The federal poverty level (FPL) is what Covered California uses to determine whether you’ll get financial help or if you qualify for Medi-Cal. It’s a measure of income level issued annually by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Federal poverty levels are used to determine...
the city of L.A.’s Basic Income Guaranteed: Los Angeles Economic Assistance Pilot, or BIG:LEAP, disbursed $1,000 a month for one year to 3,200 residents who were pregnant or had at least one child, lived at or below the poverty level and exper...
HUD also creates tiers of income levels. Low income is their highest tier, followed by the HUD very low-income level, HUD extremely low-income level, and lastly, the federal poverty level. For example, how much is low income for a family of four? The HUD low-income level in 2021 was ...
- A California city is planning to give universal basic income (UBI) to transgender and nonbinary residents regardless of their earnings level. Transgender residents in Palm Springs, California are eligible to receive a UBI of up to $900 per month solely for identifying as transgender or nonbina...
This policy brief documents that the Elder Index provides a better measure of income adequacy than the Federal Poverty Level guideline (FPL) for older adults because it accounts for those costs at the county level. It also details the growing number of public and nonprofit organizations using ...
While California is one of the most well-known states in the U.S., is home to Silicon Valley, and one of the states where personal income has been increasing over the past 20 years, not everyone in California is so lucky: In 2023, thepoverty rate in Californiawas about 12 percent, an...
The update will be California's largest health care expansion since the 2014 implementation of former President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, which allowed states to include adults who fall below 138% of the federal poverty level in their Medicaid programs. California's uni...
Income 2000: per capita $22,711; median household $47,493; Population below poverty level: 14.20% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): $32,464-$33,415 Unemployment (2004): 6.20% Unemployment change (from 2000): 1.30% Median travel time to work: 27.70 minutes Working outside county ...
CARB will pay you up to $12,000 to retire an eligible internal-combustion vehicle and purchase a qualified EV. It's limited to applicants who make less than three times the federal poverty level, which at the time of writing figures out to $45,180 in annual income for a one-person hou...
- Families with income below poverty level: 0.6% Located in Washington County, Arkansas, the small town of Goshen is considered to be the wealthiest in the state. One of the main reasons for this is likely ahigh level of education. It is one of the most educated towns in the state, wi...