Financial Assistance Calculator

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I am new to programming and I would appreciate the help on this problem: A program to calculate the amount of financial assistance. If the annual household income is between $30000 and $40000 and the household has at least three children, the amount is $1000 per child. If the annual household income is between $20000 and $30000 and the household has at least three children, the amount is $1500 per child. If the annual household income is less than $20000, the amount is $2000 per child. I have to implement a method and Use -1 as the sentinel value. Here is my program so far

public static void main(String[] args) {
    // **METHOD** //
    Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);

    System.out.println("What is the annual household income?");
    double income = in.nextDouble();

    System.out.println("How many children are in the household?");
    int children = in.nextInt();

    System.out.println("The financial assistance for this household is: "
                        + assistance(income, children));
}
    //**TEST PROGRAM**//
public static double assistance(double income, int children)
{
    if(income >= 30000 && income < 40000 && children >= 3)
    {
        assistance = children * 1000; //says that it cannot find the symbol
    }

    else if(income >= 20000 && income < 30000 && children >= 2)
    {
        assistance = children * 1500;
    }
else if(income < 20000)
    {
        assistance = children * 2000;
    }
else
    {
        assistance = 0.0;
    }

    return assistance;
}
}

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DragonAge99

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