Federal Poverty Level - FPL — The set minimum amount of gross income that a family needs for food, clothing, transportation, shelter and other necessities. In the United States, this level is determined by the Department of Health and Human Services. FPL varies according to… … Investment dictionary
Poverty — Street children sleeping in Mulberry Street – Jacob Riis photo New York, United States (1890) Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money.[1] Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford … Wikipedia
Poverty in the United States — The most common measure of poverty in the United States is the poverty line set by the U.S. government. This measure recognizes poverty as a lack of those goods and services commonly taken for granted by members of mainstream society.Schwartz, J … Wikipedia
level — I adj. level with (to draw level with; level with the street) II n. height plane 1) to reach a level 2) a high; low level 3) an energy; poverty level 4) eye; ground; sea; water level 5) the federal (US), national; international; local; state (US) … Combinatory dictionary
Federal spending and taxation across states — The monitoring of Federal spending and taxation and its variation between states in the United States began in 1977 under a query run by Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Democratic senator of New York. The query was designed to determine whether the… … Wikipedia
Federal Reserve System — FRB and FED redirect here. For other uses, see FRB (disambiguation) and FED (disambiguation). Federal Reserve System … Wikipedia
Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax — The Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax (pron en|ˈfаɪkə) is a United States payroll (or employment) tax [The FICA tax is imposed under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, which is codified as usctc|26|21] imposed by the federal… … Wikipedia
Federal Way, Washington — Infobox Settlement official name = Federal Way, Washington settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250x200px map caption = Location in Washington mapsize1 = map caption1 = subdivision type = Country… … Wikipedia
level — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 amount/size/number ADJECTIVE ▪ elevated, high, significant, substantial ▪ record ▪ Industrial output has reached record levels. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Concentrated poverty — refers to a spatial density of socio economic deprivation. In the US it is commonly used in fields of policy and scholarship in reference to areas of extreme or high poverty defined by the US census as areas with 40 percent of the tract… … Wikipedia
War on Poverty — The War on Poverty is the unofficial name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union address on January 8, 1964. This legislation was proposed by Johnson in response to a national… … Wikipedia
