Notice2023-05902
"Low-Income Levels" Used for Various Health Professions and Nursing Programs Authorized in the Public Health Service Act
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Published
March 22, 2023
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
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 to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. These various programs are authorized in the Public Health Service Act. HHS periodically publishes in the Federal Register, low-income levels to be used by institutions receiving grants or cooperative agreement awards to determine eligibility for programs providing training for disadvantaged individuals, individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, or individuals from low-income families.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17238-17239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05902]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
``Low-Income Levels'' Used for Various Health Professions and
Nursing Programs Authorized in the Public Health Service Act
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 to individuals from
disadvantaged backgrounds. These various programs are authorized in the
Public Health Service Act. HHS periodically publishes in the Federal
Register, low-income levels to be used by institutions receiving grants
or cooperative agreement awards to determine eligibility for programs
providing training for disadvantaged individuals, individuals from
disadvantaged backgrounds, or individuals from low-income families.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Many health professions and nursing grant
and cooperative agreement awardees use the low-income levels to
determine whether potential program participants are from economically
disadvantaged backgrounds and would be eligible to participate in the
program, as well as to determine the amount of funding individuals
receive. Awards are generally made to accredited schools of medicine,
osteopathic medicine, public health, dentistry, pharmacy, allied
health, and nursing; public or private nonprofit schools which offer
graduate programs in behavioral health and mental health practice; and
other public or private nonprofit health or educational entities to
assist individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds and disadvantaged
students to enter and graduate from health professions and nursing
schools. Some programs provide for the repayment of health professions
or nursing education loans for students from disadvantaged backgrounds
and disadvantaged students.
A ``low-income family/household'' for programs included in titles
III, VII, and VIII of the Public Health Service Act is defined as
having an annual income that does not exceed 200 percent of HHS's
poverty guidelines. A family is a group of two or more individuals
related by birth, marriage, or adoption who live together.
Most HRSA programs use the income of a student's parent(s) to
compute low-income status. However, a ``household'' may potentially be
only one person. Other HRSA programs, depending upon the legislative
intent of the program, the programmatic purpose related to income
level, as well as the age and circumstances of the participant, will
apply these low-income standards to the individual student to determine
eligibility, if the student is not listed as a dependent on the tax
form of their parent(s). Each program includes the rationale and
methodology for determining low-income levels in program funding
opportunities or applications.
Low-income levels are adjusted annually based on HHS's poverty
guidelines. HHS's poverty guidelines are based on poverty thresholds
published by the U.S. Census Bureau, adjusted annually for changes in
the Consumer Price Index. The income figures below have been updated to
reflect HHS's 2023 poverty guidelines as published in the Federal
Register at 88 FR 3424. See <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-01-19/pdf/2023-00885.pdf">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-01-19/pdf/2023-00885.pdf</a>.
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Low-Income Levels Based on the 2023 Poverty Guidelines for the 48
Contiguous States and the District of Columbia
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Income
Persons in family/household * level **
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1............................................................ $29,160
2............................................................ 39,440
3............................................................ 49,720
4............................................................ 60,000
5............................................................ 70,280
6............................................................ 80,560
7............................................................ $90,840
8............................................................ 101,120
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For families with more than 8 persons, add $10,280 for each additional
person.
* Includes only dependents listed on Federal income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year 2022.
Low-Income Levels Based on the 2023 Poverty Guidelines for Alaska
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Income
Persons in family/household * level **
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1............................................................ $36,420
2............................................................ 49,280
3............................................................ 62,140
4............................................................ 75,000
5............................................................ 87,860
6............................................................ 100,720
7............................................................ 113,580
8............................................................ 126,440
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For families with more than 8 persons, add $12,860 for each additional
person.
* Includes only dependents listed on Federal income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year 2022.
Low-Income Levels Based on the 2023 Poverty Guidelines for Hawaii
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Income
Persons in family/household * level **
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1............................................................ $33,540
2............................................................ 45,360
3............................................................ 57,180
4............................................................ 69,000
5............................................................ 80,820
6............................................................ 92,640
7............................................................ 104,460
8............................................................ 116,280
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For families with more than 8 persons, add $11,820 for each additional
person.
* Includes only dependents listed on Federal income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year 2022.
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.
[FR Doc. 2023-05902 Filed 3-21-23; 8:45 am]
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