514
77,344
106,452
104,545
73,991
89,824
56,573
71,915
69,557
74,905
65,832
97,547
105,497
58,215
84,381
66,844
86,170
75,188
64,091
68,929
81,802
89,587
63,212
73,736
63,997
67,757
68,036
81,615
91,442
83,863
66,130
80,612
76,526
28,861
$39,345
53,449
38,136
35,368
46,082
51,109
62,528
51,157
60,245
39,100
40,731
51,058
37,253
49,268
42,634
46,173
45,349
40,216
41,708
46,406
63,871
62,727
44,395
53,894
33,944
43,149
41,734
44,943
39,499
58,528
63,298
34,929
50,629
40,106
51,702
45,113
38,455
41,357
49,081
53,752
37,927
44,242
38,398
40,654
40,822
48,969
54,865
50,318
39,678
48,367
45,916
17,317
Alabama ...................................................................................................................................
Alaska ......................................................................................................................................
Arizona .....................................................................................................................................
Arkansas ..................................................................................................................................
California ..................................................................................................................................
Colorado ..................................................................................................................................
Connecticut ..............................................................................................................................
Delaware ..................................................................................................................................
District of Columbia .................................................................................................................
Florida ......................................................................................................................................
Georgia ....................................................................................................................................
Hawaii ......................................................................................................................................
Idaho ........................................................................................................................................
Illinois .......................................................................................................................................
Indiana .....................................................................................................................................
Iowa .........................................................................................................................................
Kansas .....................................................................................................................................
Kentucky ..................................................................................................................................
Louisiana ..................................................................................................................................
Maine .......................................................................................................................................
Maryland ..................................................................................................................................
Massachusetts .........................................................................................................................
Michigan ...................................................................................................................................
Minnesota ................................................................................................................................
Mississippi ................................................................................................................................
Missouri ....................................................................................................................................
Montana ...................................................................................................................................
Nebraska ..................................................................................................................................
Nevada .....................................................................................................................................
New Hampshire .......................................................................................................................
New Jersey ..............................................................................................................................
New Mexico .............................................................................................................................
New York .................................................................................................................................
North Carolina ..........................................................................................................................
North Dakota ............................................................................................................................
Ohio .........................................................................................................................................
Oklahoma .................................................................................................................................
Oregon .....................................................................................................................................
Pennsylvania ............................................................................................................................
Rhode Island ............................................................................................................................
South Carolina .........................................................................................................................
South Dakota ...........................................................................................................................
Tennessee ...............................................................................................................................
Texas .......................................................................................................................................
Utah .........................................................................................................................................
Vermont ...................................................................................................................................
Virginia .....................................................................................................................................
Washington ..............................................................................................................................
West Virginia ............................................................................................................................
Wisconsin .................................................................................................................................
Wyoming ..................................................................................................................................
Puerto Rico ..............................................................................................................................
1 These figures were prepared by the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce (Census Bureau), from 3-year estimates from the
2010, 2011, and 2012 American Community Surveys (ACSs). These estimates, like those derived from any survey, are subject to two types of
error: (1) Non-sampling Error, which consists of random errors that increase the variability of the data and non-random errors that consistently direct the data in a specific direction; and (2) Sampling Error, which consists of the error that arises from the use of probability sampling to create
the sample.
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2 These figures were calculated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Community Services, Division of Energy Assistance by multiplying the estimated state median income for a four-person family for each state by
60 percent.
3 To adjust for different sizes of households for LIHEAP purposes, 45 CFR 96.85 calls for multiplying 60 percent of a state’s estimated median
income for a four-person family by the following percentages: 52 percent for a one-person household, 68 percent for a two-person household, 84
percent for a three-person household, 100 percent for a four-person household, 116 percent for a five-person household, and 132 percent for a
six-person household. For each additional household member above six people, 45 CFR 96.85 calls for adding 3 percentage points to the percentage for a six-person household (132 percent) and multiplying the new percentage by 60 percent of the median income for a four-person
family.
Note: FFY 2015 covers the period of
October 1, 2014, through September 30, 2015.
