Area Median Income Calculation

Purpose: Calculate HUD's Area Median Income (AMI) category for cases by manually entering and maintaining AMI tables.

Note: HUD offers an API to calculate AMI. All the cool kids use it instead of the feature described in this article. See Area Median Income API Calculation.

Cost: There is no cost to use this module. Search the Admin page on your site for "AMI" to determine if it is enabled. If not enabled, file a ticket from your site requesting it (Help menu > Support Request).

Note: This is a different feature than Median Income, which some states have. The similar names are not our fault.

This is compatible with County level data. If you are in New England, HUD divides up their calculations based on Towns, not Counties. Please look at the Area Median Income API Feature instead.

Setup

Setting up AMI requires two steps:

Placing the AMI Poverty Category block on the desired form(s).
Entering values in one or more AMI tables on the Admin > AMI page.

Notes on Block Placement

AMI category is calculated by the block by comparing the matter's county of residence and total income to the AMI tables on the site. So the block needs to be on a form after county of residence and income have been saved. The block is typically placed on an intake form, and an auxiliary form for editing/recalculation after a case is opened.

The Admin > AMI page

In filling out the table, the columns indicate the household size. The values you enter should be the upper end of the range. For example, if the annual limit for a household of 1 is $16,000 to be under 30% of Area Median Income, then the first field should have $16,000 listed.

Note that the ranges listed in this table are not in order. They are also hardcoded, you cannot add additional ranges (like 100%-120%).

Reports

Case Data > AMI Category [Lookup] > AMI Category.