The income guidelines for 2007-2008 are:
# in Family |
Maximum Annual Income |
| 1 |
$10,210 |
| 2 |
$13,690 |
| 3 |
$17,170 |
| 4 |
$20,650 |
| 5 |
$24,130 |
| 6 |
$27,610 |
| 7 |
$31,090 |
| 8 |
$34,570 |
For each additional person, add 3,480 |
Income means total cash receipts before taxes from all sources:
- Wages or salary before deductions
- Public assistance, including TANF, Supplemental Social Security
Income, Emergency Assistance money payments and non-Federally funded General
Assistance or General Relief money payments
- Net income from self-employment
- Regular payments from Social Security or railroad retirement
- Unemployment compensation, strike benefits from union funds,
workers' compensation or veterans benefits
- Training stipends
- Alimony, child support, military family allotments or other
regular support from an absent family member or someone not living in the
household
- Private pensions, government employee pensions (including
military retirement pay), regular insurance or annuity payments
- College or university scholarships, grants, fellowships and
assistantships
- Dividends, interest, net rental income, net royalties, periodic
receipts from estates or trusts
- Net gambling or lottery winnings
The period of time to be considered for eligibility is the twelve months immediately
preceding the month in which application or reapplication for enrollment is
made, or for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which
the application or reapplication is made, whichever more accurately reflects
the family's current needs.