The estimated median income for fourperson families living in the United States for
this period is $76,365. Grantees that use SMI
for LIHEAP may, at their option, employ
such estimates at any time between the date
of this publication and the later of October
1, 2014 or the beginning of their fiscal year.
Statutory Authority: 45 CFR 96.85(b) and
42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(2)(B)(ii).
Dated: July 15, 2014.
Jeannie L. Chaffin,
Director, Office of Community Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2013–N–1151]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for Office of
Management and Budget Review;
Comment Request; Experimental
Study of Direct-to-Consumer
Promotion Directed at Adolescents
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing
that a proposed collection of
information has been submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Fax written comments on the
collection of information by August 20,
2014.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on
the information collection are received,
OMB recommends that written
comments be faxed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, FAX:
202–395–7285, or emailed to oira_
submission@omb.eop.gov. All
comments should be identified with the
OMB control number 0910–NEW and
title, ‘‘Experimental Study of Direct-toConsumer (DTC) Promotion Directed at
Adolescents.’’ Also include the FDA
docket number found in brackets in the
heading of this document.
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In
compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA
has submitted the following proposed
collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Experimental Study of Direct-toConsumer (DTC) Promotion Directed at
Adolescents—(OMB Control Number
0910—NEW)
[FR Doc. 2014–17063 Filed 7–18–14; 8:45 a.m.]
AGENCY:
FDA
PRA Staff, Office of Operations, Food
and Drug Administration, 8455
Colesville Rd., COLE–14526, Silver
Spring, MD 20993–0002, PRAStaff@
fda.hhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Section 1701(a)(4) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
300u(a)(4)) authorizes FDA to conduct
research relating to health information.
Section 1003(d)(2)(C) of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the
FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. 393(d)(2)(C)
authorizes FDA to conduct research
relating to drugs and other FDA
regulated products in carrying out the
provisions of the FD&C Act.
Sponsors for several prescription drug
classes market their products directly to
vulnerable groups, including
adolescents. Such DTC marketing to
adolescents raises a variety of potential
concerns. Adolescents are a unique
audience for DTC drug marketing
because their cognitive abilities are
different than those of adults, and they
are usually dependent on adults for
health insurance coverage, health care
provider access, and prescription drug
payment. Despite this uniqueness,
research regarding how adolescents use
risk and benefit information for healthrelated decisions is limited. If
considered at all in healthcare
communication research, age is
typically treated as simply another
segment of the audience (Ref. 1), and
researchers fail to consider how
information processing (how people
understand information) in response to
advertisement (ad) exposure might
differ among adolescents versus older
viewers.
The FD&C Act requires
manufacturers, packers, and distributors
that advertise prescription drugs to
disclose certain information about a
product’s uses and risks to potential
consumers in all advertisements.
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Consumers must consider tradeoffs with
regard to the product’s risks and
benefits in deciding whether to ask their
health care professionals about the
product. Presenting technically factual
information is important, but other
factors can also affect potential
consumers. Information processing
capacity, the relevance and vividness of
the information, and contextual factors
such as family dynamics likely affect
how adolescent consumers weigh the
potential risks and benefits of using a
product.
Despite the lack of previous research
specific to DTC drug marketing to
adolescents, existing theoretical and
empirical data make a strong case for
treating adolescence as a unique life
stage during which vulnerabilities that
can affect informed decisionmaking
must be taken into account. Well-known
theories of adolescent development
have long pointed to developmental
changes that occur during the
transitional period as an individual
moves from childhood to young
adulthood (Ref. 2). For instance, Erikson
(Refs. 3, 4) describes an often turbulent
psychosocial crisis that occurs as
adolescents strive to develop their
unique identity. Piaget (Refs. 5, 6) and
Kohlberg (Ref. 7) describe changes in
stages relative to cognitive processing
and reasoning that occur in this period,
as the adolescent becomes increasingly
capable of more abstract thinking.
Different cognitive, social and
emotional, and developmental processes
in the adolescent brain mature
simultaneously and at different rates,
affecting decisionmaking by age. All of
these factors can influence how
adolescents perceive and process
information as well as weigh risks and
benefits.
