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House Research Department Updated: August 2010 Minnesota Family Investment Program Grants: Calculation and Exit Points Page 5

are adjusted for inflation. Although the food portion of the MFIP transitional standard is adjusted for inflation, the cash portion is not adjusted. As a result, the transitional standard as a whole will not keep pace with increases in the poverty guidelines, and the exit point will decrease each year as a percentage of poverty.

For more information about MFIP, visit the health and human services area of our web site, www.house.mn/hrd/hrd.htm.