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Division/Section Family Support Chapter No./Name 4 – Economic Independence (EI) Part No./Name B – Eligibility Factors Section No./Name B-200-FITAP-SNAP Citizenship/Non-Citizen Status Document No./Name B-220-SNAP Eligibility Requirement/Non-Citizen Status Effective Date May 15, 2026

3 of 13 • AFGHAN NATIONALS GRANTED PAROLE BETWEEN JULY 31, 2021, AND SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 • UKRAINIAN NATIONALS GRANTED PAROLE BETWEEN FEBRUARY 24,2022, AND SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS ALLOWING LPR ELIGIBILITY

LPRs MAY BE ELIGIBLE WITHOUT WAITING FIVE YEARS IF THEY MEET AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ADDITONAL CONDITIONS:

• 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.

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,