HHS Poverty Guidelines 2018

flyer by MHN – The poverty guidelines are the other version of the federal poverty measure. They are issued each year in the Federal Register by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The guidelines are a simplification of the poverty thresholds for...

HHS Poverty Guidelines 2015

The poverty thresholds are the original version of the federal poverty measure. They are updated each year by the Census Bureau. The thresholds are used mainly for statistical purposes — for instance, preparing estimates of the number of Americans in poverty...

Poverty Guidelines: 1985-1998

There are two slightly different versions of the federal poverty measure: the poverty thresholds, and; the poverty guidelines. The poverty thresholds are the original federal poverty measure, used mainly for statistical purposes. The poverty guidelines are the other...

VAWA and Services for Men – Congressional Intent

Congressional statement by Senator Orin Hatch, “We anticipate that the executive branch agencies responsible for making grants under the Act, as amended, will continue to administer these programs so as to ensure that men who have been victimized by domestic...