Federal Resources
- HHS - Adminstration for Children and Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement
- HHS - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Q&A guidances explain current rules governing immigrants' eligibility for Medicaid and SCHIP
- HHS interpretation of “Federal Public Benefit” identifying HHS programs that fit within the 1996 welfare law’s definition (August 4, 1998)
- Interagency Notice on INS (USCIS) reporting - guidance for benefit granting agencies (DOJ, INS, HHS, DOL, SSA, September 28, 2000) [HTML]
- Public Charge Guidance - clarifies the definition of “public charge” and types of government assistance that do and do not affect a public charge determination by INS (USCIS) (DOJ-INS May 26, 1999) [HTML]
- “Final Specification of Community Programs Necessary for the Protection of Life and Safety,” Attorney General’s guidance that identifies community programs, services, or assistance for which all non-citizens remain eligible (DOJ January 16, 2001) [HTML]
- DOJ pamphlet on “Federal Protection Against National Origin Discrimination” (Available in Arabic, Cambodian, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Hmong, Korean, Laotian, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu, Vietnamese)
- DOJ Initiative to Combat the Post September 11th Discriminatory Backlash
- Information on how to file a civil rights complaint with DOJ Civil Rights Division
- Institute of Medicine Report: “Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care” (March 20, 2002)
- USDA Food and Nutrition Services immigrant information:
