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Eligibility - Are You Eligible For Services? |
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Infants/Toddler/Pregnancy = ages 0-36 months old now |
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Pre-School Age = 3 & 4 years old by September 1, 2010 |
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The federal poverty guidelines are used to evaluate family income.
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90% of families meet 100% of the income guidelines and 10% are allowed to be over income.
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Categorical Eligibility:: Currently |
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Foster or Kinship child Placement |
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Receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) |
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Receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) |
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Homeless according to McKinney Vento Definition |
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INCOME GUIDELINES |
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2011-2012 School Year |
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| Family Size |
Income |
100% |
130% |
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$ 10,890 |
$14,157 |
2 |
$ 14,710 |
$ 19,123 |
| 3 |
$ 18,530 |
$ 24,089 |
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$ 22,350 |
$ 29,055 |
| 5 |
$26,170 |
$ 34,021 |
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$ 29,990 |
$ 38,987 |
7 |
$ 33,810 |
$ 43,953 |
8 |
$ 37,630 |
$ 48,919
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FOR EACH ADDITIONAL FAMILY MEMBER
ABOVE 8, ADD $3,820 |
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Head Start Definition of Family For Eligibility and Recruitment |
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Family means all persons living in the same household who are:
(1) Supported by the income of the parent(s) or guardian(s) of the child enrolling or participating in the program,
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(2) related to the parent(s) or guardian(s) by blood, marriage or adoption. |
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Head Start Program Definition of Income |
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Income means total cash receipts before taxes from all sources, with the exceptions noted below. Income includes money wages or salary before deductions; net income from non-farm self-employment; net income from farm self-employment; regular payments from Social Security or railroad retirement; payments from unemployment compensation, strike benefits from union funds, workers' compensation, veterans benefits (with the exception noted below), public assistance (including Temporary assistance for Needy Families, Supplemental Security Income, Emergency Assistance money payments, and non-Federally funded General Assistance or General Relief money payments); training stipends; alimony, child support, and military family allotments or other regular support from an absent family member or someone not living in the household; private pensions, government employee pensions (including military retirement pay), and regular insurance or annuity payments; college or university scholarships, grants, fellowships, and assistantships; and dividends, interest, net rental income, net royalties, and periodic receipts from estates or trusts; and net gambling or lottery winnings. |
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