83_FR_20877 83 FR 20788 - Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines

83 FR 20788 - Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 89 (May 8, 2018)

Page Range20788-20789
FR Document2018-09679

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.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 89 (Tuesday, May 8, 2018) 
[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]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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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.


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    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]
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                                 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
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                                            48 Contiguous States, District of Columbia, Guam, and Territories
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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
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                                                                         Alaska
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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
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                                                                         Hawaii
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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.........................
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     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

20788 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 89 / Tuesday, May 8, 2018 / Notices to respond through the use of no recordkeeping or reporting pensions or veterans payments; (10) appropriate automated, electronic, requirements have been included that private pensions or annuities; (11) mechanical, or other technological are subject to approval from the Office alimony or child support payments; (12) collection techniques or other forms of of Management and Budget. regular contributions from persons not information technology. This notice has been determined to be living in the household; (13) net All comments received in response to not significant and was not reviewed by royalties; and (14) other cash income. this notice, including names and the Office of Management and Budget in Other cash income would include cash addresses when provided, will become conformance with Executive Order amounts received or withdrawn from a matter of public record. Comments 12866. The affected programs are listed any source including savings, will be summarized and included in the in the Catalog of Federal Domestic investments, trust accounts and other request for OMB approval of the Assistance under No. 10.553, No. resources that would be available to pay information collection. 10.555, No. 10.556, No. 10.558, and No. the price of a child’s meal. Dated: May 2, 2018. 10.559 and are subject to the provisions ‘‘Income’’, as the term is used in this Greg Ibach, of Executive Order 12372, which notice, does not include any income or requires intergovernmental consultation benefits received under any Federal Under Secretary, Marketing and Regulatory Programs. with State and local officials. (See 2 CFR programs that are excluded from part 415). consideration as income by any [FR Doc. 2018–09678 Filed 5–7–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–02–P Background statutory prohibition. Furthermore, the value of meals or milk to children shall Pursuant to sections 9(b)(1) and not be considered as income to their 17(c)(4) of the Richard B. Russell DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE households for other benefit programs National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. in accordance with the prohibitions in Food and Nutrition Service 1758(b)(1) and 42 U.S.C. 1766(c)(4)), section 12(e) of the Richard B. Russell and sections 3(a)(6) and 4(e)(1)(A) of the National School Lunch Act and section Child Nutrition Programs: Income Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 11(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 Eligibility Guidelines 1772(a)(6) and 1773(e)(1)(A)), the Department annually issues the Income (42 U.S.C. 1760(e) and 1780(b)). AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, Eligibility Guidelines for free and The Income Eligibility Guidelines USDA. reduced price meals for the National ACTION: Notice. The following are the Income School Lunch Program (7 CFR part 210), Eligibility Guidelines to be effective the Commodity School Program (7 CFR SUMMARY: This notice announces the from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. part 210), School Breakfast Program (7 Department’s annual adjustments to the The Department’s guidelines for free CFR part 220), Summer Food Service Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used meals and milk and reduced price meals in determining eligibility for free and Program (7 CFR part 225) and Child and were obtained by multiplying the year reduced price meals and free milk for Adult Care Food Program (7 CFR part 2018 Federal income poverty guidelines the period from July 1, 2018 through 226) and the guidelines for free milk in by 1.30 and 1.85, respectively, and by June 30, 2019. These guidelines are used the Special Milk Program for Children rounding the result upward to the next by schools, institutions, and facilities (7 CFR part 215). These eligibility guidelines are based whole dollar. participating in the National School This notice displays only the annual on the Federal income poverty Lunch Program (and Commodity School Federal poverty guidelines issued by the guidelines and are stated by household Program), School Breakfast Program, Department of Health and Human Special Milk Program for Children, size. The guidelines are used to determine eligibility for free and Services because the monthly and Child and Adult Care Food Program and weekly Federal poverty guidelines are