&gt; What quality and variety of food?<p>Grocery store quality, with the ability to follow the food pyramid.<p>&gt; what size shelter and in what location?<p>A room with a bed and a desk.  Somewhere.  Probably shouldn&#x27;t force them to move to a different city.<p>&gt; What brand of clothing and how many outfits?<p>Generic brand, 5-10.<p>&gt; What level of health care?<p>Medicaid.<p>That wasn&#x27;t very hard.  If you don&#x27;t like that answer, then just give people some multiplier of the poverty line amount.<p>The exact number is not the important part, so don&#x27;t fixate on how it&#x27;s calculated.