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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food Stamps): Eligibility Requirements
Who Is Eligible For Supplemental Nutrition Assistance?
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All U.S. citizens may qualify for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance.
The following non-citizens may also qualify:
- Refugees, asylees, Cubans, Haitians, Amerasians, and people whose deportation has been withheld, may be eligible for a period of 7 years after they enter the U.S. or after they are granted legal status.
- People legally admitted for permanent residence may be eligible if they have 40 qualifying quarters of Social Security work coverage or they have a connection to the U.S. military.
- People legally admitted for permanent residence and battered aliens may be eligible if they were legally living in the U.S. on August 22, 1996 and they were age 65 on that date, or are now receiving disability payments, or are under the age of 18.
- Foreign-born members of native American tribes entitled to cross into Canada or Mexico.
- Certain Hmong and Highland Laotians and their spouses and children.
Even if some members of the household are not eligible, those who are may still be able to get assistance with purchasing food.
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