| Page Range | 20788-20789 | |
| FR Document | 2018-09679 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 8, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 20788-20789] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-09679] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Food and Nutrition Service Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice announces the Department's annual adjustments to the Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used in determining eligibility for free and reduced price meals and free milk for the period from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program. The annual adjustments are required by section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. The guidelines are intended to direct benefits to those children most in need and are revised annually to account for changes in the Consumer Price Index. DATES: Implementation Date: July 1, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Saracino, Program Monitoring and Operational Support Division, Child Nutrition Programs, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Suite 628, Alexandria, Virginia 22302. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action is not a rule as defined by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612) and thus is exempt from the provisions of that Act. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), no recordkeeping or reporting requirements have been included that are subject to approval from the Office of Management and Budget. This notice has been determined to be not significant and was not reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget in conformance with Executive Order 12866. The affected programs are listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance under No. 10.553, No. 10.555, No. 10.556, No. 10.558, and No. 10.559 and are subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12372, which requires intergovernmental consultation with State and local officials. (See 2 CFR part 415). Background Pursuant to sections 9(b)(1) and 17(c)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(1) and 42 U.S.C. 1766(c)(4)), and sections 3(a)(6) and 4(e)(1)(A) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772(a)(6) and 1773(e)(1)(A)), the Department annually issues the Income Eligibility Guidelines for free and reduced price meals for the National School Lunch Program (7 CFR part 210), the Commodity School Program (7 CFR part 210), School Breakfast Program (7 CFR part 220), Summer Food Service Program (7 CFR part 225) and Child and Adult Care Food Program (7 CFR part 226) and the guidelines for free milk in the Special Milk Program for Children (7 CFR part 215). These eligibility guidelines are based on the Federal income poverty guidelines and are stated by household size. The guidelines are used to determine eligibility for free and reduced price meals and free milk in accordance with applicable program rules. Definition of Income In accordance with the Department's policy as provided in the Food and Nutrition Service publication Eligibility Manual for School Meals, ``income,'' as the term is used in this notice, means income before any deductions such as income taxes, Social Security taxes, insurance premiums, charitable contributions, and bonds. It includes the following: (1) Monetary compensation for services, including wages, salary, commissions or fees; (2) net income from nonfarm self- employment; (3) net income from farm self-employment; (4) Social Security; (5) dividends or interest on savings or bonds or income from estates or trusts; (6) net rental income; (7) public assistance or welfare payments; (8) unemployment compensation; (9) government civilian employee or military retirement, or pensions or veterans payments; (10) private pensions or annuities; (11) alimony or child support payments; (12) regular contributions from persons not living in the household; (13) net royalties; and (14) other cash income. Other cash income would include cash amounts received or withdrawn from any source including savings, investments, trust accounts and other resources that would be available to pay the price of a child's meal. ``Income'', as the term is used in this notice, does not include any income or benefits received under any Federal programs that are excluded from consideration as income by any statutory prohibition. Furthermore, the value of meals or milk to children shall not be considered as income to their households for other benefit programs in accordance with the prohibitions in section 12(e) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and section 11(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1760(e) and 1780(b)). The Income Eligibility Guidelines The following are the Income Eligibility Guidelines to be effective from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. The Department's guidelines for free meals and milk and reduced price meals were obtained by multiplying the year 2018 Federal income poverty guidelines by 1.30 and 1.85, respectively, and by rounding the result upward to the