According to the Department of Health and Human Services website, the 2009 Poverty Guidelines will remain in effect until at least March 1, 2010. This data has recently been revised to May 31, 2010.
The reason for the freeze is that for the first time since the poverty guidelines were issued in 1965, the annual average Consumer Price Index has decreased from the previous year. If the 2009 guidelines weren’t frozen, the HHS would have had to issue 2010 poverty guidelines that were lower than the 2009 poverty guidelines.
You can learn more here: http://aspe.hhs.gov/POVERTY/09extension.shtml
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Will the 2010 Poverty Guidelines be posted soon? The last deadline was March 31. 2010.
No new information has come out about the poverty guidelines yet per the US Department of Health and Human Services’ website. I’ll be sure and update the blog as soon as new information becomes available.
Kristen
6/1/2010
When can we expect the 2010 poverty levels released?
05/31/10, has passed.
Tammy Ellis
Tammy,
No new information has been released yet. I’ll keep checking the poverty threshold websites every day and update the blog post when I learn something new.
Kristen