The need for understanding how
adolescents weigh risks and benefits is
particularly critical given the potential
adverse events associated with use of
the drug classes that are marketed
directly to adolescents. Suicide and
suicidal ideation has been associated
with some of these classes, including a
commonly used class of acne
medications. The risk and benefit
information needs to be clearly
presented in ways that adolescents can
understand. Interpretation of more
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[C.F.D.A. Number: 93.568]
Notice of LIHEAP State Median Income Estimates for FFY 2015
AGENCY: Office of Community Services, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: State Median Income Estimates for a Four-Person Household:
Notice of the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2015 State Median Income
Estimates for Use in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP).
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of
Community Services (OCS), Division of Energy Assistance (DEA) announces
the estimated median income of four-person households in each state,
the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for FFY 2015 (October 1,
2014, to September 30, 2015).
DATES: Effective Date: These estimates become effective at any time
between the date of this publication and the later of (1) October 1,
2014; or (2) the beginning of a grantee's fiscal year.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Edelman, Program Analyst, Office
of Community Services, 5th Floor West, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW.,
Washington, DC 20447. Telephone: 202-401-5292; Email:
peter.edelman@acf.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces to grantees of the Low
Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) the estimated median
income of four-person households in each state, the District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico for FFY 2015 (October 1, 2014, to September
30, 2015). LIHEAP grantees that choose to base their income eligibility
criteria on these state median income (SMI) estimates may adopt these
estimates (up to 60 percent) on their date of publication in the
Federal Register or on a later date as discussed in the ``Dates''
section. This enables grantees to implement this notice during the
period between the heating and cooling seasons. However, by October 1,
2014, or the beginning of the grantee's fiscal year, whichever is
later, such grantees must adjust their income eligibility criteria so
that they are in accord with the FFY 2015 SMI.
Sixty percent of SMI for each LIHEAP grantee, as annually
established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, is one of
the income criteria that LIHEAP grantees may use in determining a
household's income eligibility for LIHEAP. The last time LIHEAP was
authorized was by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109-58,
which was enacted on August 8, 2005. This authorization expired on
September 30, 2007, and reauthorization remains pending.
The SMI estimates in this notice are 3-year estimates derived from
the American Community Survey (ACS) conducted by the U.S. Census
Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce (Census Bureau).
For additional information about the ACS state median income
estimates, including the definition of income and the derivation of
medians see https://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/data_documentation/SubjectDefinitions/2012_ACSSubjectDefinitions.pdf under
``Income in the Past 12 Months.'' For additional information about
using the ACS 3-year estimates vs. using the 1-year or 5-year
estimates, see https://www.census.gov/acs/www/guidance_for_data_users/estimates/. For additional information about the ACS in general,
see https://www.census.gov/acs/www/ or contact the Census Bureau's
Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division at (301) 763-3243.
These SMI estimates, like those derived from any survey, are
subject to two types of errors: (1) Non-sampling Error, which consists
of random errors that increase the variability of the data
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and non-random errors that consistently shift the data in a specific
direction; and (2) Sampling Error, which consists of the error that
arises from the use of probability sampling to create the sample. For
additional information about the accuracy of the ACS SMI estimates, see
https://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/data_documentation/Accuracy/MultiyearACSAccuracyofData2012.pdf.
In the state-by-state listing of SMI and 60 percent of SMI for a
four-person family for FFY 2015, LIHEAP grantees must regard ``family''
to be the equivalent of ``household'' with regards to setting their
income eligibility criteria. This listing describes the method for
adjusting SMI for households of different sizes, as specified in
regulations applicable to LIHEAP (45 CFR 96.85(b)). These regulations
were published in the Federal Register on March 3, 1988, (53 FR 6827)
and amended on October 15, 1999 (64 FR 55858).
