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DISADVANTAGED STUDENT - An individual from a disadvantaged background is defined as someone who:

(a) comes from an environment that has inhibited the individual from obtaining the knowledge, skill, and abilities required to enroll in and graduate from a school (environmentally disadvantaged);
 
or
 
(b) comes from a family with an annual income below a level which is based on low-income thresholds according to family size published by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, adjusted annually for changes in the Consumer Price Index, and adjusted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for adaptation to this program (economically disadvantaged).

NOTE: In order to determine disadvantaged status, regardless of independent/dependent status of a student, you must use student's parents income information under the "economic" definition. For further clarification, review the Office for Campus Based Programs Policy Memorandum 2001-2. You can view and print this memorandum using the Adobe Acrobat Reader (if you do not have Acrobat Reader, you can download it at no cost from Adobe).

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