Notices:
Copy of Department of Justice Order: Final
Specification of Community Programs Necessary for Protection
of Life or Safety Under Welfare Reform Legislation [PDF
version]
Tri-Agency Guidance on Inquiries to Immigration and Citizenship
Status in Application for State Services (HHS/OCR
web site)
Dear Colleague from the Assistant Secretary for Aging on the proposed INS rule on the definition of "public charge". See
also:
HHS/ACF Guidance to Social Services Block Grant grantees on the definition
of "Federal Public Benefits" for non-qualified
aliens under the 1996 welfare reform law for HHS programs (9/30/98)
Verification of Citizenship/Alien
Status as Applicable to Older Americans Act and Other
Programs Administered by the Aging Network (Letter
from the Assistant Secretary for Aging) (8/4/98)
See Also:
Department of Justice issues
interim verification guidance for providers: Text (310K); Zip (compressed text
version-75K); (PDF version-4.7MB--includes
forms) -- Sets forth procedures that benefit providers
can use to verify citizenship, qualified alien status,
and eligibility under this legislation prior to issuance
of the final regulations. (11/17/97)
HHS and SSA published in the 8/26/97 Federal Register
their programs which meet the definition of Federal Means
Tested Programs. Programs which meet this definition
are not available to legal aliens until they have been
in the US five years. The HHS & SSA programs which
meet the definition are: Medicaid, TANF and SSI. DoL
has issued a similar interpretation for the Title V Senior
Community Service Employment Program.
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Updates:
A
Quick Guide to ‘Public Charge’ and Receipt of Public
Benefits -- Provides a summary of how receiving
public benefits in the United States may or may not
affect an alien under the "public charge" provisions
of the immigration laws. (on the INS/DOJ web site)
(10/27/99)
Eligibility for Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid Restored to Many
Elderly Immigrants (10/30/98)
Restoration of Eligibility for
Food Stamps to Certain Legal Immigrants
Update: Provisions of Balanced
Budget Act of 1997 restoring eligibility of qualified
aliens in receipt of SSI on August 22, 1996
Government Sites:
Social Security
Information for Immigrants
Guidance on Inquiries Into Immigration and Citizenship Status -
from the HHS Office of Civil Rights
Welfare Reform Implementation Informational Package - a
comprehensive page of links from HHS and the the Administration
for Children and Families
Other information relating to welfare reform may be
found by searching the Immigration
and Naturalization Service (INS) web site.
Office of Refugee Resettlement (HHS)
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