Appendix A: Standard Of Need

Group 1

Number of Persons in Budget Group

Each
Additional
Person

1

2

3

4

5

6

 

$313

$481

$614

$749

$885

$1,001

$121

Counties:

Bucks

Chester

Lancaster

Montgomery

Pike

Group 2

Number of Persons in Budget Group

Each
Additional
Person

1

2

3

4

5

6

 

$298

$461

$587

$724

$859

$976

$121

Counties:

Adams

Centre

Erie

Monroe

Union

Allegheny

Columbia

Lackawanna

Montour

Warren

Berks

Crawford

Lebanon

Northampton

Wayne

Blair

Cumberland

Lehigh

Philadelphia

Westmoreland

Bradford

Dauphin

Luzerne

Sullivan

Wyoming

Butler

Delaware

Lycoming

Susquehanna

York

Group 3

Number of Persons in Budget Group

Each
Additional
Person

1

2

3

4

5

6

 

$284

$444

$573

$698

$829

$943

$121

Counties:

Beaver

Elk

McKean

Potter

Washington

Cameron

Franklin

Mercer

Snyder

 

Carbon

Indiana

Mifflin

Tioga

 

Clinton

Lawrence

Perry

Venango

 

Group 4

Number of Persons in Budget Group

Each
Additional
Person

1

2

3

4

5

6

 

$253

$406

$532

$662

$791

$894

$121

Counties:

Armstrong

Clarion

Forest

Huntingdon

Northumberland

Bedford

Clearfield

Fulton

Jefferson

Schuylkill

Cambria

Fayette

Greene

Juniata

Somerset

NOTE: When determining the standard of need for an individual budget group, add to the figure above special need allowances of the budget group.

Issued January 30, 2001; Reviewed January 31, 2012