18 Miss. Code. R. 14-9.2 - Eligibility Criteria
The following household members meeting citizenship or non-citizen status requirements are eligible to participate in SNAP:
A.
U.S.
Citizens: U.S. citizens are considered those born in one of the
fifty (50) states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, or the Northern Marianna Islands.
B.
Non-Citizen
Nationals: Non-citizen Nationals are persons born in American
Samoa or Swain's Island. These persons may be eligible for SNAP benefits on the
same basis as U.S. citizens and are not assigned any additional classifications
by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
C.
Certain American
Indians: Those born in Canada living in the U.S. under section
289 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) or a member of a federally
recognized Indian tribe as defined in section 4(e) of the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.
450b(e)).
D.
Certain Hmong or Highland
Laotian Tribal Members: A non-citizen lawfully residing in the
U.S. who was a member of a Hmong or Highland Laotian tribe that helped U.S.
personnel in Vietnam (during the period of August 5, 1964 through May 7, 1975).
The person's eligibility continues even if the USCIS status changes at a future
date. The eligibility also extends to:
1.
Spouse or surviving spouse of the tribal member;
2. Unmarried dependent children under the age
of 18 (or under age 22 if a full-time student);
3. Unmarried children under the age of 18 (or
under 22 if a full-time student) who were dependent on the tribal member at the
time of the member's death; and
4.
Unmarried disabled children of any age who were disabled before age 18 and
dependent on the tribal member prior to the child's
18th birthday.
E.
Trafficking
Victims: A non-citizen approved by the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) as a
victim of a severe form of trafficking to the same extent as a non-citizen who
is admitted to the U.S. as a refugee under Section 207 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (INA) in accordance with the Victims of Trafficking and
Violence Protection Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-386 ,
as amended). Eligibility also extends to:
1.
A non-citizen who has been subjected to a severe form of trafficking and who is
under the age of 18 to the same extent as a non-citizen who is admitted to the
U.S. as a refugee under Section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(INA); and
2. A spouse, child,
parent or unmarried minor sibling of a victim for those individuals under 21
years of age and who has received a derivative T visa to the same extent as a
non-citizen who is admitted to the U.S. as a refugee under Section 207 of the
INA.
3. A spouse or child of a
victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons 21 years of age or older and
who has received a derivative T visa to the same extent as a non-citizen who is
admitted to the U.S. as a refugee under Section 207 of the
INA.
F.
Qualified Non-Citizens: These are the categories
of qualified non-citizens:
1. A non-citizen
who was lawfully admitted for permanent residence (LPR) under the INA,
including Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrants (SIV).
2. Asylee: An asylee who entered under
Section 208 of the INA.
3. Refugee:
A non-citizen admitted as a refugee under Section 207 of the INA.
4. Parolee: A non-citizen paroled into the
U.S. under Section 212(d)(5) of the INA for at least one (1) year.
5. Deportation or Removal Withheld: A
non-citizen whose deportation is withheld under Section 243(h) of the INA as in
effect prior to 4-1-97 or whose removal was withheld under Section 241(b)(3) of
the INA.
6. Conditional Entrant: A
non-citizen lawfully present under Section 203(a)(7) of the INA as in effect
prior to 4-1-80.
7. Battered
Non-Citizen: A non-citizen who was subject to battery or extreme cruelty in the
United States by a family member (i.e., spouse, parent or member of the
spouse's or parent's family) the person previously lived with. This status is
granted to a:
a) Person if their child was
abused, or
b) Child whose parent
was abused.
8. Cuban or
Haitian Entrant: A non-citizen from Cuba or Haiti who entered under section
501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980.
9. The Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) also considers trafficking victims (as
defined above) as qualified non-citizens.
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