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or by phone to respond. It is envisioned
that the contractor would then conduct
the web based survey and interviews
thereafter.
Estimate of Burden: NIFA used
burden estimates administered through
contractor led web based survey to
estimate the burden for SBIR, but
anticipates the transactions for project
initiation may be reduced because grant
application information will be used to
prepopulate many fields. The total
annual burden for the SBIR Program
collection is 2500 hours.
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Number of
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Frequency of
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Program), School Breakfast Program,
Special Milk Program for Children,
Child and Adult Care Food Program,
and Summer Food Service Program. The
annual adjustments are required by
section 9 of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act. The
guidelines are intended to direct
benefits to those children most in need
and are revised annually to account for
changes in the Consumer Price Index.
DATES: Effective Date: July 1, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Vivian Lees, Branch Chief, Operational
Support Branch, Child Nutrition
Programs, Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA, Alexandria, Virginia
22302, or by phone at (703) 305–2322.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
action is not a rule as defined by the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C.
601–612) and thus is exempt from the
provisions of that Act.
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507),
no recordkeeping or reporting
requirements have been included that
are subject to approval from the Office
of Management and Budget.
This notice has been determined to be
not significant and was reviewed by the
Office of Management and Budget in
conformance with Executive Order
12866.
The affected programs are listed in the
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
under No. 10.553, No. 10.555, No.
10.556, No. 10.558 and No. 10.559 and
are subject to the provisions of
Executive Order 12372, which requires
intergovernmental consultation with
State and local officials. (See 2 CFR
415.3–415.6).
This notice announces the
Department’s annual adjustments to the
Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used
in determining eligibility for free and
reduced price meals and free milk for
the period from July 1, 2015 through
June 30, 2016. These guidelines are used
by schools, institutions, and facilities
participating in the National School
Lunch Program (and Commodity School
Background
Pursuant to sections 9(b)(1) and
17(c)(4) of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1758(b)(1) and 42 U.S.C. 1766(c)(4)),
and sections 3(a)(6) and 4(e)(1)(A) of the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.
1772(a)(6) and 1773(e)(1)(A)), the
Department annually issues the Income
Eligibility Guidelines for free and
reduced price meals for the National
School Lunch Program (7 CFR part 210),
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
to OMB for approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Obtaining a Copy of the Information
Collection: A copy of the information
collection and related instructions may
be obtained free of charge by contacting
Robert Martin as directed above.
Done at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of
March, 2015.
Catherine E. Woteki,
Under Secretary, Research, Education, and
Economics.
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Food and Nutrition Service
Child Nutrition Programs—Income
Eligibility Guidelines
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
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the Commodity School Program (7 CFR
part 210), School Breakfast Program (7
CFR part 220), Summer Food Service
Program (7 CFR part 225) and Child and
Adult Care Food Program (7 CFR part
226) and the guidelines for free milk in
the Special Milk Program for Children
(7 CFR part 215). These eligibility
guidelines are based on the Federal
income poverty guidelines and are
stated by household size. The guidelines
are used to determine eligibility for free
and reduced price meals and free milk
in accordance with applicable program
rules.
Definition of Income
In accordance with the Department’s
policy as provided in the Food and
Nutrition Service publication Eligibility
Manual for School Meals, ‘‘income,’’ as
the term is used in this notice, means
income before any deductions such as
income taxes, Social Security taxes,
insurance premiums, charitable
contributions and bonds. It includes the
following: (1) Monetary compensation
for services, including wages, salary,
commissions or fees; (2) net income
from nonfarm self-employment; (3) net
income from farm self-employment; (4)
Social Security; (5) dividends or interest
on savings or bonds or income from
estates or trusts; (6) net rental income;
(7) public assistance or welfare
payments; (8) unemployment
compensation; (9) government civilian
employee or military retirement, or
pensions or veterans payments; (10)
private pensions or annuities; (11)
alimony or child support payments; (12)
regular contributions from persons not
living in the household; (13) net
royalties; and (14) other cash income.
Other cash income would include cash
amounts received or withdrawn from
any source including savings,
investments, trust accounts and other
resources that would be available to pay
the price of a child’s meal.
‘‘Income,’’ as the term is used in this
notice, does not include any income or
benefits received under any Federal
programs that are excluded from
consideration as income by any
statutory prohibition. Furthermore, the
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value of meals or milk to children shall
not be considered as income to their
households for other benefit programs
in accordance with the prohibitions in
section 12(e) of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act and section
11(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(42 U.S.C. 1760(e) and 1780(b)).