Estimated State Median Income for Four-Person Families, by State, for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2015
[For use in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)]
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60 percent of estimated
Estimated state median state median income for
States income for four-person four-person families \2
families \1\ 3\
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Alabama....................................................... $65,575 $39,345
Alaska........................................................ 89,082 53,449
Arizona....................................................... 63,560 38,136
Arkansas...................................................... 58,947 35,368
California.................................................... 76,804 46,082
Colorado...................................................... 85,182 51,109
Connecticut................................................... 104,214 62,528
Delaware...................................................... 85,261 51,157
District of Columbia.......................................... 100,408 60,245
Florida....................................................... 65,166 39,100
Georgia....................................................... 67,885 40,731
Hawaii........................................................ 85,096 51,058
Idaho......................................................... 62,088 37,253
Illinois...................................................... 82,114 49,268
Indiana....................................................... 71,057 42,634
Iowa.......................................................... 76,955 46,173
Kansas........................................................ 75,582 45,349
Kentucky...................................................... 67,026 40,216
Louisiana..................................................... 69,514 41,708
Maine......................................................... 77,344 46,406
Maryland...................................................... 106,452 63,871
Massachusetts................................................. 104,545 62,727
Michigan...................................................... 73,991 44,395
Minnesota..................................................... 89,824 53,894
Mississippi................................................... 56,573 33,944
Missouri...................................................... 71,915 43,149
Montana....................................................... 69,557 41,734
Nebraska...................................................... 74,905 44,943
Nevada........................................................ 65,832 39,499
New Hampshire................................................. 97,547 58,528
New Jersey.................................................... 105,497 63,298
New Mexico.................................................... 58,215 34,929
New York...................................................... 84,381 50,629
North Carolina................................................ 66,844 40,106
North Dakota.................................................. 86,170 51,702
Ohio.......................................................... 75,188 45,113
Oklahoma...................................................... 64,091 38,455
Oregon........................................................ 68,929 41,357
Pennsylvania.................................................. 81,802 49,081
Rhode Island.................................................. 89,587 53,752
South Carolina................................................ 63,212 37,927
South Dakota.................................................. 73,736 44,242
Tennessee..................................................... 63,997 38,398
Texas......................................................... 67,757 40,654
Utah.......................................................... 68,036 40,822
Vermont....................................................... 81,615 48,969
Virginia...................................................... 91,442 54,865
Washington.................................................... 83,863 50,318
West Virginia................................................. 66,130 39,678
Wisconsin..................................................... 80,612 48,367
Wyoming....................................................... 76,526 45,916
Puerto Rico................................................... 28,861 17,317
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\1\ These figures were prepared by the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce (Census Bureau), from 3-
year estimates from the 2010, 2011, and 2012 American Community Surveys (ACSs). These estimates, like those
derived from any survey, are subject to two types of error: (1) Non-sampling Error, which consists of random
errors that increase the variability of the data and non-random errors that consistently direct the data in a
specific direction; and (2) Sampling Error, which consists of the error that arises from the use of
probability sampling to create the sample.
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\2\ These figures were calculated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for
Children and Families, Office of Community Services, Division of Energy Assistance by multiplying the
estimated state median income for a four-person family for each state by 60 percent.
3 To adjust for different sizes of households for LIHEAP purposes, 45 CFR 96.85 calls for multiplying 60 percent
of a state's estimated median income for a four-person family by the following percentages: 52 percent for a
one-person household, 68 percent for a two-person household, 84 percent for a three-person household, 100
percent for a four-person household, 116 percent for a five-person household, and 132 percent for a six-person
household. For each additional household member above six people, 45 CFR 96.85 calls for adding 3 percentage
points to the percentage for a six-person household (132 percent) and multiplying the new percentage by 60
percent of the median income for a four-person family.
Note: FFY 2015 covers the period of October 1, 2014, through
September 30, 2015. The estimated median income for four-person
families living in the United States for this period is $76,365.
Grantees that use SMI for LIHEAP may, at their option, employ such
estimates at any time between the date of this publication and the
later of October 1, 2014 or the beginning of their fiscal year.
Statutory Authority: 45 CFR 96.85(b) and 42 U.S.C.
8624(b)(2)(B)(ii).
Dated: July 15, 2014.
Jeannie L. Chaffin,
Director, Office of Community Services.
[FR Doc. 2014-17063 Filed 7-18-14; 8:45 a.m.]
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