State Median Income Estimates for Optional Use in Federal Fiscal Year 2009 LIHEAP Programs and Mandatory Use in Federal Fiscal Year 2010 LIHEAP Programs
TO:
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP) GRANTEES
SUBJECT:
State Median Income Estimates for Optional Use in Federal Fiscal Year 2009 LIHEAP Programs and Mandatory Use in Federal Fiscal Year 2010 LIHEAP Programs
RELATED
REFERENCES:
Federal Register notice dated March 13, 2009 (74 FR 10922-10924); 45 CFR 96.85 (b); The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act, Title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, P.L. 97-35, as amended.
PURPOSE:
To provide LIHEAP grantees the State median income estimates for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2010.
BACKGROUND:
Section 2605(b)(2)(B) of P.L. 97-35 establishes 60 percent of a State's median income as the maximum income allowed in determining income eligibility for LIHEAP, except in States where 150 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines is higher. LIHEAP grantees may set their income eligibility guidelines anywhere between this maximum and the minimum of 110 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.
CONTENT:
The Census Bureau has updated for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) each State's median income estimate for a 4-person family. The Secretary published these estimates in the Federal Register on March 13, 2009 for use in FFY 2010
(see Attachment A). We have calculated 60 percent of State median income estimates for families of one to six members. We also have indicated how to calculate State median income estimates for families of more than six members (see Attachment B).
Optional Use
LIHEAP grantees may adopt the FFY 2010 State median income estimates at any time between March 13, 2009 (the date of publication in the Federal Register) and October 1, 2009 (the beginning of FFY 2010).
Mandatory Use
LHEAP grantees must adjust their program's income eligibility criteria so that they are in accord with these estimates by October 1, 2009 (the beginning of FFY 2010) or by the beginning of their fiscal years, whichever is later.
ATTACHMENTS:
A—Federal Register Notice, published on March 13, 2009 (74 FR 10922-10924)
B—60 percent of estimated State median income adjusted for family size, by State, FFY 2010
INQUIRIES Peter Edelman, Program Analyst
TO: Division of Energy Assistance
Office of Community Services, ACF, HHS
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20447
(202) 401-5292
E-mail:peter.edelman@acf.hhs.gov
_____________/s_____________
Nick St. Angelo
Director
Division of Energy Assistance
Office of Community Services
[Federal Register: March 13, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 48)]
[Notices]
[Page 10922-10924]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
State Median Income Estimate for a Four-Person Family: Notice of the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2010 State Median Income Estimates for Use Under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 93.568) Administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services, Division of Energy Assistance
AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services, Division of Energy Assistance, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of State median income estimates for FFY 2010.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces to LIHEAP grantees the estimated median income of four-person families in each State and the District of Columbia for FFY 2010 (October 1, 2009, to September 30, 2010). LIHEAP grantees that choose to base their income eligibility criteria on these State median income estimates may adopt these estimates (up to 60 percent) on the estimates' date of publication in the Federal Register or on a later date as discussed below. This enables these grantees to implement this notice during the period between the heating and cooling seasons.
However, by October 1, 2009, or the beginning of the grantees' fiscal years, whichever is later, these grantees must adjust their income eligibility criteria so that such criteria are in accord with the FFY 2010 State median income estimates.
This listing of 60 percent of estimated State median incomes provides one of the maximum income criteria that LIHEAP grantees may use in determining a household's income eligibility for LIHEAP.
DATES: Effective Date: For each LIHEAP grantee, these estimates become effective at any time between their date of publication in the Federal Register and the later of October 1, 2009, or the beginning of that grantee's fiscal year.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Edelman, Office of Community Services, Division of Energy Assistance, 5th Floor West, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.,Washington, DC 20447, Telephone: (202) 401-5292, E-Mail: peter.edelman@acf.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the provisions of section 2603(11) of Title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Public Law (Pub. L.) 97-35, as amended, HHS announces the estimated median income of four-person families for each State, the District of Columbia, and the United States for FFY 2010 (October 1, 2009, through September 30, 2010).
