Summary
The repo computes Nebraska ADC payment standard as need_standard × 0.55 (ne_adc_payment_standard.py). This matches official tables exactly for 2021 and 2023, but diverges for 2025 by up to $4/month.
Background
Per Neb. Rev. Stat. 43-512(3), the maximum payment level is "fifty-five percent of the standard of need." No legislation has changed this formula — the statute still says 55%.
In 2021 and 2023, the SON per-person increment × 0.55 produced exact integers ($140×0.55 = $77, $160×0.55 = $88), so round(SON(n) × 0.55) matched the official table perfectly. In 2025, $170×0.55 = $93.50 — not an integer. Per-size rounding would create alternating $93/$94 increments. DHHS instead published a clean linear table with $94/person increment and a base of $396.
2025 Divergence
| Size |
SON |
SON × 0.55 |
round() |
Official PM |
Diff |
| 1 |
$727 |
$399.85 |
$400 |
$396 |
-$4 |
| 2 |
$897 |
$493.35 |
$493 |
$490 |
-$3 |
| 3 |
$1,067 |
$586.85 |
$587 |
$584 |
-$3 |
| 4 |
$1,237 |
$680.35 |
$680 |
$678 |
-$2 |
| 5 |
$1,407 |
$773.85 |
$774 |
$772 |
-$2 |
| 6 |
$1,577 |
$867.35 |
$867 |
$866 |
-$1 |
| 7 |
$1,747 |
$960.85 |
$961 |
$960 |
-$1 |
| 8 |
$1,917 |
$1,054.35 |
$1,054 |
$1,054 |
$0 |
| 9 |
$2,087 |
$1,147.85 |
$1,148 |
$1,148 |
$0 |
| 10 |
$2,257 |
$1,241.35 |
$1,241 |
$1,242 |
+$1 |
| Each addl |
$170 |
$93.50 |
$94 |
$94 |
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Source: Title 468 NAC Chapter 3, p.9
Proposed Fix
Add a dedicated payment maximum parameter table (similar to standard_of_need/amount.yaml) with the official values from the Title 468 table, effective 2025-07-01. The payment_standard_rate of 0.55 would continue to apply for 2015–2023 periods.
References
Summary
The repo computes Nebraska ADC payment standard as
need_standard × 0.55(ne_adc_payment_standard.py). This matches official tables exactly for 2021 and 2023, but diverges for 2025 by up to $4/month.Background
Per Neb. Rev. Stat. 43-512(3), the maximum payment level is "fifty-five percent of the standard of need." No legislation has changed this formula — the statute still says 55%.
In 2021 and 2023, the SON per-person increment × 0.55 produced exact integers ($140×0.55 = $77, $160×0.55 = $88), so
round(SON(n) × 0.55)matched the official table perfectly. In 2025, $170×0.55 = $93.50 — not an integer. Per-size rounding would create alternating $93/$94 increments. DHHS instead published a clean linear table with $94/person increment and a base of $396.2025 Divergence
Source: Title 468 NAC Chapter 3, p.9
Proposed Fix
Add a dedicated payment maximum parameter table (similar to
standard_of_need/amount.yaml) with the official values from the Title 468 table, effective2025-07-01. Thepayment_standard_rateof 0.55 would continue to apply for 2015–2023 periods.References