The Income Eligibility Guidelines
The following are the Income
Eligibility Guidelines to be effective
from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
The Department’s guidelines for free
meals and milk and reduced price meals
were obtained by multiplying the year
2015 Federal income poverty guidelines
by 1.30 and 1.85, respectively, and by
rounding the result upward to the next
whole dollar.
This notice displays only the annual
Federal poverty guidelines issued by the
Department of Health and Human
Services because the monthly and
weekly Federal poverty guidelines are
not used to determine the Income
Eligibility Guidelines. The chart details
the free and reduced price eligibility
criteria for monthly income, income
received twice monthly (24 payments
per year), income received every two
weeks (26 payments per year) and
weekly income.
Income calculations are made based
on the following formulas: Monthly
income is calculated by dividing the
annual income by 12; twice monthly
income is computed by dividing annual
income by 24; income received every
two weeks is calculated by dividing
annual income by 26; and weekly
income is computed by dividing annual
income by 52. All numbers are rounded
upward to the next whole dollar. The
numbers reflected in this notice for a
family of four in the 48 contiguous
States, the District of Columbia, Guam
and the territories represent an increase
of 1.7 percent over last year’s level for
a family of the same size. The income
eligibility guidelines table follows
below.
INCOME ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES
[Effective from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016]
Federal
poverty
guidelines
Household size
Reduced price meals—185%
Annual
Monthly
Annual
Twice per
month
Every
two
weeks
Free meals—130%
Weekly
Annual
Monthly
Twice
per
month
Every
two
weeks
Weekly
48 Contiguous States, District of Columbia, Guam and Territories
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
For each additional family member add .........
11,770
15,930
20,090
24,250
28,410
32,570
36,730
40,890
4,160
21,775
29,471
37,167
44,863
52,559
60,255
67,951
75,647
7,696
1,815
2,456
3,098
3,739
4,380
5,022
5,663
6,304
642
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
For each additional family member add .........
14,720
19,920
25,120
30,320
35,520
40,720
45,920
51,120
5,200
27,232
36,852
46,472
56,092
65,712
75,332
84,952
94,572
9,620
908
1,228
1,549
1,870
2,190
2,511
2,832
3,152
321
2,270
3,071
3,873
4,675
5,476
6,278
7,080
7,881
802
838
1,134
1,430
1,726
2,022
2,318
2,614
2,910
296
419
567
715
863
1,011
1,159
1,307
1,455
148
15,301
20,709
26,117
31,525
36,933
42,341
47,749
53,157
5,408
1,276
1,726
2,177
2,628
3,078
3,529
3,980
4,430
451
638
863
1,089
1,314
1,539
1,765
1,990
2,215
226
589
797
1,005
1,213
1,421
1,629
1,837
2,045
208
295
399
503
607
711
815
919
1,023
104
1,135
1,536
1,937
2,338
2,738
3,139
3,540
3,941
401
1,048
1,418
1,788
2,158
2,528
2,898
3,268
3,638
370
524
709
894
1,079
1,264
1,449
1,634
1,819
185
19,136
25,896
32,656
39,416
46,176
52,936
59,696
66,456
6,760
1,595
2,158
2,722
3,285
3,848
4,412
4,975
5,538
564
798
1,079
1,361
1,643
1,924
2,206
2,488
2,769
282
736
996
1,256
1,516
1,776
2,036
2,296
2,556
260
368
498
628
758
888
1,018
1,148
1,278
130
1,045
1,413
1,782
2,150
2,519
2,887
3,256
3,624
369
965
1,305
1,645
1,985
2,325
2,665
3,005
3,345
341
483
653
823
993
1,163
1,333
1,503
1,673
171
17,615
23,829
30,043
36,257
42,471
48,685
54,899
61,113
6,214
1,468
1,986
2,504
3,022
3,540
4,058
4,575
5,093
518
734
993
1,252
1,511
1,770
2,029
2,288
2,547
259
678
917
1,156
1,395
1,634
1,873
2,112
2,351
239
339
459
578
698
817
937
1,056
1,176
120
Alaska
Hawaii
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
For each additional family member add .........
13,550
18,330
23,110
27,890
32,670
37,450
42,230
47,010
4,780
25,068
33,911
42,754
51,597
60,440
69,283
78,126
86,969
8,843
2,089
2,826
3,563
4,300
5,037
5,774
6,511
7,248
737
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Authority: Section 9(b)(1) of the Richard B.
