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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 * Income level ** 

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

Persons in family/household * Income level ** 

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

Persons in family/household * Income level ** 

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. 

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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 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: 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. 

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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& Shanafelt, T.D. (2012). Concurrent validity of 

single-item measures of emotional exhaustion and 

depersonalization in burnout assessment. J Gen 

Intern Med, 27 (11 PG–1445–52), 1445–1452. 

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low sense of personal accomplishment 

at work.1 Understanding the factors 

impacting workforce well-being and 

satisfaction, reducing burnout, and 

applying evidence-based technical 

assistance and other quality 

improvement strategies around 

workforce well-being is essential as the 

health center program health care 

workforce continues to respond to and 

recover from the COVID–19 pandemic 

and prepare for future health care 

delivery challenges. 

Administration of the Health Center 

Workforce Survey will provide a 

comprehensive baseline assessment of 

health center workforce well-being and 

identify opportunities to improve 

workforce well-being and bolster 

technical assistance and other strategies. 

These efforts will further HRSA’s goal of 

providing access to quality health care 

and supporting a robust primary care 

workforce. 

Likely Respondents: Health center 

staff in HRSA-funded health centers. 

Burden Statement: Burden in this 

context means the time expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose, or provide the information 

requested. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; to 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purpose 

of collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information; to search 

data sources; to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. The total annual burden 

hours estimated for this ICR are 

summarized in the table below. 

TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Health Center Workforce Survey ......................................... 400,000 1 400,000 .50 200,000 

Health Center Leader Support Activities ............................. 1,400 1 1,400 2.00 2,800 

401,400 ........................ 401,400 ........................ 202,800 

HRSA specifically requests comments 

on (1) the necessity and utility of the 

proposed information collection for the 

proper performance of the agency’s 

functions, (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected, and (4) the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

Maria G. Button, 

Director, Executive Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

National Vaccine Injury Compensation 

Program: Revised Amount of the 

Average Cost of a Health Insurance 

Policy 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HRSA is publishing an 

updated monetary amount of the 

average cost of a health insurance policy 

as it relates to the National Vaccine 

Injury Compensation Program (VICP). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

George Reed Grimes, Director, Division 

of Injury Compensation Programs, 

Health Systems Bureau, HRSA, HHS by 

mail at 5600 Fishers Lane, 08N186B, 

Rockville, Maryland 20857; call 1–800– 

338–2382 or email 

vaccinecompensation@hrsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

100.2 of the VICP’s implementing 

regulation (42 CFR part 100) states that 

the revised amount of an average cost of 

a health insurance policy, as determined 

by the Secretary of HHS (the Secretary), 

is effective upon its delivery by the 

Secretary to the United States Court of 

Federal Claims (the Court), and will be 

published periodically in a notice in the 

Federal Register. The Secretary 

delegated this responsibility to the 

HRSA Administrator. This figure is 

calculated using the most recent 

Medical Expenditure Panel SurveyInsurance Component (MEPS–IC) data 

available as the baseline for the average 

monthly cost of a health insurance 

policy. This baseline is adjusted by the 

annual percentage increase/decrease 

obtained from the most recent annual 

Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) 

Employer Health Benefits Survey or 

other authoritative sources that may be 

more accurate or appropriate. 

In 2021, MEPS–IC, available at 

www.meps.ahrq.gov, published the 

annual 2020 average total single 

premium per enrolled employee at 

private-sector establishments that 

provide health insurance. The figure 

published was $7,149. This figure is 

divided by 12 to determine the cost per 

month of $595.75. The $595.75 figure is 

increased or decreased by the 

percentage change reported by the most 

recent KFF Employer Health Benefits 

Survey, available at www.kff.org. The 

increase from 2020 to 2021 was 4.0 

percent. By adding this percentage 

increase, the calculated average monthly 

cost of a health insurance policy for a 

12-month period is $619.58. 

Therefore, the revised average cost of 

a health insurance policy under the 

VICP is $619.58 per month. In 

accordance with § 100.2, the revised 

amount was effective upon its delivery 

to the Court. 

Carole Johnson, 

Administrator. 

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