CRS Report: Noncitizen Eligibility for Federal Public Assistance: Policy Overview and Trends

Wasem
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The Congressional Research Service has released a new report entitled Noncitizen Eligibility for Federal Public Assistance: Policy Overview and Trends. The report is authored by Ruth E. Wasem.

The report discusses the eligibility of non-citizens for the “four major federal means-tested benefit programs:”

• SNAP: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly food stamps),

• SSI: the Supplemental Security Income program

• TANF: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

• Medicaid

The report is filled with informative charts that address both eligility for and usage of these federal programs.

-KitJ