Poverty Guidelines


Once the Department grants a discharge, the borrower is then subject to a 3-year post-discharge monitoring period beginning on the date the Department grants the discharge. During this 3-year period, the Department will request documentation of employment earnings in order to verify that the borrower did not have annual earnings from employment over the Poverty Guidelines for a family of two in the borrower’s state of residence, regardless of actual family size.

The 2013 Health & Human Services Poverty Guidelines

 

The following figures are the 2013 Health & Human Services (HHS) poverty guidelines that are scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on January 24, 2013. 

 

Persons
in Family		 48 Contiguous
States and D.C.		 Alaska Hawaii
1 $11,490 $14,350 $13,230
2  15,510  19,380  17,850
3  19,530  24,410  22,470
4  23,550  29,440  27,090
5  27,570  34,470  31,710
6  31,590  39,500  36,330
7  35,610  44,530  40,950
8  39,630  49,560  45,570
For each additional
person, add		    $502.50    $628.75    $577.50

 


The following table lists the Poverty Guidelines for 2012, as issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:

 

Persons in Family
or Household		 48 Contiguous States
and Washington, D.C.		 Alaska Hawaii
1
 $11,170 
$13,970
$12,860
   2   
$15,130
$18,920
$17,410
3
$19,090
$23,870
$21,960
4
$23,050
$28,820
$26,510
5
$27,010
$33,770
$31,060
6
$30,970
$38,720
$35,610
7
$34,930
$43,670
$40,160
8
$38,890
$48,620
$44,710
For each additional person, add...
$3,960
$4,950
$4,550

 

Complete details on Poverty Guidelines from 1996 to the present can be found at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Web page for Poverty Guidelines.