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1758(b)(1).
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Date: March 26, 2015.
Jeffrey J. Tribiano,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants and
Children (WIC): Income Eligibility
Guidelines
Food and Nutrition Service
[FR Doc. 2015–07358 Filed 3–30–15; 8:45 am]
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
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The U.S. Department of
Agriculture (‘‘Department’’) announces
adjusted income eligibility guidelines to
be used by State agencies in
determining the income eligibility of
persons applying to participate in the
Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants and
Children Program (WIC). These income
eligibility guidelines are to be used in
conjunction with the WIC Regulations.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Child Nutrition Programs--Income Eligibility Guidelines
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Department's annual adjustments to
the Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used in determining eligibility
for free and reduced price meals and free milk for the period from July
1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. These guidelines are used by schools,
institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch
Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program,
Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program,
and Summer Food Service Program. The annual adjustments are required by
section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. The
guidelines are intended to direct benefits to those children most in
need and are revised annually to account for changes in the Consumer
Price Index.
DATES: Effective Date: July 1, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vivian Lees, Branch Chief, Operational
Support Branch, Child Nutrition Programs, Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA, Alexandria, Virginia 22302, or by phone at (703) 305-2322.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action is not a rule as defined by the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612) and thus is exempt from
the provisions of that Act.
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), no recordkeeping or reporting requirements have been included
that are subject to approval from the Office of Management and Budget.
This notice has been determined to be not significant and was
reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget in conformance with
Executive Order 12866.
The affected programs are listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance under No. 10.553, No. 10.555, No. 10.556, No. 10.558 and No.
10.559 and are subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12372,
which requires intergovernmental consultation with State and local
officials. (See 2 CFR 415.3-415.6).
Background
Pursuant to sections 9(b)(1) and 17(c)(4) of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(1) and 42 U.S.C.
1766(c)(4)), and sections 3(a)(6) and 4(e)(1)(A) of the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772(a)(6) and 1773(e)(1)(A)), the Department
annually issues the Income Eligibility Guidelines for free and reduced
price meals for the National School Lunch Program (7 CFR part 210), the
Commodity School Program (7 CFR part 210), School Breakfast Program (7
CFR part 220), Summer Food Service Program (7 CFR part 225) and Child
and Adult Care Food Program (7 CFR part 226) and the guidelines for
free milk in the Special Milk Program for Children (7 CFR part 215).
These eligibility guidelines are based on the Federal income poverty
guidelines and are stated by household size. The guidelines are used to
determine eligibility for free and reduced price meals and free milk in
accordance with applicable program rules.
Definition of Income
In accordance with the Department's policy as provided in the Food
and Nutrition Service publication Eligibility Manual for School Meals,
``income,'' as the term is used in this notice, means income before any
deductions such as income taxes, Social Security taxes, insurance
premiums, charitable contributions and bonds. It includes the
following: (1) Monetary compensation for services, including wages,
salary, commissions or fees; (2) net income from nonfarm self-
employment; (3) net income from farm self-employment; (4) Social
Security; (5) dividends or interest on savings or bonds or income from
estates or trusts; (6) net rental income; (7) public assistance or
welfare payments; (8) unemployment compensation; (9) government
civilian employee or military retirement, or pensions or veterans
payments; (10) private pensions or annuities; (11) alimony or child
support payments; (12) regular contributions from persons not living in
the household; (13) net royalties; and (14) other cash income. Other
cash income would include cash amounts received or withdrawn from any
source including savings, investments, trust accounts and other
resources that would be available to pay the price of a child's meal.
``Income,'' as the term is used in this notice, does not include
any income or benefits received under any Federal programs that are
excluded from consideration as income by any statutory prohibition.
Furthermore, the
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value of meals or milk to children shall not be considered as income to
their households for other benefit programs in accordance with the
prohibitions in section 12(e) of the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act and section 11(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 1760(e) and 1780(b)).
The Income Eligibility Guidelines
The following are the Income Eligibility Guidelines to be effective
from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. The Department's guidelines
for free meals and milk and reduced price meals were obtained by
multiplying the year 2015 Federal income poverty guidelines by 1.30 and
1.85, respectively, and by rounding the result upward to the next whole
dollar.
