2009 Federal Poverty Guidelines

Every year, the federal government establishes poverty guidelines to determine who is financially eligible for particular programs. The chart below tells you what the yearly income cutoffs are for 2009 at 125% of poverty. These figures change every year around February and are available at the US Department of Health and Human Services website.

 SOURCE:  Source: Federal Register,  Vol. 74, No. 14, January 23, 2009 pp.4199–4201