Notice2024-08504
Income Levels Used for Various Health Professions and Nursing Programs Authorized in Titles III, VII, and VIII of the Public Health Service Act
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Published
April 22, 2024
Issuing agencies
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 titles III, VII, and VIII of 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 89, Number 78 (Monday, April 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29341-29342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08504]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Income Levels Used for Various Health Professions and Nursing
Programs Authorized in Titles III, VII, and VIII of 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
titles III, VII, and VIII of 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 the individual
receives. Awards are generally made to accredited schools of medicine,
osteopathic medicine, public health, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, and
allied health; 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, 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 his or her
parent(s). Each program announces 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 2024 poverty guidelines as published in the Federal
Register at 89 FR 2961 (Jan. 11, 2024).
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Low-Income Levels Based on the 2024 Poverty Guidelines for the 48
Contiguous States and the District of Columbia
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Income level
Persons in family/household * **
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1....................................................... $30,120
2....................................................... 40,880
3....................................................... 51,640
4....................................................... 62,400
5....................................................... 73,160
6....................................................... 83,920
7....................................................... 94,680
8....................................................... 105,440
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For families with more than 8 persons, add $10,760 for each additional
person.
* Includes only dependents listed on Federal income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year 2023.
Low-Income Levels Based on the 2024 Poverty Guidelines for Alaska
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Income level
Persons in family/household * **
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1....................................................... $37,620
2....................................................... 51,080
3....................................................... 64,540
4....................................................... 78,000
5....................................................... 91,460
6....................................................... 104,920
7....................................................... 118,380
8....................................................... 131,840
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For families with more than 8 persons, add $13,460 for each additional
person.
* Includes only dependents listed on Federal income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year 2023.
Low-Income Levels Based on the 2024 Poverty Guidelines for Hawaii
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Income level
Persons in family/household * **
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1....................................................... $34,620
2....................................................... 47,000
3....................................................... 59,380
4....................................................... 71,760
5....................................................... 84,140
6....................................................... 96,520
7....................................................... 108,900
8....................................................... 121,280
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For families with more than 8 persons, add $12,380 for each additional
person.
* Includes only dependents listed on Federal income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year 2023.
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 outlying jurisdictions. Puerto
Rico and other outlying jurisdictions shall use income guidelines for
the 48 Contiguous States and the District of Columbia.
Carole Johnson,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2024-08504 Filed 4-19-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-15-P
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