Noncitizen Eligibility for Federal Public Assistance : Policy Overview and Trends.

Provides overview of previous and existing alien eligibility law for the food stamp program, the supplemental security income program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant programs, and Medicaid. Reviews related immigrant policies affecting eligibility; trends in noncitizen poverty an...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Medicaid. Poverty. Aliens. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Provides overview of previous and existing alien eligibility law for the food stamp program, the supplemental security income program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant programs, and Medicaid. Reviews related immigrant policies affecting eligibility; trends in noncitizen poverty and benefit use; and Federal and State benefit eligibility standards for unauthorized aliens. Includes tables and graphs.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.