Federal legislation enacted in late 2009 and early 2010 prohibited publication of 2010 poverty guidelines before May 31, 2010, and required that the 2009 poverty guidelines remain in effect until publication of updated guidelines. Legislation to further delay publication of the 2010 guidelines did not pass. The procedure for updating the 2010 guidelines was modified to take into account the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) for the period for which their publication was delayed. As a result, the poverty guideline figures for the remainder of 2010 are the same as the 2009 poverty guideline figures.

For KPI, the 2009 poverty guideline figures will remain in effect until the 2011 new guidelines are posted. Refer to Procedure Letter (PL) #163 for poverty guideline tables.

For PASSS and SAMS, the 2009 poverty guideline figures will remain in effect until June 30, 2011. Refer to PL #176 for PASSS and PL #177 for SAMS for poverty guideline tables.

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The following chart depicts what materials should be deleted from the Family, Children and Adult Services Manual (FCASM) and what materials are to be inserted in the FCASM.