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poverty guidelines by HHS or (ii) income at or below 65 percent of the AMI for its county and <br />size of household based on the most recently published data by HUD.23 <br />Recipients may determine whether to measure income levels for specific households or <br />for a geographic area based on the type of service to be provided. For example, recipients <br />developing a program that serves specific households (e.g., a subsidy for internet access, a <br />childcare program) may measure income at the household level. Recipients providing a service <br />that reaches a general geographic area (e.g., a park) may measure median income of that area. <br />Further, recipients should generally use the income threshold for the size of the <br />household to be served (e.g., when providing childcare to a household of five, recipients should <br />reference the income threshold for a household of five); however, recipients may use the income <br />threshold for a default household size of three if providing services that reach a general <br />geographic area or if doing so would simplify administration of the program to be provided (e.g., <br />when developing a park, recipients should use the income threshold for a household size of three <br />and compare it to median income of the geographic area to be served). <br />Note that recipients can also identify and serve other classes of households that <br />experienced negative economic impacts or disproportionate impacts from the pandemic; <br />recipients can identify these classes based on their income levels, including above the levels <br />defined as low- and moderate -income in the final rule. For example, a recipient may identify that <br />households in their community with incomes above the final rule threshold for low-income <br />nevertheless experienced disproportionate impacts from the pandemic and provide responsive <br />23 For the six New England states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and <br />Vermont, HUD provides AMI for towns rather than counties. Recipients in these states should use the AMI <br />corresponding to their town when determining thresholds for both low and moderate income. <br />31 <br />