ACF-OFA-PI-24-03: Updated Eligibility of Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolees for TANF
On April 24, 2024, President Joseph Biden signed the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act (USSAA), extending provisions of the Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act (AUSAA). The AUSAA provided for federal public benefits of Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolees who arrived between February 24, 2022, and September 30, 2023. The USSAA extends federal public benefits to eligible Ukrainian humanitarian parolees who arrived in the United States more recently, between October 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024. This Office of Family Assistance Program Instruction (PI) supersedes TANF-ACF-PI-2022-05 (Eligibility of Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolees for TANF), which provided guidance on the AUSAA. This PI incorporates both laws.
With the expansion provided by the USSAA, the individuals who may receive Federal public benefits are as follows:
- Citizens or nationals of Ukraine (or persons who last habitually resided in Ukraine) paroled into the U.S. between February 24, 2022, and September 30, 2024;
- the spouses or children paroled after September 30, 2023; and
- their parents, legal guardians, or primary caregivers paroled after September 30, 2023, if the Ukrainian citizen or national (or persons who last habitually resided in Ukraine) is an unaccompanied child.