poverty line
noun
: a level of personal or family income below which one is classified as poor according to governmental standards
called also poverty level
Examples of poverty line in a Sentence
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The program, an alternative to traditional Medicaid expansion known as Georgia Pathways to Coverage, serves residents making up to 100 percent of the federal poverty line and doesn’t qualify for the federal government’s match that would pick up nearly all of the state’s tab.
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Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2024
The federal poverty line, measured at $14,580 per year;
2. 150% of the federal poverty line, measured at $21,870 per year;
3.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
About 8% of institutions show their students' median income a decade after enrolling is less than $22,000 a year, or about 150% of the federal poverty line — low enough to qualify for some public assistance programs, The HEA Group found.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2024
Of that figure, 86 percent live below the federal poverty line, which is pegged at $14,580 per year, and a quarter are homeless.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2023
Sometimes there’s a lower poverty line in places in the South where housing costs are much lower.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2023
One big difference is that the new plan increases the amount of income protected from the calculation of debt payments from 150% to 225% of the federal poverty line.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 22 Feb. 2024
And 1 in 4 residents there live below the federal poverty line.
—Byron Pitts, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2024
This is leading to a housing shortage of over 7.3 million rental homes for households below or at the federal poverty line.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 26 Oct. 2023
Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2024
The federal poverty line, measured at $14,580 per year;
2. 150% of the federal poverty line, measured at $21,870 per year;
3.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
About 8% of institutions show their students' median income a decade after enrolling is less than $22,000 a year, or about 150% of the federal poverty line — low enough to qualify for some public assistance programs, The HEA Group found.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2024
Of that figure, 86 percent live below the federal poverty line, which is pegged at $14,580 per year, and a quarter are homeless.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2023
Sometimes there’s a lower poverty line in places in the South where housing costs are much lower.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2023
One big difference is that the new plan increases the amount of income protected from the calculation of debt payments from 150% to 225% of the federal poverty line.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 22 Feb. 2024
And 1 in 4 residents there live below the federal poverty line.
—Byron Pitts, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2024
This is leading to a housing shortage of over 7.3 million rental homes for households below or at the federal poverty line.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 26 Oct. 2023
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