{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/demand-driven-open-data/ddod-intake/issues/49","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/demand-driven-open-data/ddod-intake/issues/49/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/demand-driven-open-data/ddod-intake/issues/49/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/demand-driven-open-data/ddod-intake/issues/49/events","html_url":"https://github.com/demand-driven-open-data/ddod-intake/issues/49","id":109173584,"number":49,"title":"API for Federal Poverty Level","user":{"login":"benefitkitchen","id":10656899,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10656899?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/benefitkitchen","html_url":"https://github.com/benefitkitchen","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benefitkitchen/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benefitkitchen/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benefitkitchen/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benefitkitchen/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benefitkitchen/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benefitkitchen/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benefitkitchen/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benefitkitchen/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benefitkitchen/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/demand-driven-open-data/ddod-intake/labels/STATE:%20Admin%20researching","name":"STATE: Admin researching","color":"207de5"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2015-09-30T20:32:13Z","updated_at":"2015-10-01T15:46:32Z","closed_at":null,"body":"The federal poverty level (FPL) is used to determine eligibility for a number of federal, state, and local social support benefits. \r\n\r\ne.g. a benefit eligibility calculation might look something like: \r\nif { [head-of-household-income] < 185% * FPL-for-[N-family-size] } \r\nthen \r\n{eligible for .2 * FPL-for-[N-family-size] }\r\nReturn benefit amount.\r\n\r\nand would translate in numbers to:\r\nif { $2000/mo < 185% * $1647 } \r\nTRUE \r\n{eligible for .2 * 1647}\r\nBenefit amount: $329.4 \r\n\r\nI develop these sorts of algorithms and I have to maintain a calculation that updates twice/year. Ideally, this is the sort of data that could be queried dynamically via an API and returned to webapps that use the FPL as a means test for these or other benefits or systems.\r\n\r\nIs this something that ddod could do for us??\r\n\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/demand-driven-open-data/ddod-intake/issues/comments/144767471","html_url":"https://github.com/demand-driven-open-data/ddod-intake/issues/49#issuecomment-144767471","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/demand-driven-open-data/ddod-intake/issues/49","id":144767471,"user":{"login":"benefitkitchen","id":10656899,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10656899?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/benefitkitchen","html_url":"https://github.com/benefitkitchen","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benefitkitchen/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benefitkitchen/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benefitkitchen/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benefitkitchen/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benefitkitchen/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benefitkitchen/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benefitkitchen/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benefitkitchen/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benefitkitchen/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-10-01T15:46:32Z","updated_at":"2015-10-01T15:46:32Z","body":"Thank you Elizabeth. Yes, those are the data.\n\nBest\nDan\n\n-------------\nSent from my cordless phone. Please excuse brevity and errors.\nOn Oct 1, 2015 9:18 AM, \"Elizabeth Hsu\" <notifications@github.com> wrote:\n\n> @benefitkitchen <https://github.com/benefitkitchen> welcome! I assume you\n> found DDOD through the wiki http://ddod.us, but if not, that's the place\n> to start to get oriented. Basically, DDOD is a platform for users to let\n> HHS agencies know what data needs they have that aren't yet being met. DDOD\n> acts as a moderator to try to help you find the right data and interact\n> with the data owner; DDOD doesn't own any of the data, so if and how data\n> improvements are made is up to the data owner. We try to make the process\n> as transparent as possible -- so this conversation on GitHub is public, and\n> you may see other users chime in agreeing with you on the need for the data\n> or with suggestions for how to get the data. Everything eventually gets\n> documented on the wiki as a knowledge base/reference for the public and\n> other users down the line.\n>\n> Your request is perfectly appropriate and well-formed -- and it's also\n> fine to come to DDOD before you have a well-formed request and we can help\n> you to better specify your request and turn it into a formal \"use case.\"\n> We'll often come back with clarifying questions (like the one I had)\n> because the better we can specify the request and articulate the value to\n> the data owner, the better case we can make to the data owner for data\n> improvements and also to check in to see if what we've uncovered will meet\n> your needs.\n>\n> If you'd like to discuss further by phone, please drop me an email at\n> elizabeth dot hsu at hhs dot gov and we can set up a call.\n>\n> Back to your data... is this the data that you'd like to see delivered as\n> an API or some other machine-readable format?\n> http://aspe.hhs.gov/2015-poverty-guidelines\n>\n> Thanks!\n>\n> —\n> Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub\n> <https://github.com/demand-driven-open-data/ddod-intake/issues/49#issuecomment-144723628>\n> .\n>\n"}}