penguintattoo

I am actually writing this on behalf of my brother and his wife, I live in NY they live in NC. Currently he makes 200 a week, he is in school full time so he doesnt have tons of time to work. His wife stays home with their five month old. They are really struggling to make ends meet, they applied for medicaid and all that stuff, and were told they do not qualify for any of it. I looked up the guidelines for NC and they would have to make less that 600 a month to get anything. Why is this? If it was the federal poverty lines they would get it, and if they lived in NY they would get it...why not there? Thanks to any one who can explain this!