Poverty Guidelines

Here's how to update the CMS to use the 2019 Federal Poverty Guidelines.

• Log in under a user account with "system"-level access.

• Open the Site Map.

• Click on "Menus".

• Click on "poverty". You may also need to click on "Switch to classic mode".

• Use copy-and-paste to replace the existing text with the following for programs in the lower 48 states:

0 | 4420
1 | 12490
2 | 16910
3 | 21330
4 | 25750
5 | 30170
6 | 34590
7 | 39010
8 | 43430

.. or use the following for programs in Alaska:

0 | 5530
1 | 15600
2 | 21130
3 | 26660
4 | 32190
5 | 37720
6 | 43250
7 | 48780
8 | 54310

.. or use the following for programs in American Samoa:

0 | 5080
1 | 14380
2 | 19460
3 | 24540
4 | 29620
5 | 34700
6 | 39780
7 | 44860
8 | 49940

• Click "Save".

• Success! Your new poverty guidelines are installed.