Section 2605(b)(2)(B)(ii) of this Act provides that 60 percent of the median income for each State and the District of Columbia (State median income, or SMI), as annually established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, is one of the income criteria that LIHEAP grantees may use in determining a household's eligibility for LIHEAP.
LIHEAP was last authorized by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109-58, which was enacted on August 8, 2005. This authorization expired on September 30, 2007, and reauthorization remains pending.
The SMI estimates that HHS publishes in this notice are three-year estimates derived from the American Community Survey (ACS) conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce (Census Bureau). HHS obtained these estimates directly from the Census Bureau. For additional information about the ACS State median income estimates, see http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/medincsizeandstate.html. For additional information about the ACS in general, see http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ or contact the Census Bureau's Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division at (301) 763-3243.
Under the advice of the Census Bureau, HHS switched to three-year estimates rather than single-year estimates to reduce the large year- to-year fluctuations that the single-year estimates tend to generate for certain States and the District of Columbia. The change from the single-year to three-year estimates caused the FFY 2010 estimates to drop by about two percent on average. HHS plans to use the Census Bureau's ACS-derived SMI three-year estimates for all fiscal years after 2010. For further information about ACS one-year and three-year estimates, see http://factfinder.census.gov/jsp/saff/SAFFInfo.jsp?_content=acs_guidance.html.
The State median income estimates, like those derived from any survey, are subject to two types of errors: (1) Nonsampling Error, which consists of random errors that increase the variability of the data and non-random errors that consistently direct the data into a specific direction; and (2) Sampling Error, which consists of the error that arises from the use of probability sampling to create the sample. For additional information about the accuracy of the ACS State median income estimates, see http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/ACS/accuracy2005-2007.pdf.
A State-by-State listing of SMI and 60 percent of SMI for a four- person family for FFY 2010 follows. The listing describes the method for adjusting SMI for families of different sizes as specified in regulations applicable to LIHEAP, at 45 CFR 96.85(b), which were published in the Federal Register on March 3, 1988, at 53 FR 6824 and amended on October 15, 1999, at 64 FR 55858.
Dated: March 5, 2009.
Yolanda J. Butler, PhD,
Acting Director, Office of Community Services.
Estimated State Median Income for a Four-Person Family, by State, for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2010, for Use in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Note: FFY 2010 covers the period of October 1, 2009, through September 30, 2010. The estimated median income for a four-person family living in the United States for this period is $72,336. These estimates become effective for LIHEAP at any time between the date of this publication and October 1, 2009, or the beginning of a LIHEAP grantee's fiscal year, whichever is later.
1Prepared by the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce (Census Bureau), from an average of data from the 2005, 2006 and 2007 American Community Surveys (ACSs). These estimates, like those derived from any survey, are subject to two types of errors: (1) Nonsampling Error, which consists of random errors that increase the variability of the data and non-random errors that consistently direct the data into a specific direction; and (2) Sampling Error, which consists of the error that arises from the use of probability sampling to create the sample.
2These figures were calculated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services, Division of Energy Assistance (DEA) by multiplying the estimated State median income for a four-person family for each State by 60 percent.
3To adjust for different sizes of family, 45 CFR 96.85 calls for multiplying 60 percent of a State's estimated median income for a four- person family by the following percentages: 52 percent for one person, 68 percent for two persons, 84 percent for three persons, 100 percent for four persons, 116 percent for five persons, and 132 percent for six persons. For each additional family member above six persons, 45 CFR 96.85 calls for adding 3 percentage points to the percentage for a six-person family (132 percent) and multiply the new percentage by 60 percent of a State's estimated median income for a four-person family.
