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Vol. 76, No. 58 

Friday, March 25, 2011 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Child Nutrition Programs—Income 

Eligibility Guidelines 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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, 2011 through 

June 30, 2012. 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, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Wagoner, Supervisory Program 

Analyst, School Programs Section, Child 

Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition 

Service (FNS), USDA, Alexandria, 

Virginia 22302, or by phone at (703) 

305–2590. 

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 7 CFR part 

3015, subpart V, and the final rule 

related notice published at 48 FR 29114, 

June 24, 1983.) 

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 

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, 2011 through June 30, 2012. 

The Department’s guidelines for free 

meals and milk and reduced price meals 

were obtained by multiplying the year 

2011 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 


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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 1.4% over last year’s level for a 

family of the same size. 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1758(b). 

Dated: March 18, 2011. 

Julia Paradis, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6948 Filed 3–24–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–C 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Ravalli County Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Ravalli County Resource 

Advisory Committee will meet in 

Hamilton, Montana. The purpose of the 

meeting is presentation on research of 

generating plants that have been built 

and project reviews. 

DATES: The meeting will be held April 

26, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

1801 N. First Street. Written comments 

should be sent to Stevensville RD, 88 

Main Street, Stevensville, MT 59870. 

Comments may also be sent via e-mail 

to dritter@fs.fed.us or via facsimile to 

406–777–5461. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for public 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received at 88 Main 

Street, Stevensville, MT 59870. Visitors 

are encouraged to call ahead to 406– 

777–5461 to facilitate entry into the 

building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel G. Ritter, District Ranger, or 

Nancy Trotter, Coordinator 406–777– 

5461. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. Council 

discussion is limited to Forest Service 

staff and Council members. However, 

persons who wish to bring biohazards 

use matters to the attention of the 

Council may file written statements 

with the Council staff before or after the 

meeting. Public input sessions will be 

provided and individuals who made 

written requests by April 25, 2011 will 

have the opportunity to address the 

Council at those sessions. 

Dated: March 17, 2011. 

Julie K. King, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7072 Filed 3–24–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 


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