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A New Opportunity for Enrollment!
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A New Opportunity for Enrollment

The Office of Head Start is providing a new opportunity for eligibility and simplifying a list of income sources!

Quality Improvement

Policy Goal: Better identify families living in poverty who are eligible for Head Start

Clearly Define Income:

  • Provide a concrete list of income sources considered foreligibility

Account for High Cost of Living:

  • Excessive housing costs can be deducted from a family’sincome when determining eligibility

Adjusting for Excessive Housing Costs

 

Graphic for Housing Cost

Quality Improvement

Refined Definition of Income

  • Gross income and only includes wages, business income, unemployment compensation, pension or annuity payments, gifts that exceed the threshold for taxable income, and
  • Military income (excluding special pay for a member subject to hostile fire or imminent danger under 37 U.S.C. 310 or any basic allowance for housing under 37 U.S.C. 403 including housing acquired under the alternative authority under 10 U.S.C.169 or any related provision of law).
  • Gross income only includes sources of income provided in this definition; it does not include refundable tax credits nor any forms of public assistance.

HHS Poverty Guidelines 2024

Here is what our 2024 federal guidelines are, if you do not fall within them to be eligible, here is another option to deduct housing costs above a 30% housing threshold.

Family Size 100% 130%
1 $15,060 $19,578
2 $20,440 $26,572
3 $25,820 $33,566
4 $31,200 $40,560
5 $36,580 $47,554
6 $41,960 $54,548
7 $47,340 $61,542
8 $52,720 $68,536
Each Additional Member $5,380 $6,994

*Effective January 11, 2024 – Released by the Dept of Health & Human Services

To see if you meet the eligibilty requirements please complete the following steps: 

Step 1: Please fill out the fillable PDF below and save the document on your desktop.

Housing Cost Fillable Form

Step 2: Click the link below, complete the form and upload the Housing Cost Fillable Form along with each of the Identified utility and rent/mortgage bill/statements and proof of income(s).

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