[FR Doc. E9-5412 Filed 3-12-09; 8:45 am]
ESTIMATED STATE MEDIAN INCOME, BY FAMILY SIZE AND BY STATE, FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2010
States |
Estimated State median income for a four-person family2 |
60 percent of estimated State median income for a four-person family |
60 Percent of Estimated State Median Income1 |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1-Person Family |
2-Person Family |
3-Person Family |
4-Person Family |
5-Person Family |
6-Person Family |
|||
Alabama |
$60,382 |
$36,229 |
$18,839 |
$24,636 |
$30,433 |
$36,229 |
$42,026 |
$47,823 |
Alaska |
79,770 |
47,862 |
24,888 |
32,546 |
40,204 |
47,862 |
55,520 |
63,178 |
Arizona |
66,839 |
40,103 |
20,854 |
27,270 |
33,687 |
40,103 |
46,520 |
52,936 |
Arkansas |
54,662 |
32,797 |
17,055 |
22,302 |
27,550 |
32,797 |
38,045 |
43,292 |
California |
76,388 |
45,833 |
23,833 |
31,166 |
38,500 |
45,833 |
53,166 |
60,499 |
Colorado |
76,200 |
45,720 |
23,774 |
31,090 |
38,405 |
45,720 |
53,035 |
60,350 |
Connecticut |
97,708 |
58,625 |
30,485 |
39,865 |
49,245 |
58,625 |
68,005 |
77,385 |
Delaware |
79,709 |
47,825 |
24,869 |
32,521 |
40,173 |
47,825 |
55,477 |
63,130 |
District of Columbia |
64,678 |
38,807 |
20,180 |
26,389 |
32,598 |
38,807 |
45,016 |
51,225 |
Florida |
67,014 |
40,208 |
20,908 |
27,342 |
33,775 |
40,208 |
46,642 |
53,075 |
Georgia |
68,776 |
41,266 |
21,458 |
28,061 |
34,663 |
41,266 |
47,868 |
54,471 |
Hawaii |
84,438 |
50,663 |
26,345 |
34,451 |
42,557 |
50,663 |
58,769 |
66,875 |
Idaho |
60,560 |
36,336 |
18,895 |
24,708 |
30,522 |
36,336 |
42,150 |
47,964 |
Illinois |
77,813 |
46,688 |
24,278 |
31,748 |
39,218 |
46,688 |
54,158 |
61,628 |
Indiana |
68,410 |
41,046 |
21,344 |
27,911 |
34,479 |
41,046 |
47,613 |
54,181 |
Iowa |
70,967 |
42,580 |
22,142 |
28,955 |
35,767 |
42,580 |
49,393 |
56,206 |
Kansas |
69,863 |
41,918 |
21,797 |
28,504 |
35,211 |
41,918 |
48,625 |
55,331 |
Kentucky |
61,207 |
36,724 |
19,097 |
24,972 |
30,848 |
36,724 |
42,600 |
48,476 |
Louisiana |
61,438 |
36,863 |
19,169 |
25,067 |
30,965 |
36,863 |
42,761 |
48,659 |
Maine |
66,948 |
40,169 |
20,888 |
27,315 |
33,742 |
40,169 |
46,596 |
53,023 |
Maryland |
96,952 |
58,171 |
30,249 |
39,556 |
48,864 |
58,171 |
67,479 |
76,786 |
Massachusetts |
93,351 |
56,011 |
29,126 |
38,087 |
47,049 |
56,011 |
64,972 |
73,934 |
Michigan |
75,149 |
45,089 |
23,446 |
30,661 |
37,875 |
45,089 |
52,304 |
59,518 |
Minnesota |
83,444 |
50,066 |
26,035 |
34,045 |
42,056 |
50,066 |
58,077 |
66,088 |
Mississippi |
52,870 |
31,722 |
16,495 |
21,571 |
26,646 |
31,722 |
36,798 |
41,873 |
Missouri |
66,939 |
40,163 |
20,885 |
27,311 |
33,737 |
40,163 |
46,590 |
53,016 |
Montana |
62,353 |
37,412 |
19,454 |
25,440 |
31,426 |
37,412 |
43,398 |
49,384 |
Nebraska |
69,854 |
41,912 |
21,794 |
28,500 |
35,206 |
41,912 |
48,618 |
55,324 |
Nevada |
68,646 |
41,188 |
21,418 |
28,008 |
34,598 |
41,188 |
47,778 |
54,368 |
New Hampshire |
88,625 |
53,175 |
27,651 |
36,159 |
44,667 |
53,175 |
61,683 |
70,191 |
New Jersey |
97,326 |
58,396 |
