Low-income individual 
The term "low-income individual" means a person who
a) receives, or is a member of a family that receives, cash payments under a Federal, State, or local income- based public assistance program;
b) received an income, or is a member of a family that received a total family income, for the 6-month period before application for the program involved (besides unemployment compensation, child support payments, payments described in subparagraph a), and old-age and survivors insurance benefits received under section 202 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402) that, for their family size, is not more than the higher of— 1) the poverty line, for an equivalent period; or (2) 70 percent of the lower living standard income level, for an similar period;
c) belongs to a household that receives (or has been decided within the 6-month period before application for the program to be eligible to receive) food stamps according to the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.);
d) is a homeless person, as defined in subsections (a) and (c) of section 103 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302);
e) is a foster child for whom State or local government payments are made; or
f) in cases permitted by rules decided by the Secretary of Labor, is a person with a disability whose own income meets the requirements of a program described in subparagraph a) or of subparagraph b), but who is a member of a family whose income does not meet such requirements.