[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 135 (Monday, July 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46528-46529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17751]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


New Annual ``Low-Income'' Levels for Various Health Professions 
and Nursing Programs Included in Titles VII and VIII of the Public 
Health Service Act

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the new ``low-income'' levels for 
various programs included in titles VII and VIII of the Public Health 
Service (PHS) Act, which use the U.S. Census Bureau ``low income'' 
levels to determine eligibility for program participation. The 
Department periodically publishes in the Federal Register low-income 
levels used to determine eligibility 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces increase in income 
levels intended for use in determining eligibility for participation in 
the following programs:

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 Minority Faculty Fellowship 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)
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, podiatric medicine, 
nursing, chiropractic, public or private nonprofit schools which offer 
graduate programs in behavioral health and mental health practice, and 
other public or private nonprofit health or education entities to 
assist the disadvantaged to enter and graduate from health professions 
and nursing schools. Some programs provide for the repayment of health 
professions or nursing education loans for disadvantaged students.

Low-Income Levels

    The Secretary defines a ``low-income'' family for programs included 
in titles VII and VIII of the PHS Act as having an annual income that 
does not exceed 200 percent of the Department's poverty guidelines. The 
Department's poverty guidelines which were published in the Federal 
Register on Thursday, February 14, 2002, (67 FR 6931), are based on 
poverty thresholds published by the U.S. Census Bureau, adjusted 
annually for changes in the Consumer Price Index. The Secretary 
annually adjusts the low-income levels based on the Department's 
poverty guideline and makes them available to persons responsible for 
administering the applicable programs. The following income figures 
will be used for health professions and nursing grant

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applications requesting FY 2003 funding.

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                                                              Income \2\
                Size of parent's family \1\                     level
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1..........................................................      $17,720
2..........................................................       23,880
3..........................................................       30,040
4..........................................................       36,200
5..........................................................       42,360
6..........................................................       48,520
7..........................................................       54,680
8..........................................................      60,840
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\1.\ Includes only dependents on Federal Income tax forms.
\2.\ Adjusted gross income for calendar year 2001.


    Dated: July 9, 2002.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Adminstrator.
[FR Doc. 02-17751 Filed 7-12-02; 8:45 am]
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