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■ TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF Non-Citizen TANF Program Eligibility Chart TANF Programs Eligible if: ● Entered country prior to 8/22/96 ● Certain American Indians born abroad** ● Attains citizenship ● Battered**** non-citizen Eligible only if: ● Were granted status as*: ● refugee or asylee ● withholding of deportation/ removal ● Cuban/ Haitian Entrant ● Amerasian immigrant ● Veteran, active duty military; spouse, unremarried surviving spouse or child ● Have been in “qualified” non-citizen status for 5 years or more. ● Battered*** non-citizen who has served 5-year bar (federal TANF) ● Battered*** non-citizen who has not served 5­ year bar (MOE) ● Certain American Indians born abroad** ● Attains citizenship ● COFA ● Persons granted parole for a period of at least one year. 6BEligible only if: ● Victims of trafficking and their spouse including children ● Certain American Indians born abroad** TANF-Key - *Status as refugee, asylee, withholding of deportation/removal, Cuban/Haitian Entrant or Amerasian but only during the first 7 years after attaining status. Eligibility continues for these individuals after the first 7 years as they have now been in qualified non-citizen status for over 5 years and have met the 5-year bar. Note: Cuban Entrants originally admitted to the U.S. as a refugee, asylee or parolee, do not lose eligibility for public benefits due to a change in status. ** Eligible if a Native American born in Canada possessing at least 50% blood of an American Indian race or a member of an Indian tribe as listed in manual section C-760. *** Battered non-citizens must meet the requirements listed in manual section A-435 to be eligible. A-431.1 CITIZENSHIP Division of Social Services Eligibility and Payments Manual 01 May 26 MTL 06/26 Non-Citizen TANF Program Eligibility Chart