Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 51 / Wednesday, March 16, 2011 / Notices 14417 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

‘‘Low Income Levels’’ Used for Various 

Health Professions and Nursing 

Programs Included in Titles III, VII and 

VIII of the Public Health Service Act 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Health Resources and 

Services Administration (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 for individuals from 

disadvantaged backgrounds. These 

various programs are included in Titles 

III, VII and VIII of the Public Health 

Service Act. 

The Department periodically 

publishes in the Federal Register lowincome levels used to determine 

eligibility for grants and cooperative 

agreements to institutions providing 

training for (1) disadvantaged 

individuals, (2) individuals from 

disadvantaged backgrounds, or (3) 

individuals from ‘‘low-income’’ families. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

various health professions and nursing 

grant and cooperative agreement 

programs that use the low-income levels 

to determine whether an individual is 

from an economically disadvantaged 

background in making eligibility and 

funding determinations generally make 

awards to: Accredited schools of 

medicine, osteopathic medicine, public 

health, dentistry, veterinary medicine, 

optometry, pharmacy, allied health 

podiatric medicine, nursing, 

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 education entities to 

assist the disadvantaged to enter and 

graduate from health professions and 

nursing schools. Some programs 

provide for the repayment of health 

professions or nursing education loans 

for disadvantaged students. 

Low-Income Levels 

The Secretary defines a ‘‘low-income 

family’’ for programs included in Titles 

III, VII and VIII of the Public Health 

Service Act as having an annual income 

that does not exceed 200 percent of the 

Department’s poverty guidelines. A 

family is a group of two or more 

individuals related by birth, marriage, or 

adoption who live together or an 

individual who is not living with any 

relatives. Most HRSA programs use the 

income of the student’s parents to 

compute low-income status, while a few 

programs, depending upon the 

legislative intent of the program, 

programmatic purpose of the lowincome level, as well as the age and 

circumstances of the participant, will 

use the student’s family as long as he or 

she is not listed as a dependent on the 

parents’ tax form. Each program will 

announce the rationale and choice of 

methodology for determining lowincome levels in their program 

guidance. The Department’s poverty 

guidelines are based on poverty 

thresholds published by the U.S. Bureau 

of the Census, adjusted annually for 

changes in the Consumer Price Index. 

The Secretary annually adjusts the 

low-income levels based on the 

Department’s poverty guidelines and 

makes them available to persons 

responsible for administering the 

applicable programs. The income 

figures below have been updated to 

reflect increases in the Consumer Price 

Index through December 31, 2010. 

2011 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR THE

48 CONTIGUOUS STATES AND THE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Size of parents’ family * Income 

level ** 

1 .................................................. $21,780 

2 .................................................. 29,420 

3 .................................................. 37,060 

4 .................................................. 44,700 

5 .................................................. 52,340 

6 .................................................. 59,980 

7 .................................................. 67,620 

8 .................................................. 75,260 

For families with more than 8 

persons, add $3,820 for each additional 

person. 

2011 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR

ALASKA

Size of parents’ family * Income 

level ** 

1 .................................................. $27,200 

2 .................................................. 36,760 

3 .................................................. 46,320 

4 .................................................. 55,880 

5 .................................................. 65,440 

6 .................................................. 75,000 

7 .................................................. 84,560 

8 .................................................. 94,120 

For families with more than 8 

persons, add $4,780 for each additional 

peron. 

2011 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR

HAWAII

Size of parents’ family * Income 

Level ** 

1 .................................................. $25,080 

2 .................................................. 33,860 

3 .................................................. 42,640 

4 .................................................. 51,420 

5 .................................................. 60,200 

6 .................................................. 68,980 

7 .................................................. 77,760 

8 .................................................. 86,540 

For families with more than 8 

persons, add $4,390 for each additional 

person. 

* Includes only dependents listed on 

Federal income tax forms. Some 

programs will use the student’s family 

rather than his or her parents’ family. 

** Adjusted gross income for calendar 

year 2010. 

Separate poverty guidelines 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. Puerto Rico or other 

outlying jurisdictions shall use income 

guidelines for the 48 Contiguous States 

and the District of Columbia. 

Dated: March 10, 2011. 

Mary K. Wakefield, 

Administrator. 

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