30,366 |
39,709 |
49,052 |
58,396 |
67,739 |
77,082 |
New Mexico |
53,041 |
31,825 |
16,549 |
21,641 |
26,733 |
31,825 |
36,917 |
42,008 |
New York |
78,061 |
46,837 |
24,355 |
31,849 |
39,343 |
46,837 |
54,330 |
61,824 |
North Carolina |
64,591 |
38,755 |
20,152 |
26,353 |
32,554 |
38,755 |
44,955 |
51,156 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
North Dakota |
67,183 |
40,310 |
20,961 |
27,411 |
33,860 |
40,310 |
46,759 |
53,209 |
Ohio |
71,063 |
42,638 |
22,172 |
28,994 |
35,816 |
42,638 |
49,460 |
56,282 |
Oklahoma |
57,247 |
34,348 |
17,861 |
23,357 |
28,852 |
34,348 |
39,844 |
45,340 |
Oregon |
67,605 |
40,563 |
21,093 |
27,583 |
34,073 |
40,563 |
47,053 |
53,543 |
Pennsylvania |
75,161 |
45,097 |
23,450 |
30,666 |
37,881 |
45,097 |
52,312 |
59,528 |
Rhode Island |
83,241 |
49,945 |
25,971 |
33,962 |
41,953 |
49,945 |
57,936 |
65,927 |
South Carolina |
61,494 |
36,896 |
19,186 |
25,090 |
30,993 |
36,896 |
42,800 |
48,703 |
South Dakota |
64,930 |
38,958 |
20,258 |
26,491 |
32,725 |
38,958 |
45,191 |
51,425 |
Tennessee |
61,581 |
36,949 |
19,213 |
25,125 |
31,037 |
36,949 |
42,860 |
48,772 |
Texas |
62,358 |
37,415 |
19,456 |
25,442 |
31,428 |
37,415 |
43,401 |
49,388 |
Utah |
65,460 |
39,276 |
20,424 |
26,708 |
32,992 |
39,276 |
45,560 |
51,844 |
Vermont |
73,550 |
44,130 |
22,948 |
30,008 |
37,069 |
44,130 |
51,191 |
58,252 |
Virginia |
81,919 |
49,151 |
25,559 |
33,423 |
41,287 |
49,151 |
57,016 |
64,880 |
Washington |
77,676 |
46,606 |
24,235 |
31,692 |
39,149 |
46,606 |
54,062 |
61,519 |
West Virginia |
56,430 |
33,858 |
17,606 |
23,023 |
28,441 |
33,858 |
39,275 |
44,693 |
Wisconsin |
75,111 |
45,067 |
23,435 |
30,645 |
37,856 |
45,067 |
52,277 |
59,488 |
Wyoming |
72,788 |
43,673 |
22,710 |
29,698 |
36,685 |
43,673 |
50,660 |
57,648 |
Note--The estimated U.S. median income for 4-person families is $72,336 for the period of October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010.
1Prepared by the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services, Division of Energy Assistance. In accordance with 45 CFR 96.85, each State's estimated median income for a four-person family is multiplied by the following percentages to adjust for family size for LIHEAP: 52 percent for one person, 68 percent for two persons, 84 percent for three persons, 100 percent for four persons, 116 percent for five persons, and 132 percent for six persons. For each additional family member above six persons, add 3 percentage points to the percentage for a six-person family (132 percent), and multiply the new percentage by the State's estimated median income for a four-person family.
2Prepared by the U.S. Census Bureau from the 2005 through 2007 American Community Surveys. For further information, see Table B19119 from the 2005-2007 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates (http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=ACS&_submenuId=&_lang=en&_ts=) or contact the U.S. Census Bureau's Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division at (301) 763-3243.