Impoverished area definition
Impoverished area means any area in Virginia which is approved as such by the Director of the
Impoverished area means a benefited area that has a median household income less than 120 percent of the poverty level, for the most current year in which data is available at the time the analysis is performed to determine the recommended state cost share.
Impoverished area means any area in Virginia which is approved as such by the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget or his designee. Such approval shall be made on the basis of federal census studies or current indices of social and economic conditions or both.
More Definitions of Impoverished area
Impoverished area means any clearly-defined, economically distressed urban or rural area in the State of Delaware that has been certified as such by DHSS and approved by the TAB. DHSS shall make its certification of an Impoverished Area based on federal census studies and current indices of social and economic conditions. The following areas are hereby certified by DHSS and approved by the TAB as Impoverished Areas: (i) census tracts described in 30 Del.C. §2020(1)e., as amended, or in any successor statutes thereto, and (ii) areas designated as ranking “4” or “5” in the document prepared by DHSS in July, 1997 entitled “Community Prioritization in Delaware” and in any updated version of such document based on data gathered by the federal government in the 2000 census and on current indices of social and economic conditions. Additionally, DHSS may certify and TAB may approve as an Impoverished Area any area whose boundaries can be described geographically and that meets one or more of the following criteria: (A) the geographic area has a higher than average percentage of households receiving public assistance; (B) the rate of unemployment in the geographic area is higher than average in the State; (C) the geographic area has a higher than average concentration of residents who are Low Income People; (D) the geographic area has a demonstrated need for assistance in economic development, has significant numbers of vacant or substandard properties or infrastructure problems that may create substandard living conditions or cause the area to be economically distressed; and, (E) the population in the geographic area has special needs to be served by the activities of a Neighborhood Organization, Community Development Corporation or Community- Based Development Organization. DHSS may make the foregoing certification and TAB may approve such certification based on a letter application to DHSS with supporting documentation required by DHSS that is made by an Applicant, or by a Neighborhood Organization, Community Development Corporation or Community-Based Development Organization. If the “Community Prioritization in Delaware” document is updated based on data gathered by the federal government in the 2000 census and on current indices of social and economic conditions, areas designated as ranking “4” or “5” in either version of the document shall constitute Impoverished Areas during the fiscal year of the State in which such update is made. Thereafter, only areas designated as rankin...