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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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NOTE: BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 1997, A QUARTER IN WHICH AN ALIEN RECEIVED FEDERAL MEANS-TESTED ASSISTANCE IS NOT COUNTED AS A QUALIFYING QUARTER.

• CHILDREN UNDER 18 – CHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE, WHO ARE LAWFULLY RESIDING IN THE UNITED STATES,

• BLIND OR DISABLED - INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING PAYMENTS OR ASSISTANCE FOR BLINDNESS OR DISABILITY, AS DEFINED IN FITAP POLICY,

• ELDERLY BORN ON OR BEFORE 8-22-31 WHO LAWFULLY RESIDED IN THE UNITED STATES ON 8-22-96,

• MILITARY CONNECTION

o LAWFULLY RESIDING VETERANS WHO HAVE MET THE MINIMUM ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5303A(D) OF TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE (24 MONTHS OR THE PERIOD FOR WHICH THE PERSON WAS CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY) WHO WERE HONORABLY DISCHARGED FOR REASONS OTHER THAN ALIENAGE AND THEIR SPOUSES OR UNMARRIED DEPENDENT CHILDREN,

NOTE: A DISCHARGE “UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS” IS NOT THE SAME AS AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE, THEREFORE, DOES NOT MEET THIS REQUIREMENT.

o LAWFULLY RESIDING ACTIVE DUTY ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL (OTHER THAN ACTIVE DUTY FOR TRAINING) AND THEIR SPOUSES OR UNMARRIED DEPENDENT CHILDREN,

o UNREMARRIED SURVIVING SPOUSE OR UNMARRIED DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF A DECEASED VETERAN OR INDIVIDUAL ON ACTIVE DUTY PROVIDED THE SPOUSE HAS NOT REMARRIED AND THE MARRIAGE WAS ONE YEAR IN DURATION, WAS WITHIN 15 YEARS FOLLOWING THE END OF THE PERIOD OF MILITARY SERVICE IN WHICH THE INJURY OR DISEASE WAS INCURRED OR AGGRAVATED OR MARRIED FOR ANY PERIOD IF A CHILD WAS BORN OF THE MARRIAGE OR WAS BORN BEFORE THE MARRIAGE.

B-220-3-FITAP - PO IMMIGRATION STATUSES OF CHILDREN UNDER 18

CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18, UNLESS THEY ARE U.S. CITIZENS, ARE TO BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE THE SAME IMMIGRATION STATUS AS THEIR PARENT(S).