HEAD START
2000 HHS POVERTY GUIDELINES
Size of
Family Unit |
48 Contiguous
States and D.C. |
Alaska |
Hawaii |
1 |
$ 8,350 |
$10,430 |
$9,590 |
2 |
11,250 |
14,060 |
12,930 |
3 |
14,150 |
17,690 |
16,270 |
4 |
17,050 |
21,320 |
19,610 |
5 |
19,950 |
24,950 |
22,950 |
6 |
22,850 |
28,580 |
26,290 |
7 |
25,750 |
32,210 |
29,630 |
8 |
28,650 |
35,840 |
32,970 |
For each additional person, add: |
2,900 |
3,630 |
3,340 |
HEAD START
DEFINITION OF INCOME
Income means total cash receipts before taxes from all sources, with the exceptions noted below. Income includes money wages or salary before deductions; net income from non-farm self-employment; net income from farm self-employment; regular payments from Social Security or railroad retirement; payments from unemployment compensation, strike benefits from union funds, workers' compensation, veterans benefits, public assistance (including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Supplemental Security Income, Emergency Assistance money payments, and non-Federally funded General Assistance or General Relief money payments); training stipends; alimony, child support, and military family allotments or other regular support from an absent family member or someone not living in the household; private pensions, government employee pensions (including military retirement pay), and regular insurance or annuity payments; college or university scholarships, grants, fellowships, and assistantships; and dividends, interest, net rental income, net royalties, and periodic receipts from estates or trusts; and net gambling or lottery winnings.
As defined here, income does not include capital gains; any assets drawn down as withdrawals from a bank, the sale of property, a house or a car; or tax refunds, gifts, loans, lump-sum inheritances, one-time insurance payments, or compensation for injury. Also excluded are noncash benefits, such as the employer-paid or union-paid portion of health insurance or other employee fringe benefits; food or housing received in lieu of wages; the value of food and fuel produced and consumed on farms; the imputed value of rent from owner-occupied non-farm or farm housing; and such Federal noncash benefit programs as Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, school lunches, and housing assistance.
The period of time to be considered for eligibility is the twelve months immediately preceding the month in which application or reapplication for enrollment of a child in a Head Start program is made, or for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the application or reapplication is made, whichever more accurately reflects the family's current needs.
See also:
The 2000 Family Income Guidelines
