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NILC Guide for New SSI Extension for Humanitarian Immigrants

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“Supplemental Security Income (SSI) provides income assistance to low-income seniors and persons with disabilities. Since 1996, SSI benefits for refugees and certain other humanitarian immigrants have been available only during a seven-year period. A new law, “The SSIExtension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act” (Public Law 110-328), extends SSI eligibility for these immigrants, allowing them to receive at least two more years of SSI.” Click here for the guide.

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