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Title 13: Social Service Resources Page 12 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter G: Child Care Assistance Determining Eligiblity Revised June 14, 2024 Alien Status ▪ Religious record of birth recorded in the United States or its territories within three months of birth that indicates a United States place of birth. The document must show either the date of birth or the person’s age when the record was established. ▪ United States passport (excludes limited passports that are issued for periods of less than five years). ▪ Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the U.S. (USCIS Form FS-240). ▪ Certification of Birth (USCIS Form FS-545). ▪ U.S. Citizen ID Card (USCIS Form I-197). ▪ Naturalization Certificate (USCIS Forms N-550 or N-570). ▪ Certificate of Citizenship (USCIS Forms N-560 or N-561). ▪ Northern Mariana Identification Card (issued by the USCIS to a collectively naturalized citizen of the United States who was born in the Northern Mariana Islands before November 3, 1986). ▪ Contemporaneous hospital record of birth in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Swain’s Island, or the Northern Mariana Islands (unless the person was born to foreign diplomats residing in such a jurisdiction). Alien Statuses Legal reference: Section 121 of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-603); Public Law 104-193; 441 IAC 170.2(2)“d” Legal alien children may be eligible or ineligible for CCA depending on their immigration status. Illegal or undocumented alien children are never eligible for CCA. The federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1997 divides aliens into two categories, “qualified” and “nonqualified.” Not all qualified alien children are eligible for CCA. “Qualified” aliens are those who are: ▪ Lawfully admitted for permanent residence ▪ Refugees ▪ Asylees ▪ Amerasian immigrants ▪ Cuban/Haitian entrants ▪ Paroled into the U.S. for at least one year ▪ Aliens whose deportation is withheld ▪ Granted conditional entry into the U.S.