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[FR Doc No: 94-10864]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

 

Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion Programs

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION: Notice of revision of income eligibility levels for the Foster 
Grandparent Program and Senior Companion Program.

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SUMMARY: This notice revises the schedules of income eligibility levels 
for participation in the Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) and Senior 
Companion Program (SCP), published in 58 FR 13735, March 15, 1993 and 
58 FR 40405, July 28, 1993
    The revised schedules are based on changes in program regulations 
published in 59 FR 15120, March 31, 1994 and in the Poverty Guidelines 
from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), published in 
59 FR 6277, February 10, 1994. The change in regulations eliminates the 
SSI (Supplemental Security Income) adjustment to income eligibility 
used in prior years. No volunteer currently participating in these 
programs shall become ineligible as a result of this change in 
guidelines.
    In accordance with the revised program regulations, the income 
eligibility level for each State is 125 percent of the DHHS Poverty 
Guidelines, except in those areas determined by the Corporation to be 
of higher cost of living in which case the guideline shall be 135 
percent of the DHHS Poverty Guidelines.
    The level of eligibility is rounded to the next highest multiple of 
$5.00.
    For purposes of determining eligibility, an amount not to exceed 15 
percent of the applicable FGP/SCP income guideline is deductible from 
gross income for out-of-pocket medical expenses of the applicant, 
enrollee, or spouse.
    Any person whose income is not more than 100 percent of the DHHS 
Poverty Guideline for her/his specific family unit shall be given 
special consideration for participation in the Foster Grandparent and 
Senior Companion Programs.

Schedule of Income Eligibility Levels: Foster Grandparent and Senior 
Companion Programs

                 1994 FGP/SCP Income Eligibility Levels                 
            [Based on 125 Percent of DHHS Poverty Guidelines]           
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                                       Family units of                  
       States        ---------------------------------------------------
                          One          Two         Three         Four   
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All, except High                                                        
 Cost Areas, Alaska                                                     
 & Hawaii...........       $9,200      $12,300      $15,400       18,500
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For family units with more than four members, add $3,100 for each       
  additional member in all States except designated High Cost Areas,    
  Alaska and Hawaii.                                                    


       1994 FGP/SCP Income Eligibility Levels for High Cost Areas       
            [Based on 135 Percent of DHHS Poverty Guidelines]           
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                                        Family units of                 
        Area         ---------------------------------------------------
                          One          Two         Three         Four   
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All, except Alaska,                                                     
 & Hawaii...........       $9,940      $13,285      $16,635      $19,980
Alaska..............       12,240       16,605       20,790       24,975
Hawaii..............       11,435       15,285       19,130       22,980
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(For family units with more than four members, add: $3,350 for all      
  areas, $4,185 for Alaska, and $3,850 for Hawaii, for each additional  
  member.                                                               

    The income eligibility levels specified above are based on 135 
percent of the DHHS poverty guidelines and are applicable to the 
following high cost metropolitan statistical areas and primary 
metropolitan statistical areas:

High Cost Areas (Including All Counties/Locations Included in That Area 
as Defined by the Office of Management and Budget)

Alaska

(All Locations)

California

Los Angeles--Long Beach
Marin County
Santa Barbara/Santa Maria/Lompoc
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
Santa Rosa
San Diego
San Jose
San Francisco
Oakland
Orange County
Ventura

District of Columbia/Maryland/Virginia

District of Columbia (and Surrounding Counties in MD. & VA.)

Hawaii

(All Locations)

Illinois

Chicago

Massachusetts

Boston
Salem-Gloucester
Worcester

New Jersey

Bergen-Passaic
Middlesex/Somerset/Hunterdon
Monmouth/Ocean
Newark
Trenton

New York

Nassau/Suffolk
New York
Westchester

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

    The revised income eligibility levels presented here are calculated 
from the base DHHS Poverty Guidelines now in effect as follows:

               1994 DHHS Poverty Guidelines for All States              
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                                        Family units of                 
       States        ---------------------------------------------------
                          One          Two         Three         Four   
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All, except Alaska/                                                     
 Hawaii.............       $7,360       $9,840      $12,320      $14,800
Alaska..............        9,200       12,300       15,400       18,500
Hawaii..............        8,470       11,320       14,170       17,020
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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 2, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rey Tejada, Program Officer, Foster Grandparent Program, Corporation 
for National and Community Service, 1100 Vermont Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 50525 or Telephone (202) 606-5000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These programs are authorized pursuant to 
sections 211 and 213 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as 
amended, Public Law 93-113, 87 Stat. 394. The income eligibility levels 
are determined by the currently applicable guidelines published by DHHS 
pursuant to sections 652 and 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1981 which requires poverty guidelines to be 
adjusted for Consumer Price Index changes.

    Dated: April 28, 1994.
James Scheibel,
Vice President, Corporation for National and Community Service, 
Director, Domestic Volunteer Service Programs.
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