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Division/Section Family Support Chapter No./Name 4 – Economic Stability (ES) Part No./Name B – Eligibility Factors Section No./Name B-200-FITAP-SNAP Citizenship/Non-Citizen Status Document No./Name B-220-FITAP Eligibility Requirement/Non-Citizen Status Effective Date July 15, 2024

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THE FOLLOWING NON-CITIZENS HAVE QUALIFIED ALIEN IMMIGRATION STATUSES AND MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS, HOWEVER THEY MUST MEET AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS:

• BATTERED NON-CITIZEN • CONDITIONAL ENTRANT • LAWFULLY ADMITTED PERMANENT RESIDENT (LPR) * EXCEPTION: IF THE LPR PREVIOUSLY HELD ONE OF THE STATUSES IDENTIFIED IN B-221-FITAP – PO, THE LPR IS NOT REQUIRED TO MEET AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION. ** • PAROLEE

THESE NON-CITIZENS MUST MEET AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ADDITONAL CONDITIONS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS:

• 5 YEARS OF RESIDENCE - INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LIVED IN THE UNITED STATES AS QUALIFIED ALIENS FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. THESE ALIENS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AN UNLIMITED PERIOD BEGINNING THE DATE THE REQUISITE IMMIGRATION STATUS IS ACQUIRED. THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD IN QUALIFIED STATUS MAY BE EITHER CONSECUTIVE OR NON-CONSECUTIVE. TEMPORARY ABSENCES OF LESS THAN SIX MONTHS FROM THE UNITED STATES WITH NO INTENTION OF ABANDONING UNITED STATES RESIDENCY DO NOT TERMINATE OR INTERRUPT THE INDIVIDUAL’S PERIOD OF UNITED STATES RESIDENCY.

EXAMPLE: AN IMMIGRANT WHO ENTERED THE U.S. UNDER A QUALIFIED STATUS ON APRIL 20, 1999 WOULD HAVE LIVED IN THE U.S. FOR 5 YEARS ON APRIL 20, 2004. THEREFORE, THE ALIEN WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN UNLIMITED PERIOD BEGINNING APRIL 21, 2004.

• 40 QUALIFYING WORK QUARTERS – A LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT (LPR) WHO HAS WORKED 40 QUALIFYING QUARTERS OF COVERAGE UNDER TITLE II OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OR CAN BE CREDITED WITH SUCH QUALIFYING QUARTERS. A QUALIFYING QUARTER INCLUDES ONE WORKED BY A PARENT OF AN ALIEN WHILE THE ALIEN WAS UNDER 18, INCLUDING QUARTERS WORKED PRIOR TO THE BIRTH OF THE CHILD, AND A QUARTER WORKED BY A SPOUSE DURING THEIR MARRIAGE IF THE ALIEN REMAINED MARRIED TO THE SPOUSE OR THE SPOUSE IS DECEASED. QUALIFYING QUARTERS INCLUDE ALL QUARTERS WORKED WHILE THE PERSON WAS LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY REGARDLESS OF THE PERSON'S LEGAL OR ILLEGAL STATUS AT THE TIME THE WORK WAS PERFORMED AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER A VALID SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER WAS USED.