Summer Food Service Program. The reduced price meals and free milk in accordance with applicable program not used to determine the Income annual adjustments are required by Eligibility Guidelines. The chart details section 9 of the Richard B. Russell rules. the free and reduced price eligibility National School Lunch Act. The Definition of Income criteria for monthly income, income guidelines are intended to direct In accordance with the Department’s received twice monthly (24 payments benefits to those children most in need policy as provided in the Food and per year); income received every two and are revised annually to account for Nutrition Service publication Eligibility weeks (26 payments per year) and changes in the Consumer Price Index. Manual for School Meals, ‘‘income,’’ as weekly income. DATES: Implementation Date: July 1, the term is used in this notice, means Income calculations are made based 2018. income before any deductions such as on the following formulas: Monthly FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: income taxes, Social Security taxes, income is calculated by dividing the Jessica Saracino, Program Monitoring insurance premiums, charitable annual income by 12; twice monthly and Operational Support Division, contributions, and bonds. It includes the income is computed by dividing annual Child Nutrition Programs, Food and following: (1) Monetary compensation income by 24; income received every Nutrition Service, United States for services, including wages, salary, two weeks is calculated by dividing Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park commissions or fees; (2) net income annual income by 26; and weekly Center Drive, Suite 628, Alexandria, from nonfarm self-employment; (3) net income is computed by dividing annual Virginia 22302. income from farm self-employment; (4) income by 52. All numbers are rounded sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Social Security; (5) dividends or interest upward to the next whole dollar. action is not a rule as defined by the on savings or bonds or income from The numbers reflected in this notice Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. estates or trusts; (6) net rental income; for a family of four in the 48 contiguous 601–612) and thus is exempt from the (7) public assistance or welfare States, the District of Columbia, Guam provisions of that Act. payments; (8) unemployment and the territories represent an increase In accordance with the Paperwork compensation; (9) government civilian of 2.0 percent over last year’s level for Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), employee or military retirement, or a family of the same size. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:41 May 07, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\08MYN1.SGM 08MYN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 89 / Tuesday, May 8, 2018 / Notices 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 Twice per Every two Twice per Every two Annual Monthly Weekly Annual Monthly Weekly month weeks month weeks Annual 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, add ................. 4,320 7,992 666 333 308 154 5,616 468 234 216 108 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, add ................. 5,400 9,990 833 417 385 193 7,020 585 293 270 135 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, add ................. 4,970 9,195 767 384 354 177 6,461 539 270 249 125 Dated: April 18, 2018. Guidelines, NRCS gives notice of the improvement for the Lick Creek Brandon Lipps, intent to deauthorize Federal funding Watershed project will not be installed. Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. for the Lick Creek Watershed project, The sponsoring local organizations have [FR Doc. 2018–09679 Filed 5–7–18; 8:45 am] Russell, Dickenson and Wise Counties, concurred in this determination and BILLING CODE 3410–30–P Virginia. agree that Federal funding should be DATES: Interested persons are invited to deauthorized for the project. submit comments within 60 days of this Information regarding this DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE notice being published in the Federal determination may be obtained from Register. John Bricker, NRCS State Natural Resources Conservation Conservationist in Virginia at the above Service ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be sent to address and telephone number. [Docket No. NRCS–2018–0002] John Bricker, VA State Conservationist, No administrative action on 1606 Santa Rosa Road, Suite 209, implementation of the proposed Lick Creek Watershed, Russell, Richmond, Virginia 23229. Telephone: deauthorization will be taken until 60 Dickenson and Wise Counties, Virginia (804) 287–1691 or email: Jack.Bricker@ days after the date of this publication in va.usda.gov. the Federal Register. AGENCY: Natural Resources FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Conservation Service, USDA. [Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance specific questions about this notice, Program No. 10.904, Watershed Protection ACTION: Notice of intent to deauthorize please contact Wade Biddix, (804) 287– and Flood Prevention. Executive Order 12372 federal funding. 1675 or Wade.Biddix@va.usda.gov. regarding State and local clearinghouse SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Watershed SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A review of Federal and federally assisted Protection and Flood Prevention Act of determination has been made by John programs and project is applicable] 1954 and the Natural Resources Bricker, NRCS State Conservationist in Conservation Service (NRCS) Virginia that the proposed works of VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:41 May 07, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\08MYN1.SGM 08MYN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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ActionNotice.
DatesImplementation Date: July 1, 2018.
ContactJessica 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 Citation83 FR 20788 
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