2020 Poverty Guidelines - US Dept of Health & Human Services

[johnkarls]

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The over-arching Q for our Feb 19 meeting will be whether the US itself has “a snowball’s chance in Hell” of meeting the UN’s “Zero Hunger By 2030” Goal!!!

Info about the UN’s “Zero Hunger By 2030” Program is available at https://www.un.org/zerohunger/content/p ... ero-hunger.

BTW, the FIRST of eight elements of the UN’s “Zero Hunger By 2030” Program is “LEAVING NO ONE BEHIND”!!!

HOWEVER, the US has 5 million homeless INCLUDING 3 MILLION CHILDREN living on less than $2.00/day as been documented in ““$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America” by Johns Hopkins Prof. Kathryn J. Edin and U/Mich Prof. H. Luke Shaefer (Houghton Mifflin – 2015).

MEANWHILE, the U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services has just published its 2020 poverty guidelines for the 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia --

1 person in family/household - $12,760
2 persons in family/household - $17,240
3 persons in family/household - $21,720
4 persons in family/household - $26,200
5 persons in family/household - $30,680
6 persons in family/household - $35,160
7 persons in family/household - $39,640
8 persons in family/household - $44,120
Each additional person beyond 8 - $4,480

NB: Less than $2.00/day for 1 person = less than $730 (vs $12,760)!!!
AND less than $2.00/day for 8 persons = less than $5,840 (vs. $22,120)!!!

The HHS 2020 poverty guidelines are available at https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines.