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Guide to Immigrant Eligibility for Federal Programs
(Fourth Edition 2002)

UPDATE PAGE

This update page is intended to provide users of the Guide an additional resource.  It is not intended to be a comprehensive updating of the book.  Because statutes, regulations, and agency policies change over time, Guide users should always check to make sure they have the most current information available.

 

insert | Errata and Updates.  This insert provides (1) corrections for errors that were not caught and corrected before the fourth edition of the Guide was published in 2002, and (2) updates for a few portions of the book whose updating does not require extensive redrafting of the book's text. (PDF)  updated Jan. 2009

 

pages 17–20 | TABLE 1: Overview of Immigrant Eligibility for Federal Programs.  Updated table (PDF) (4/09)  updated April 1, 2009

 

pages 102–03 | TABLE 8: State-Funded TANF Replacement Programs.  Updated table (PDF)  updated Oct. 2008  (Entry for Rhode Island deleted Oct. 2008)

 

page 108 | TABLE 9: State-Funded SSI Replacement Programs.  Updated table (PDF)  updated Oct. 2007

 

pages 116–17 | Child Care.  Updated text and table (PDF) (5/06)

 

pages 122–23 | TABLE 10: State-Funded Medical Assistance Programs.  Tables 10 and 11 have been replaced by a table titled "Medical Assistance Programs for Immigrants in Various States" (PDF) (11/09)

 

pages 126–27 | TABLE 11: State-Funded SCHIP Programs.  Tables 10 and 11 have been replaced by a table titled "Medical Assistance Programs for Immigrants in Various States" (PDF) (11/09)

 

page 133 | Food Stamps.  This article (HTML, 10/01/03) provides an update on immigrants' eligibility for food stamps.

 

pages 134–35 | TABLE 12: State-Funded Food Assistance Programs.  Updated table (PDF)  updated July 2007

 

pages 146–48 | Social Security.  "Social Security Protection Act Adds Requirement for Non–U.S. Citizen Applicants," Immigrants' Rights Update, Apr. 2, 2004, p. 8.

 

pages 150–51 | Low-Income Home Energy (LIHEAP) and Weatherization Assistance Programs (WAP).  Updated text and table (PDF) (5/06)

 

pages 152–54 | Rental Housing Programs.  Updated text and table (PDF) (10/05)

 

pages 160–61 | LSC-Funded Legal Services

 

pages 162–64 | Disaster Assistance.  Updated text and table (PDF) (9/05)

 

page 175 | TABLE 13: Federal Poverty Guidelines.  Updated table (HTML) (1/23/08)  updated 1/26/09

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

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