[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33560-33561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12991]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


``Low-Income'' Levels for Health Professions and Nursing Programs

    Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is updating 
income levels used to identify a ``low-income family'' for the purpose 
of providing training in the various health professions and nursing 
programs included in titles VII and VIII of the Public Health Service 
Act (the Act).
    The Department periodically publishes in the Federal Register low-
income levels used for grants and cooperative agreements to 
institutions providing training for (1) disadvantaged individuals, (2) 
individuals from a disadvantaged background, or (3) individuals from 
low-income families.
    The program under the Act that may use ``low-income levels'' as one 
of the factors in determining a disadvantaged or low-income status are:
Advanced Education Nursing (section 811)
Allied Health Special Projects (section 755)
Basic Nurse Education and Practice (section 831)
Dental Public Health (section 768)
Faculty Loan Repayment and Fellowships Program (section 738)
General and Pediatric Dentistry (section 747)
Health Administration Traineeships and Special Projects (section 769)
Health Careers Opportunity Program (section 739)
Loans to Disadvantaged Students (section 724)
Physician Assistant Training (section 747)
Primary Care Residency Training (section 747)
Public Health Traineeships (section 767)
Quentin N. Burdick Program for Rural Interdisciplinary Training 
(section 754)
Residency Training in Preventive Medicine (section 768)
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (section 737)
Public Health Training Centers (section 766)
Nursing Workforce Diversity (section 821)
    These programs generally award grants to accredited schools of 
medicine, osteopathic medicine, public health, dentistry, veterinary 
medicine, optometry, pharmacy, allied health, Pediatric medicine, 
nursing, chiropractic, public or nonprofit private

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schools which offer graduate programs in behavioral health and mental 
health practice, and other public or private nonprofit health or 
educational entities to assist the disadvantaged to enter the graduate 
from health professions schools. Some programs provide for the 
repayment of health professions education loans for disadvantaged 
students.
    The following income figures were taken from poverty thresholds 
published by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, using an index adopted by a 
Federal Interagency Committee for use in a variety of Federal programs. 
That index includes multiplication by a factor of 1.3 for adaptation to 
health professions and nursing programs which support training for 
disadvantaged individuals or those from disadvantaged backgrounds. The 
income figures have been updated to reflect increases in the Consumer 
Price Index through December 31, 1999.

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                                                                Income
                  Size of parents' family*                     level**
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1..........................................................      $11,100
2..........................................................       14,400
3..........................................................       17,200
4..........................................................       22,000
5..........................................................       26,000
6 or more..................................................      29,200
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* Includes only dependents listed on Federal income tax forms.
** Rounded to the nearest $100. Adjusted gross income for calendar year
  1999.


    Dated: May 18, 2000.
Claude Earl Fox,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 00-12991 Filed 5-23-00; 8:45 am]
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