- Family income, which is evaluated by the federal poverty guidelines.

The poverty guidelines are the other version of the federal poverty measure.

The Federal Register notice of the 2009 poverty guidelines is available.

Among those who were employed that year, 26% earned less than the poverty guideline.

Still, there were schools with no students below the poverty guidelines, which scored only average by comparison.

In order to participate the family income must be below federal poverty guidelines.

New York currently has the highest at 400% of the federal poverty guidelines.

In Texas, 4.2 million people qualify for legal assistance because they make at or below 120 percent of the federal poverty guideline.

To be eligible, clients must be at or below 125% of federal poverty guidelines.

He uses the same federal poverty guidelines to determine his hourly rate, which tops out at $87.50.