Overview: Immigrant Eligibility for Federal Programs (articles & table)

• Affidavits of Support

• Benefits for Immigrants in California

• Congressional Developments
    - Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act (ICHIA)
    - Women Immigrants Safe Harbor Act (WISH)

• Disaster Assistance

• Federal Poverty Guidelines

• Food and Nutrition Programs

• Health Care

• "Know-Your-Rights" Community Education Materials

• Language Access

• Legal Services

• Miscellaneous Issues

• Public Charge

• Research on Immigrant Health and Welfare

• State-Funded Benefit Programs

• Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

• Verification and Reporting (i.e., verification of eligibility)

Overview: Immigrant Eligibility for Federal Programs

• table: Overview of Immigrant Eligibility for Federal Programs
  (PDF, updated 3/05)

• Overview of Immigrant Eligibility for Federal Programs
  (PDF, updated 10/07, excerpted from Resource Manual: Low-Income Immigrant Rights Conference 2007)

• Immigrant Eligibility for Public Benefits
  (PDF) Copyright © 2005, American Immigration Lawyers Association. Reprinted, with permission, from Immigration & Nationality Law Handbook 759 (2005–06 ed.). (Article updated 3/05.)

Federal Poverty Guidelines

• 2008 Federal Poverty Guidelines

Benefits for Immigrants in California

• Benefits for Immigrants in California
  (on the "Community Education Materials" page)

• California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC) website

• For information on Workforce Investment Act (WIA) reauthorization, see:  Immigrants & Employment > Workforce Development

• Index to E-mail Benefits Updates

• Check the Community Education materials page for outreach materials relating to the topics on this page.

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