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State of New Hampshire

TANF State Plan

19 New Hampshire State Plan Effective October 2023 SPECIAL PROVISIONS

Section 402(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Act: The document shall indicate whether the State intends to treat families moving into the State from another State differently than other families under the program, and if so, how the State intends to treat such families under the program.

New Hampshire does not implement this option. Families moving into New Hampshire from another state are treated the same as families living in the state.

Section 402(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act: The document shall indicate whether the State intends to provide assistance under the program to individuals who are not citizens of the United States, and if so, shall include an overview of such assistance.

New Hampshire provides assistance to qualified aliens, either with or without time-limit restrictions. A qualified alien is an individual who at the time of application is one of the following: • Lawfully admitted permanent resident under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). • Asylee granted such status under section 208 of the INA. • Refugee admitted to the U.S. under section 207 of the INA. • Noncitizen whose deportation is being withheld under section 243(h) of the INA (Note: after April 1, 1997, withholding of deportation is under section 241(b)(3)); parolee paroled into the U.S. under section 212(d)(5) of the INA for a period of at least 1 year. • Conditional entrant into the U.S. under section 203(a)(7) of the INA as in effect prior to April 1, 1980. • Cuban or Haitian entrant under section 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act. • Amerasian immigrant under section 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 1988 (usually the children of Vietnamese women and Americans present in Vietnam during the Vietnam War era). • Noncitizen who is or has been a victim of family/domestic violence while residing in the U.S. by that person’s spouse, or by another member of the spouse’s family residing in the same household as the parent and the spouse acquiesced or consented to such battery or cruelty; or the noncitizen child of a parent subjected to family/domestic violence. • Veteran or active in military service, including noncitizens on active military duty in the Armed Forces of the U.S., honorably discharged veterans who have met the minimum active duty commitment (24 months or the time period for which they were called to active duty), and their spouses or unmarried surviving spouses (if the individual is deceased), unmarried dependent children under 18 years of age, and, for medical assistance only, Philippine nationals who served in the Philippine Commonwealth Army during WWII or as Philippine Scouts following WWII.

All other aliens are ineligible for assistance, with the following exceptions: • Victims of Trafficking: Non-citizens who have been certified as a victim of trafficking by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), and who do not meet the definition of qualified alien, may still be eligible for benefits and services under any State or Federal Program as if the individuals were admitted to the U.S. as refugees. See Section 305.13-Qualified Aliens Eligible Without Restriction, Qualified Aliens Eligible Without Restriction, for a description of the eligibility status of refugees. Certified victims of trafficking must meet all other eligibility criteria for a program of assistance to receive benefits.