2017 senior employment income guidelines

CLASSIFICATION
      EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION               OWI
                  ADVISORY SYSTEM                          CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
             U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR                      OWI-DNPTTA
                Washington, D.C. 20210                     DATE
                                                           March 8, 2017

ADVISORY:             TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 22-16

TO:                   ALL SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT
                      PROGRAM GRANTEES

FROM:                 Byron Zuidema /s/
                      Deputy Assistant Secretary

 SUBJECT:             2017 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.     References. Section 518(a)(3)(A) of the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act
       of 2016 (OAA), Public Law 114-144. The Federal Register; and Section 673(2) of
       the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)).

3.     Background. The Department of Health and Human Services published the
       updated Federal poverty guidelines for 2017 on January 31, 2017. These guidelines
       provide the basis for determining the income eligibility of SCSEP applicants and
       enrollees. These XX are multiplied by 125 percent to convert the poverty guidelines
       to “low-income” as defined at Section 518(a)(3)(A) of the 2016 Reauthorization to
       the OAA.

4.     Action Required. Grantees must use the attached poverty and low-income
       guidelines when determining or recertifying SCSEP participant eligibility. The
       2017 rate reflects a 1 percent price increase to account for last calendar year’s
       increase in prices as measured by the Consumer Price Index.

5.     Effective Date. The Federal poverty guidelines found in the attachment are
       effective from the date they were published in the Federal Register on Tuesday,
       January 31, 2017 (82 FR 8831). Grantees should use January 26, 2017 as the
       effective date for program operations, as prescribed in the Federal Register.

6.     Inquiries. Please direct questions to your regional Federal Project Office

7.     Attachment. 2017 Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines Adopted for SCSEP.


 RESCISSIONS                                              EXPIRATION DATE
 TEGL 12-15                                               Continuing

Attachment (official PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2017/TEGL_22-16_Attachment%20.pdf)

ATTACHMENT

                    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                        $12,060            $15,075     $15,060      $18,825     $13,860         $17,325
                 2                        $16,240            $20,300     $20,290      $25,363     $18,670         $23,338
                 3                        $20,420            $25,525     $25,520      $31,900     $23,480         $29,350
                 4                        $24,600            $30,750     $30,750      $38,438     $28,290         $35,363
                 5                        $28,780            $35,975     $35,980      $44,975     $33,100         $41,375
                 6                        $32,960            $41,200     $41,210      $51,513     $37,910         $47,388
                 7                        $37,140            $46,425     $46,440      $58,050     $42,720         $53,400
                 8                        $41,320            $51,650     $51,670      $64,588     $47,530         $59,413
 For each additional person, add:          $4,180             $5,225      $5,230       $6,538      $4,810          $6,013


                                                                                                    Rates effective 01/31/2017