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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. 

Types of respondents Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average time 

per response 

hours 

Annual burden 

hours 

requested 

USDA SBIR Phase II Grantees ....................................................................... 500 1 5 2500 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07373 Filed 3–30–15; 8:45 am] 

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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. 

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] 

Household size 

Federal 

poverty 

guidelines 

Reduced price meals—185% Free meals—130% 

Annual 

Annual Monthly Twice per 

month 

Every 

two 

weeks 

Weekly Annual Monthly 

Twice 

per 

month 

Every 

two 

weeks 

Weekly 

48 Contiguous States, District of Columbia, Guam and Territories 

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 

Alaska 

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 

Hawaii 

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 

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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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Special Supplemental Nutrition 

Program for Women, Infants and 

Children (WIC): Income Eligibility 

Guidelines 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice 

SUMMARY: 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. 

DATES: Effective Date July 1, 2015. 


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