With regard to food budget info, I suggest you check the page at http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/ There is a lot of helpful info in a pdf (Adobe Acrobat) file under the link "Preparing Nutritious Meals at Minimal Cost". Some of the other links may be helpful to you as well. Ed "Southworth, Leasa M" wrote: > I have to "estimate the minimum monthly cost of each item." (groceries, > transportation, clothes etc) and multiply that by 12 to get the family's > subsistence budget. I CAN use governmental programs because this family will > only be making $15,455 which is poverty level at government standards.
