``Low Income Levels'' Used for Various Health Professions and Nursing Programs Authorized in Titles III, VII, and VIII of the Public Health Service Act, 14018-14019 [2022-05234]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
‘‘Low Income Levels’’ Used for Various
Health Professions and Nursing
Programs Authorized in Titles III, VII,
and VIII of the Public Health Service
Act
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
HRSA is updating income
levels used to identify a ‘‘low-income
family’’ for the purpose of determining
eligibility for programs that provide
health professions and nursing training
to individuals from disadvantaged
backgrounds. These various programs
are authorized in Titles III, VII, and VIII
of the Public Health Service Act. HHS
periodically publishes in the Federal
Register low-income levels to be used
by institutions receiving grants or
cooperative agreement awards to
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determine eligibility for programs
providing training for (1) disadvantaged
individuals, (2) individuals from
disadvantaged backgrounds, or (3)
individuals from low-income families.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Many
health professions and nursing grant
and cooperative agreement awardees
use the low-income levels to determine
whether potential program participants
are from economically disadvantaged
backgrounds and would be eligible to
participate in the program, as well as to
determine the amount of funding
individuals receive. Awards are
generally made to accredited schools of
medicine, osteopathic medicine, public
health, dentistry, veterinary medicine,
optometry, pharmacy, allied health,
podiatric medicine, nursing, and
chiropractic; public or private nonprofit
schools which offer graduate programs
in behavioral health and mental health
practice; and other public or private
nonprofit health or educational entities
to assist individuals from disadvantaged
backgrounds and disadvantaged
students to enter and graduate from
health professions and nursing schools.
Some programs provide for the
repayment of health professions or
nursing education loans for students
from disadvantaged backgrounds and
disadvantaged students.
A ‘‘low-income family/household’’ for
programs included in Titles III, VII, and
VIII of the Public Health Service Act is
defined as having an annual income that
does not exceed 200 percent of HHS’s
poverty guidelines. A family is a group
of two or more individuals related by
birth, marriage, or adoption who live
together.
Most HRSA programs use the income
of a student’s parent(s) to compute low
income status. However, a ‘‘household’’
may potentially be only one person.
Other HRSA programs, depending upon
the legislative intent of the program, the
programmatic purpose related to income
level, as well as the age and
circumstances of the participant, will
apply these low income standards to the
individual student to determine
eligibility, as long as the individual is
not listed as a dependent on the tax
form of their parent(s). Each program
includes the rationale and methodology
for determining low income levels in
program funding opportunities or
applications.
Low-income levels are adjusted
annually based on HHS’s poverty
guidelines. HHS’s poverty guidelines
are based on poverty thresholds
published by the U.S. Census Bureau,
adjusted annually for changes in the
Consumer Price Index. The income
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figures below have been updated to
reflect HHS’s 2022 poverty guidelines as
published in the Federal Register at 87
FR 3315. See https://
www.federalregister.gov/documents/
2022/01/21/2022-01166/annual-updateof-the-hhs-poverty-guidelines.
LOW INCOME LEVELS BASED ON THE
2022 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR THE
48 CONTIGUOUS STATES AND THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Persons in family/household *
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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Income level **
$27,180
36,620
46,060
55,500
64,940
74,380
83,820
93,260
For families with more than 8 persons, add
$9,440 for each additional person.
* Includes only dependents listed on federal
income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year
2021.
Separate poverty guidelines figures
for Alaska and Hawaii reflect Office of
Economic Opportunity administrative
practice beginning in the 1966–1970
period since the U.S. Census Bureau
poverty thresholds do not have separate
figures for Alaska and Hawaii. The
poverty guidelines are not defined for
Puerto Rico or other jurisdictions.
Puerto Rico and other jurisdictions shall
use income guidelines for the 48
Contiguous States and the District of
Columbia.
Carole Johnson,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request Health Center
Workforce Survey OMB No. 0906–
XXXX–New
LOW INCOME LEVELS BASED ON THE
2022 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services
ALASKA
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Persons in family/household *
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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Income level **
$33,980
45,780
57,580
69,380
81,180
92,980
104,780
116,580
For families with more than 8 persons, add
$11,800 for each additional person.
* Includes only dependents listed on federal
income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year
2021.
LOW INCOME LEVELS BASED ON THE
2022 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR HAWAII
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Persons in family/household *
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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Income level **
$31,260
42,120
52,980
63,840
74,700
85,560
96,420
107,280
For families with more than 8 persons, add
$10,860 for each additional person.
* Includes only dependents listed on federal
income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year
2021.
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Health and Human Services.
Notice.
ACTION:
In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection
projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, HRSA announces plans to
submit an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to
OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the
public regarding the burden estimate,
below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than May 10, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or by mail to the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and draft
instruments, email paperwork@hrsa.gov
or call Samantha Miller, the acting
HRSA Information Collection Clearance
Officer at (301) 443–9094.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information collection request title for
reference.
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Information Collection Request Title:
Health Center Workforce Survey OMB
No. 0906–XXXX–New.
Abstract: The Health Center Program,
authorized by section 330 of the Public
Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 254b, and
administered by HRSA, Bureau of
Primary Health Care, supports the
provision of community-based
preventive and primary health care
services to millions of medically
underserved and vulnerable people.
Health centers employ over 400,000
health care staff (i.e., physicians,
medical, dental, mental and behavioral
health, vision services, pharmacy,
enabling services, quality improvement,
and facility and non-clinical support
staff.)
