Other Federal Resources

• HHS - Agency for Children and Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement
  
• HHS - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Q&A guidances explain current rules governing immigrants' eligibility for Medicaid and SCHIP

• HHS interpretation of “Federal Public Benefit” identifying HHS programs that fit within the 1996 welfare law’s definition (August 4, 1998)  [PDF]
  
• HHS - Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation: "The Application Process for TANF, Food Stamps, Medicaid, and SCHIP: Issues for Agencies and Applicants, Including Immigrants and Limited English Speakers" (January 2003) -- A study exploring the application and eligibility process of public assistance and how it could effect eligible families' access to benefits, especially immigrants and limited English speakers. Key findings noted.
  
• Interagency Notice on INS (USCIS) reporting - guidance for benefit granting agencies (DOJ, INS, HHS, DOL, SSA, September 28, 2000)    [HTML]
  
• Public Charge Guidance - clarifies the definition of “public charge” and types of government assistance that do and do not affect a public charge determination by INS (USCIS) (DOJ-INS May 26, 1999)    [PDF]   [HTML]
  
• “Final Specification of Community Programs Necessary for the Protection of Life and Safety,”   Attorney General’s guidance that identifies community programs, services, or assistance for which all non-citizens remain eligible (DOJ January 16, 2001)  [PDF, HTML]
  
• INS (USCIS) Interim Guidance on Verification of Citizenship and Immigration Status (62 Fed. Reg. 61344, November 17, 1997) [PDF]
  
• DOJ pamphlet  on “Federal Protection Against National Origin Discrimination ” (Available in Arabic, Cambodian, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Hmong, Korean, Laotian, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu, Vietnamese)  [PDF]
  
• DOJ Initiative to Combat the Post September 11th Discriminatory Backlash
  
• Information on how to file a civil rights complaint with DOJ Civil Rights Division
  
• Institute of Medicine Report: “Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care” (March 20, 2002)
  
• USDA Food and Nutrition Services immigrant information:
  • USDA immigrant eligibility and access guidance: “Non-Citizen Requirements in the Food Stamp Program” (January 2003)
  • Food Stamp policy on immigrant benefits
  • Food Stamp program: “Guidance for State Agencies in Implementing Immigrant Provisions”
  • Food Stamp program: “New policy changes in the Food Stamp program make legal immigrants eligible for benefits”
  • Food Stamp program: “Nutrition Benefits and Public Charge: Effect on Immigration Status”
    
• HUD Guidance on Post-9/11 Housing Discrimination - - rights and responsibilities of landlords and residents in preventing housing discrimination.
  
• Last revised: September 13, 2007