next whole dollar. This notice displays only the annual Federal poverty guidelines issued by the Department of Health and Human Services because the monthly and weekly Federal poverty guidelines are not used to determine the Income Eligibility Guidelines. The chart details the free and reduced price eligibility criteria for monthly income, income received twice monthly (24 payments per year); income received every two weeks (26 payments per year) and weekly income. Income calculations are made based on the following formulas: Monthly income is calculated by dividing the annual income by 12; twice monthly income is computed by dividing annual income by 24; income received every two weeks is calculated by dividing annual income by 26; and weekly income is computed by dividing annual income by 52. All numbers are rounded upward to the next whole dollar. The numbers reflected in this notice for a family of four in the 48 contiguous States, the District of Columbia, Guam and the territories represent an increase of 2.0 percent over last year's level for a family of the same size. [[Page 20789]] Authority: Section 9(b)(1) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(1)(A)). Income Eligibility Guidelines [Effective from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal Reduced Price Meals--185% Free Meals--130% poverty ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Household size guidelines ------------- Annual Monthly Twice per Every two Weekly Annual Monthly Twice per Every two Weekly Annual month weeks month weeks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 Contiguous States, District of Columbia, Guam, and Territories -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1............................ 12,140 22,459 1,872 936 864 432 15,782 1,316 658 607 304 2............................ 16,460 30,451 2,538 1,269 1,172 586 21,398 1,784 892 823 412 3............................ 20,780 38,443 3,204 1,602 1,479 740 27,014 2,252 1,126 1,039 520 4............................ 25,100 46,435 3,870 1,935 1,786 893 32,630 2,720 1,360 1,255 628 5............................ 29,420 54,427 4,536 2,268 2,094 1,047 38,246 3,188 1,594 1,471 736 6............................ 33,740 62,419 5,202 2,601 2,401 1,201 43,862 3,656 1,828 1,687 844 7............................ 38,060 70,411 5,868 2,934 2,709 1,355 49,478 4,124 2,062 1,903 952 8............................ 42,380 78,403 6,534 3,267 3,016 1,508 55,094 4,592 2,296 2,119 1,060 For each add'l family member, 4,320 7,992 666 333 308 154 5,616 468 234 216 108 add......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alaska -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1............................ 15,180 28,083 2,341 1,171 1,081 541 19,734 1,645 823 759 380 2............................ 20,580 38,073 3,173 1,587 1,465 733 26,754 2,230 1,115 1,029 515 3............................ 25,980 48,063 4,006 2,003 1,849 925 33,774 2,815 1,408 1,299 650 4............................ 31,380 58,053 4,838 2,419 2,233 1,117 40,794 3,400 1,700 1,569 785 5............................ 36,780 68,043 5,671 2,836 2,618 1,309 47,814 3,985 1,993 1,839 920 6............................ 42,180 78,033 6,503 3,252 3,002 1,501 54,834 4,570 2,285 2,109 1,055 7............................ 47,580 88,023 7,336 3,668 3,386 1,693 61,854 5,155 2,578 2,379 1,190 8............................ 52,980 98,013 8,168 4,084 3,770 1,885 68,874 5,740 2,870 2,649 1,325 For each add'l family member, 5,400 9,990 833 417 385 193 7,020 585 293 270 135 add......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hawaii -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1............................ 13,960 25,826 2,153 1,077 994 497 18,148 1,513 757 698 349 2............................ 18,930 35,021 2,919 1,460 1,347 674 24,609 2,051 1,026 947 474 3............................ 23,900 44,215 3,685 1,843 1,701 851 31,070 2,590 1,295 1,195 598 4............................ 28,870 53,410 4,451 2,226 2,055 1,028 37,531 3,128 1,564 1,444 722 5............................ 33,840 62,604 5,217 2,609 2,408 1,204 43,992 3,666 1,833 1,692 846 6............................ 38,810 71,799 5,984 2,992 2,762 1,381 50,453 4,205 2,103 1,941 971 7............................ 43,780 80,993 6,750 3,375 3,116 1,558 56,914 4,743 2,372 2,189 1,095 8............................ 48,750 90,188 7,516 3,758 3,469 1,735 63,375 5,282 2,641 2,438 1,219 For each add'l family member, 4,970 9,195 767 384 354 177 6,461 539 270 249 125 add......................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dated: April 18, 2018. Brandon Lipps, Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. [FR Doc. 2018-09679 Filed 5-7-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-30-P
| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice. | |
| Dates | Implementation Date: July 1, 2018. | |
| Contact | Jessica Saracino, Program Monitoring and Operational Support Division, Child Nutrition Programs, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Suite 628, Alexandria, Virginia 22302. | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 20788 |