Fiscal
Distress Match Reductions for FY 2004
Local
Jurisdictions
When a local jurisdiction meets one of the distress criteria, it
is determined to be in fiscal distress and receives a 50 percent
reduction of match. If a local jurisdiction satisfies both of the
distress criteria, it is determined to be in severe fiscal distress
and receives a 100 percent reduction of match.
- FY
2004 Calculations
- FY
2004 family poverty rate and per capita income (PCI) income
were based on data obtained from the 2000 Census. These were
the latest data available at the time.
- For
a jurisdiction to qualify as distressed based on the poverty
criterion, its percent of families in poverty must have been
at least 11.5 percent, which is 125 percent of the average
national rate for families in poverty of 9.2 percent.
- For
a jurisdiction to qualify as distressed based on the PCI criterion,
its average PCI must have been less than $16,190, which is
75 percent of the average PCI of $21,587.
State
Jurisdictions
For a state to qualify under the personal income growth rate criterion,
the state's rate must be less than 75 percent of the average national
personal income growth rate during the most recent four quarters.
- FY
2004 Calculations
- The
FY 2004 personal growth rate was based on data received from
the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, from
the beginning of the third quarter of 2002 to the end of the
second quarter of 2003. These were the latest data available
at the time.
- For
a state to qualify as distressed based on the personal income
growth rate, the state per capital income growth rate must
have been less than 2.1, which is 75 percent of the average
national personal income growth rate of 2.8.
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