2019 poverty guidelines for older-worker grants

CLASSIFICATION
   EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION                 OWI
               ADVISORY SYSTEM                            CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
          U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR                        OWI-DNPTTA
             Washington, D.C. 20210                       DATE
                                                          February 27, 2019


ADVISORY:       TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 11-18

TO:             ALL SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT
                PROGRAM GRANTEES

FROM:           MOLLY E. CONWAY /s/
                Acting Assistant Secretary

SUBJECT:         2019 Federal Poverty Guidelines for Senior Community Service Employment
                 Program (SCSEP) Grants

1. Purpose. To bring attention to the revised Federal poverty guidelines for administrators of
   the SCSEP.

2. Action Requested. Grantees must use the attached poverty and low-income guidelines when
   determining or recertifying SCSEP participant eligibility. The 2019 rate reflects an
   approximate three percent increase to account for last calendar year’s increase in prices as
   measured by the Consumer Price Index.

3. Summary and Background. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
   published the updated Federal poverty guidelines for 2019 on January 11, 2019. These
   guidelines provide the basis for determining the income eligibility of SCSEP applicants and
   enrollees. These numbers are multiplied by 125 percent to convert the poverty guidelines to
   “low-income” as defined at Section 518(a)(3)(A) Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006
   (OAA).


4. SCSEP PY 2019 Poverty Guideline Income Levels. The Federal poverty guidelines found
   in the attachment are effective as of January 11, 2019, as directed on the HHS website dated
   Friday, January 11, 2019. (Note that a Federal Register notice from HHS is forthcoming.
   Publication of that notice was delayed due to temporary closure of some Federal offices.)

   Grantees should use January 11, 2019, as the effective date for program operations,
   as prescribed on the website.

5. Inquiries. Please direct inquiries to the appropriate Regional Office.


 RESCISSIONS                                              EXPIRATION DATE
 TEGL 10-17                                               Continuing

6. References.

        •   Section 518(a)(3)(A) of the OAA, Public Law 109-365 (Reauthorized by the Older
            Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2016, Pub.L 114-144 (04/19/2016))
        •   HHS Poverty Guidelines: https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines

7. Attachment(s).

   I.   2019 Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines Adapted for SCSEP.

Attachment (official PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2019/TEGL_11-18_Attachment.pdf)

ATTACHMENT I

                     HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES POVERTY GUIDELINES ADAPTED FOR SCSEP


                                     48 Contiguous States
        Size of Family Unit               and D.C.          (x125%)      Alaska      (x125%)      Hawaii       (x125%)
                  1                        $12,490             $15,613     $15,600      $19,500     $14,380         $17,975
                  2                        $16,910             $21,138     $21,130      $26,413     $19,460         $24,325
                  3                        $21,330             $26,663     $26,660      $33,325     $24,540         $30,675
                  4                        $25,750             $32,188     $32,190      $40,238     $29,620         $37,025
                  5                        $30,170             $37,713     $37,720      $47,150     $34,700         $43,375
                  6                        $34,590             $43,238     $43,250      $54,063     $39,780         $49,725
                  7                        $39,010             $48,763     $48,780      $60,975     $44,860         $56,075
                  8                        $43,430             $54,288     $54,310      $67,888     $49,940         $62,425
  For each additional person, add:          $4,420              $5,525      $5,530       $6,913      $5,080          $6,350


                                                             I-1                                      Rates effective 01/13/2018