Provider and non-provider staff wellbeing is essential to recruiting and
retaining staff, thus supporting access to
quality health care and services through
the Health Center Program. HRSA has
created a nationwide Health Center
Workforce Survey to identify and
address challenges related to provider
and staff well-being. The survey will be
administered to all full-time and parttime health center staff in the fall of
2022 to identify conditions and
circumstances that affect staff wellbeing at HRSA-funded health centers,
including the scope and nature of
workforce well-being, job satisfaction,
and burnout. This information can
inform efforts to improve workforce
well-being and maintain high-quality
patient care.
The Health Center Workforce Survey
aims to collect and analyze data from no
less than 85 percent of health center
staff. HRSA will utilize stakeholder
engagement strategies to support survey
completion targets. The HRSA
contractor will request email addresses
for all health center staff from health
center leadership. Using the email
addresses provided, the contractor will
administer the online survey to ensure
data quality and respondent
confidentiality. Participation in the
Health Center Workforce Survey is
voluntary for all health center staff. The
contractor will analyze the responses
and provide analytic reports. HRSA will
disseminate the summary level data for
public use, including preparing
preliminary findings and analytic
reports.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Health care workforce
burnout has been a challenge even prior
to COVID–19 and other recent public
health crises. Clinicians and health care
staff have reported experiencing
alarming rates of burnout, characterized
as a high degree of emotional
exhaustion, depersonalization, and a
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
``Low Income Levels'' Used for Various Health Professions and
Nursing Programs Authorized in Titles III, VII, and VIII of the Public
Health Service Act
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: HRSA is updating income levels used to identify a ``low-income
family'' for the purpose of determining eligibility for programs that
provide health professions and nursing training to individuals from
disadvantaged backgrounds. These various programs are authorized in
Titles III, VII, and VIII of the Public Health Service Act. HHS
periodically publishes in the Federal Register low-income levels to be
used by institutions receiving grants or cooperative agreement awards
to determine eligibility for programs providing training for (1)
disadvantaged individuals, (2) individuals from disadvantaged
backgrounds, or (3) individuals from low-income families.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Many health professions and nursing grant
and cooperative agreement awardees use the low-income levels to
determine whether potential program participants are from economically
disadvantaged backgrounds and would be eligible to participate in the
program, as well as to determine the amount of funding individuals
receive. Awards are generally made to accredited schools of medicine,
osteopathic medicine, public health, dentistry, veterinary medicine,
optometry, pharmacy, allied health, podiatric medicine, nursing, and
chiropractic; public or private nonprofit schools which offer graduate
programs in behavioral health and mental health practice; and other
public or private nonprofit health or educational entities to assist
individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds and disadvantaged students
to enter and graduate from health professions and nursing schools. Some
programs provide for the repayment of health professions or nursing
education loans for students from disadvantaged backgrounds and
disadvantaged students.
A ``low-income family/household'' for programs included in Titles
III, VII, and VIII of the Public Health Service Act is defined as
having an annual income that does not exceed 200 percent of HHS's
poverty guidelines. A family is a group of two or more individuals
related by birth, marriage, or adoption who live together.
Most HRSA programs use the income of a student's parent(s) to
compute low income status. However, a ``household'' may potentially be
only one person. Other HRSA programs, depending upon the legislative
intent of the program, the programmatic purpose related to income
level, as well as the age and circumstances of the participant, will
apply these low income standards to the individual student to determine
eligibility, as long as the individual is not listed as a dependent on
the tax form of their parent(s). Each program includes the rationale
and methodology for determining low income levels in program funding
opportunities or applications.
Low-income levels are adjusted annually based on HHS's poverty
guidelines. HHS's poverty guidelines are based on poverty thresholds
published by the U.S. Census Bureau, adjusted annually for changes in
the Consumer Price Index. The income
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figures below have been updated to reflect HHS's 2022 poverty
guidelines as published in the Federal Register at 87 FR 3315. See
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/01/21/2022-01166/annual-update-of-the-hhs-poverty-guidelines.
Low Income Levels Based on the 2022 Poverty Guidelines for the 48
Contiguous States and the District of Columbia
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income level
Persons in family/household * **
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1....................................................... $27,180
2....................................................... 36,620
3....................................................... 46,060
4....................................................... 55,500
5....................................................... 64,940
6....................................................... 74,380
7....................................................... 83,820
8....................................................... 93,260
------------------------------------------------------------------------
For families with more than 8 persons, add $9,440 for each additional
person.
* Includes only dependents listed on federal income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year 2021.
Low Income Levels Based on the 2022 Poverty Guidelines for Alaska
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income level
Persons in family/household * **
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1....................................................... $33,980
2....................................................... 45,780
3....................................................... 57,580
4....................................................... 69,380
5....................................................... 81,180
6....................................................... 92,980
7....................................................... 104,780
8....................................................... 116,580
------------------------------------------------------------------------
For families with more than 8 persons, add $11,800 for each additional
person.
* Includes only dependents listed on federal income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year 2021.
Low Income Levels Based on the 2022 Poverty Guidelines for Hawaii
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income level
Persons in family/household * **
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1....................................................... $31,260
2....................................................... 42,120
3....................................................... 52,980
4....................................................... 63,840
5....................................................... 74,700
6....................................................... 85,560
7....................................................... 96,420
8....................................................... 107,280
------------------------------------------------------------------------
For families with more than 8 persons, add $10,860 for each additional
person.
* Includes only dependents listed on federal income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year 2021.
Separate poverty guidelines figures for Alaska and Hawaii reflect
Office of Economic Opportunity administrative practice beginning in the
1966-1970 period since the U.S. Census Bureau poverty thresholds do not
have separate figures for Alaska and Hawaii. The poverty guidelines are
not defined for Puerto Rico or other jurisdictions. Puerto Rico and
other jurisdictions shall use income guidelines for the 48 Contiguous
States and the District of Columbia.
Carole Johnson,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2022-05234 Filed 3-10-22; 8:45 am]
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