This notice displays only the annual Federal poverty guidelines
issued by the Department of Health and Human Services because the
monthly and weekly Federal poverty guidelines are not used to determine
the Income Eligibility Guidelines. The chart details the free and
reduced price eligibility criteria for monthly income, income received
twice monthly (24 payments per year), income received every two weeks
(26 payments per year) and weekly income.
Income calculations are made based on the following formulas:
Monthly income is calculated by dividing the annual income by 12; twice
monthly income is computed by dividing annual income by 24; income
received every two weeks is calculated by dividing annual income by 26;
and weekly income is computed by dividing annual income by 52. All
numbers are rounded upward to the next whole dollar. The numbers
reflected in this notice for a family of four in the 48 contiguous
States, the District of Columbia, Guam and the territories represent an
increase of 1.7 percent over last year's level for a family of the same
size. The income eligibility guidelines table follows below.
Income Eligibility Guidelines
[Effective from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016]
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Federal Reduced price meals--185% Free meals--130%
poverty -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Household size guidelines Every Twice Every
------------ Annual Monthly Twice per two Weekly Annual Monthly per two Weekly
Annual month weeks month weeks
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48 Contiguous States, District of Columbia, Guam and Territories
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1........................................... 11,770 21,775 1,815 908 838 419 15,301 1,276 638 589 295
2........................................... 15,930 29,471 2,456 1,228 1,134 567 20,709 1,726 863 797 399
3........................................... 20,090 37,167 3,098 1,549 1,430 715 26,117 2,177 1,089 1,005 503
4........................................... 24,250 44,863 3,739 1,870 1,726 863 31,525 2,628 1,314 1,213 607
5........................................... 28,410 52,559 4,380 2,190 2,022 1,011 36,933 3,078 1,539 1,421 711
6........................................... 32,570 60,255 5,022 2,511 2,318 1,159 42,341 3,529 1,765 1,629 815
7........................................... 36,730 67,951 5,663 2,832 2,614 1,307 47,749 3,980 1,990 1,837 919
8........................................... 40,890 75,647 6,304 3,152 2,910 1,455 53,157 4,430 2,215 2,045 1,023
For each additional family member add....... 4,160 7,696 642 321 296 148 5,408 451 226 208 104
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Alaska
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1........................................... 14,720 27,232 2,270 1,135 1,048 524 19,136 1,595 798 736 368
2........................................... 19,920 36,852 3,071 1,536 1,418 709 25,896 2,158 1,079 996 498
3........................................... 25,120 46,472 3,873 1,937 1,788 894 32,656 2,722 1,361 1,256 628
4........................................... 30,320 56,092 4,675 2,338 2,158 1,079 39,416 3,285 1,643 1,516 758
5........................................... 35,520 65,712 5,476 2,738 2,528 1,264 46,176 3,848 1,924 1,776 888
6........................................... 40,720 75,332 6,278 3,139 2,898 1,449 52,936 4,412 2,206 2,036 1,018
7........................................... 45,920 84,952 7,080 3,540 3,268 1,634 59,696 4,975 2,488 2,296 1,148
8........................................... 51,120 94,572 7,881 3,941 3,638 1,819 66,456 5,538 2,769 2,556 1,278
For each additional family member add....... 5,200 9,620 802 401 370 185 6,760 564 282 260 130
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Hawaii
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1........................................... 13,550 25,068 2,089 1,045 965 483 17,615 1,468 734 678 339
2........................................... 18,330 33,911 2,826 1,413 1,305 653 23,829 1,986 993 917 459
3........................................... 23,110 42,754 3,563 1,782 1,645 823 30,043 2,504 1,252 1,156 578
4........................................... 27,890 51,597 4,300 2,150 1,985 993 36,257 3,022 1,511 1,395 698
5........................................... 32,670 60,440 5,037 2,519 2,325 1,163 42,471 3,540 1,770 1,634 817
6........................................... 37,450 69,283 5,774 2,887 2,665 1,333 48,685 4,058 2,029 1,873 937
7........................................... 42,230 78,126 6,511 3,256 3,005 1,503 54,899 4,575 2,288 2,112 1,056
8........................................... 47,010 86,969 7,248 3,624 3,345 1,673 61,113 5,093 2,547 2,351 1,176
For each additional family member add....... 4,780 8,843 737 369 341 171 6,214 518 259 239 120
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Authority: Section 9(b)(1) of the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(1).
Date: March 26, 2015.
Jeffrey J. Tribiano,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-07358 Filed 3-30-15; 8:45 am]
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