The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS ... used for statistical purposes and to help calculate poverty guidelines. The federal poverty level is the annualized income earned by a ...
The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration ...
Now, the federal poverty line is the same no matter where you live. Rep. Mikie Sherrill introduced a bill to require regional ...
Sherrill (D-11) introduced legislation Friday that would require the Department of Health and Human Services ... households live in poverty under current federal poverty guidelines.