What is the federal poverty line for a family of 3?
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check out this website www.livingwagecampaign.org and look under "setting a living wage level" and "living wage impact'
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http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/05poverty.shtml\n\nThere you go. You should print it out.\n\nGood luck!
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First and foremost finish your education. I can't imagine being 17, with a wife and two kids, but I know that if nothing else knowing the basics is important.\n\nNext make sure you have an understanding of what your family needs. Sit down and make a budget, and find out what it costs to keep your family sheltered, fed, clothed and then all the extras, cars, tv, internet etc.\n\nFinally go to the dept of workforce services and get assistance in getting a job that meets your skills and wage needs.
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File for the FAFSA.  One of the questions asks if you are a ward of the court or an orphan.  This gives you the same status as a single parent which (at least in my experience working with students) gives you an EFC- expected family contribution- of 0.  While this doesn't guarantee you a full ride, it does put you in line for all the school scholarships, grants, and great loans (as opposed to crappy bank loans.)  Visit fafsa.ed.gov to apply.  Also, I recommend fastweb.com for scholarship searches.  Hope this helps.
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Could be looking into the earnings of the parent paying support. Depends on jurisdiction how often that can be adjusted up or down (usually up.)
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Darlin', \nI have 3 boys, teens, as a single parent I have looked!  There is nowhere to go!  \nI am staying right here and working it through.. as soon as you pick up the family and move something else will happen in the economy and it will seem bleak again!  Stay where you are and Pray!
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As a sponsor, your household income must equal or exeed 125 percent of the Federal poverty line for your household size. For the purpose of the affidavit of support, household size includes yourself, allpersons related to you by birth, marriage, or adoption living in your residence, your dependants, any immigrants you have previously sponsored using INS Form I-864 if that obligation has not terminated, and the intending immigrant(s) you want to sponsor. The poverty guidelines are calculated and published annually by the Department of Health and Human Services. \nIn order to complete the Affidavit of Support you must submit the following evidence of income:\n-A copy of your complete Federal income tax return, as field with the IRS, for each of the most recent 3 tax years. If you were not required to file a tax return in any of the most recent 3 tax years, you must provide an explination. If you filed a joint income tax return and are using only your own income to qualify, you must also submit copies of your W-2s for each of the most recent 3 tax years.\n- Evidence of curent employment or self-employment, such as a recent pay statement, or a statement from your employer on business stationery, showing beginning date of employment, type of work performed, and salary or wages paid.\n\nYour obligations as a sponsor is to complete the Affidavit of Support. A sponsor's obligation continues until the sponsored immigrant becomes a U.S. citizen or can be credited with 40 qualifying quarters of work. Divorce does not terminate the obligation. By signing the form, you agree to support the immigrant and any spouse and/or children immigrating with him/her and to reimburse any government agency or private entity that provides these sponsored immigrants with Federal, State or local means-tested public benefits.\n\nFor more informations try www.uscis.gov On the right side you go to Forms and you download the I-864. You have the instructions about how to fill the form and who quilifies.\n\nAh, and something else. The 125% of Poverty Line in 2005 was:\n-$ 16037/Year for a sponsor household of 2, $ 20112 for a sponsor household of 3, $ 24187 for a household of 4.\n\nThis numbers are different for Hawaii and Alaska.
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If your family income is less than 200% of the federal poverty level (fpl), they qualify for medicaid.  They would be covered under schip (requires a monthly co-premium) up to 250% of the FPL.\n\nI assume you are already using DSHS Support Enforcement to collect on the child support?\n\nI see at least three options:\na) Reapply to DSHS if your income meets the requirements (<250% of fpl);\nb) Have your husband adopt the children;\nc) Purchase a policy for the children or pay out of pocket for the vist.  And the rash probably deserves a visit asap.
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I would check with Family Services in your city.  They can ususally steer you in the right direction.
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Bureau of Census has the data with their Income - Median Family Income by Family Size table\n\nhttp://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/medincsizeandstate.html
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There is welfare.  However, I am a working mom who doesn't feel I should have to support someone like you with my tax dollars.  Get a job!
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I assume you are referring to the three objectives that policymakers have in mind to accomplish with respect to welfare programs. These 3 goals are to:\n\n- raise the living standards of low-income families\n- provide incentives to work\n- keep costs low\n\nThe conflict between these three objectives is sometimes called the "Iron Triangle" of welfare reform  because it is difficult, if not impossible, to improve outcomes in one goal without worsening them in another.
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Depending on the state you live in...could be up to 35%.  They'e your kids and you should support them no matter what percent it costs you.
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I go to college with 27 year old who has 5 kids by 3 different fathers and has been on welfare since she was 15. I am a college student who works 2 jobs and cannot get health insurance from the state. I have no children and pay for college myself. Is that a good enough answer?
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Go to your local welfare department.
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There are very few people on welfare who actually need it to survive. \n\nI was a police officer in Indiana for 15 years, and worked in a poor part of town. I've known several 2nd & 3rd generation welfare families. One scam that they do is a mother may have several children. She will let her mother (the grandmother) adopt some of the children. That way the birth mother, and now grandma, both get welfare. They all live together and it increases the amount of money they get.\n\nAnother local scam is a place called George Junior Republic. I'm not exactly sure what they do, but I do know this. It is funded by taxpayers, and they pay children to be good. We had a woman who had 6 kids; all of whom were on probation. The mother was paid to keep her kids in line by this organization. She was also on welfare. We sat once and estimated that she made betwen $3000-$4000 a month between welfare and the "keep your kids good" money. More than I made working 40+ hours a week as a cop...\n\nI couldn't begin to tell you how many people I had to fight who were on "disability" while making an arrest. Too "injured" to work, but they can sure run and fight...\n\nWelfare needs to be terminated. It breeds laziness, incompetence, and the inability to provide for yourself.\n\nLook at how New Orleans descended into chaos...what would people do if the national government collapsed? Would people who have depended on government assistance their entire life be able to survive? I doubt it...
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You must meet 125% of the Poverty Guideline for the size of your household.  So if you live on your own, you would need to earn no less than $12,250.00.\n\nThe 2006 Poverty Guideline can be found here: http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_1327.html