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WIAPL 10-04 (Poverty Income Guidelines and Lower Living Standard Income Level)
Workforce Investment Act Policy Letter No. 10-04
September 3, 2010
TO: WIA Local Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs), Fiscal Agents, Administrative Entities and One-Stop Operators
FROM: Lisa Patt-McDaniel, Director Douglas E. Lumpkin, Director
SUBJECT: Poverty Income Guidelines and Lower Living Standard Income Level

I.Purpose

To notify local areas of the annually updated Poverty Income Guidelines and Lower Living Standard Income Level tables as mandated by the Ohio Administrative Code Rule 5101:9-30-03.

II.Effective Date

Immediately

III.Background

The poverty income guidelines and lower living standard income level are used for determining eligibility and low income for programs operated under the Workforce Investment Act. Low income is used to determine eligibility for youth services and to prioritize adult individual training accounts when funds are limited.

The Ohio Administrative Code Rule 5101:9-30-03 titled: Workforce Investment Act poverty income guidelines and lower living standard income level, describes the use and the enforcement of the poverty income guidelines and the lower living standard income level by programs under the Workforce Investment Act.

IV.Requirements

The poverty income guidelines and lower living standard income level are issued at separate time frames and by different federal agencies. The Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for the federal poverty income guidelines and historically releases new guidelines during the first quarter of the calendar year. The Secretary of Labor determines and historically releases the lower living standard income level for Title I of the Workforce Investment Act during the end second quarter of the calendar year. The poverty income guidelines and the lower living standard income level are revised annually by the Office of Workforce Development, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS).

The income tables are revised at the federal level. The tables, poverty income guidelines and lower living standard income level, will be updated in SCOTI for income-based eligibility determination. E-mail notifications will be sent to local WIBs and One-Stop operators when the income tables are updated.

V.Technical Assistance

For additional information, you may send your questions to the Office of Workforce Development, WIAQNA@JFS.OHIO.GOV.

VI.Reference

Federal Register 20 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 660, et al. Final Rules, August 11, 2000

Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998, Public Law 105-220, August 7, 1998

Ohio Administrative Code Rule 5101:9-30-03.

Rescission:

WIATL 11: Amended Rule regarding Poverty Income Guidelines and Lower Living Standard Income Level