Preventing Access to TANF for Illegal Aliens

Title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), P.L. 104-193, as amended, limits TANF and other “federal public benefits” to American citizens and qualified aliens. Illegal aliens are not citizens or qualified aliens, and thus not eligible for TANF benefits. More information can be found in the 1998 Office of Family Assistance (OFA) Information Memorandum.

This webpage provides resources intended to help state TANF agency staff prevent unlawful services to illegal aliens.

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Policy Announcement / Memoranda

This Executive Order by the Trump-Vance administration ensures that the Federal Government protects the American people by faithfully executing the immigration laws of the United States.

Report

Title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) restricts the eligibility of non-U.S. nationals (aliens) for many federal benefit programs. It applies to federal health care, housing, welfare,…

Stakeholder Resource

SAVE is an online service administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that provides point in time legal status and naturalized/acquired U.S. citizenship information to federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal agencies…

Stakeholder Resource

SAVE is an online service administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that provides point in time legal status and naturalized/acquired U.S. citizenship information to federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal agencies…

Stakeholder Resource

SAVE is an online service administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that provides point in time legal status and naturalized/acquired U.S. citizenship information to federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal agencies…

Stakeholder Resource

SAVE is an online service administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that provides point in time legal status and naturalized/acquired U.S. citizenship information to federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal agencies…