The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced the new poverty income guidelines for 2017. The new guidelines mean that the lower limit of the minimum monthly maintenance needs allowance (MMMNA) will rise to $2,030 in the 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia, effective no later than July 1, 2017. The current amount is $2,002.50. The upper limit, announced earlier, is $3,022.50.
The new bottom limit figure will be $2,536.25 in Alaska and $2,333.75 in Hawaii. The minimum MMMNA is 150 percent of the monthly poverty guideline for a couple.
The guidelines were among 23 rules that the Trump administration withdrew from the Federal Register pending review but the guidelines have since been republished by HHS’s Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE). For that document, go to: https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines
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