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HUD Notice PDR 2005-01 – Estimated Family Incomes for FY 2005 (February 11, 2005)
This Notice provides the estimated median family income estimates for fiscal year 2005 for 356 metropolitan areas and 2,302 non-metropolitan areas in the U.S. and its territories. The estimated median family income for the U.S. is $58,000; it…
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ACL 05-02 – Changes in Law Affecting Subsidized Child Care for 11 And 12 Year-old Children (February 2, 2005)
The new law provides for a preferred placement for 11-12 yo children, except for children with exceptional needs, in an after school program. (Children with exceptional needs are not prohibited from participating in these programs/changing their care arrangements.)…
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Food Stamps Administrative Notice 05-03 – Eligibility of Victims of Severe Trafficking (October 1, 2004)
The categories of noncitizens eligible to participate in the Food Stamp Program (FSP) under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act have been expanded to include the minor children, spouses and in some cases the parents and siblings of victims…
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Food Stamps Administrative Notice 05-01 – Revised Disaster Food Stamp Program Income Guidelines for FY 2005 (October 1, 2004)
The latest income guidelines and program requirements for those disaster-minded. [Download]
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HUD PIH Notice 2005-05 – New Freedom Initiative, Executive Order 13217: “Community-Based Alternatives for Individuals with Disabilities,” and the Housing Choice Voucher Program (February 1, 2005)
Explains Bush’s New Freedom Initiative and Executive Order and guides PHAs and HUD field staff regarding initiatives that can be implemented to assist persons with disabilities and their families searching for housing under the Section 8 Voucher program.…
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Revisions and Update to Consolidated Plan – Proposed Rule 24 C.F.R. Part 91, Federal Register, Vol. 69, No. 250 (December 30, 2004)
The Consolidated Plan on “ConPlan” is a document that jurisdictions must submit to HUD in order to obtain HOME, CDBG and other federal monies to fund programs that primarily benefit lower income persons. Among other things, the proposed…
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Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition for Federal and Federally-Assisted Programs – 49 C.F.R. Part 24, Federal Register, Vol. 70, No. 2 (January 4, 2005)
This is the first comprehensive update of these regulations since they were first issued in 1989. Among the objectives of the regulations is to ensure that persons displaced as the direct result of federal or federally assisted project…
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ACIN I-88-04 – Treatment of Reception and Placement Cash Provided to Refugees in the Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) and CalWORKs Programs (December 29, 2004)
No change in policy, just a friendly reminder to counties that funds paid to refugees for “reception” (no, not the party kind) and placement is not counted as income to the Refugee Cash Assistance and CalWORKs programs. These…
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ACL 04-59 – Drug Felony Bill, Effective January 1, 2005 (December 29, 2004)
Instructions on how to meet the exception to the drug felony bar on receipt of Food Stamps. Convictions for felony possession or personal use will not result in ineligibility, if the person verifies treatment or completion of, or…