[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR96.85]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 96--BLOCK GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart H--Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program
 
Sec. 96.85  Income eligibility.

    (a) Application of poverty income guidelines and State median income 
estimates. In implementing the income eligibility standards in section 
2605(b)(2) of Public Law 97-35 (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(2)), grantees using 
the Federal government's official poverty income guidelines and State 
median income estimates for households as a basis for determining 
eligibility for assistance shall, by October 1 of each year, or by the 
beginning of the State fiscal year, whichever is later, adjust their 
income eligibility criteria so that they are in accord with the most 
recently published update of the guidelines or estimates. Grantees may 
adjust their income eligibility criteria to accord with the most 
recently published revision to the poverty income guidelines or State 
median income estimates for households at any time between the 
publication of the revision and the following October 1, or the 
beginning of the State fiscal year, whichever is later.
    (b) Adjustment of annual median income for household size. In order 
to determine the State median income for households that have other than 
four individuals, grantees shall adjust the State median income figures 
(published annually by the Secretary), by the following percentages:
    (1) One-person household, 52 percent;
    (2) Two-person household, 68 percent;
    (3) Three-person household, 84 percent;
    (4) Four-person household, 100 percent;
    (5) Five-person household, 116 percent;
    (6) Six-person household, 132 percent; and
    (7) For each additional household member above six persons, add 
three percentage points to the percentage adjustment for a six-person 
household.

[53 FR 6827, Mar. 3, 1988, as amended at 64 FR 55858, Oct. 15, 1999]