Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 112 - TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES › Subpart B - NON-FINANCIAL FACTORS OF ELIGIBILITY › Section 112.10 - Citizenship

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
To be eligible for assistance, an individual shall be either
				  a U.S. citizen or a non-citizen within specific categories and subject to the
				  following specific restrictions:
a)
				Citizenship status - Persons born in the U.S., or in its possessions, are U.S.
				citizens. Citizenship can also be acquired by naturalization through court
				proceedings, or by certain persons born in a foreign country of U.S. citizen
				parents.
b) Non-citizens
1) The following categories of non-citizens
				may receive assistance, if otherwise eligible:
A) A United States veteran honorably
				discharged and a person on active military duty, and the spouse and unmarried
				dependent children of such a person;
B) Refugees under section 207 of the
				Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8
				USC 1157 );
C) Asylees under section 208 of INA
				(8 USC
				1158 );
D) Persons for whom deportation has been
				withheld under section 243(h) of INA (8 USC
				1253(h) ) prior to September
				30,1996 or 241(b)(3) of INA (8 USC
				1231(b)(3) ) on or after
				September 30, 1996;
E) Persons
				granted conditional entry under section 203(a)(7) of INA (8 USC
				1153 ) as in effect prior to April 1,
				1980;
F) Persons lawfully admitted
				for permanent residence under the INA including;
i) Afghani immigrants with special immigrant
				status under section 101(a)(27) of INA (8 USC 1101
				). The five-year residency requirement set forth in subsection (b)(2) of this
				Section does not apply to this sub-group.
ii) Iraqi immigrants with special immigrant
				status under section 101(a)(27) of INA (8 USC 1101
				). The five-year residency requirement set forth in subsection (b)(2) of this
				Section does not apply to this sub-group;
G) Parolees, for at least one year, under
				section 212(d)(5) of INA (8 USC 1182
				);
H) Persons who are a spouse,
				widow or child of a U.S. citizen or a spouse or child of a legal permanent
				resident (LPR) who have been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by the
				U.S. citizen or LPR or a member of that relative's family who lived with them,
				who no longer live with the abuser or plans to live separately within one month
				after receipt of assistance and whose need for assistance is due, at least in
				part, to the abuse;
I) Victims of
				trafficking, or the minor child, spouse, parent or sibling of the trafficking
				victim, who have been certified by, or whose status has been verified by, the
				federal Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR); and
J) Persons who are a foreign-born victim of
				trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes as defined in Art. XVI of the
				Illinois Public Aid Code [305 ILCS 5], and his or her derivative family
				members, as defined in
				8 USC
				1101(a)(15)(T) and
				(a)(15)(U), are eligible for cash assistance
				if he or she:
i) has filed or is preparing to
				file an application for T Nonimmigrant status with the appropriate federal
				agency pursuant to
				8 USC
				1101(a)(15)(T), or is
				otherwise taking steps to meet the conditions for federal benefits eligibility
				under
				22 USC
				7105;
ii) has filed or is preparing to file a
				formal application with the appropriate federal agency for status pursuant to
				8 USC
				1101(a)(15)(U); or
iii) has filed or is preparing to file a
				formal application with the appropriate federal agency for status under
				8 USC
				1158.