A popular blogger says the real poverty line for a family of four is around $140,000. There has been pushback.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) — Today’s Good Question is: Who sets the federal poverty level? The Department of Health and Human Services sets the federal poverty guidelines each year through the Federal ...

East Grand Rapids City Commissioners approved new poverty-exemption guidelines, doubling the income thresholds and ...

President Donald Trump's firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire office that sets federal poverty guidelines, which determine whether tens of millions of Americans ...

Every year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) updates the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), a single number that quietly governs access to dozens of essential federal assistance ...

President Donald Trump’s firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire office that sets federal poverty guidelines, which determine whether tens of millions of Americans ...

The small group of experts who were laid off worked on the technical data essential to the guidelines, which help decide eligibility for programs like Medicaid, food assistance, and child care.

This one, about Virginia Democrat Bobby Scott demanding that HHS reinstate the federal poverty guidelines staff, is a little inside baseball. It’s not like cutting funding for cancer research or ...

President Donald Trump’s firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire office that sets federal poverty guidelines, which determine whether tens of millions of Americans ...

President Donald Trump's firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire office that sets federal poverty guidelines, which determine whether tens of millions of Americans ...