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The OFA PeerTA Archive captures historical information from the peerta.acf.hhs.gov website for reference and record-keeping purposes. The PeerTA site contains information posted within the past three years. You can search for any prior information below.
The Peer TA Network would like to know how TANF agencies engage eligible immigrant, refugee, and limited English proficient TANF populations for work activities? Do agencies have innovative programs to address these populations?
Child Trends authored this research brief on immigrant children in the United States, utilizing data from the Census. Researchers review poverty rates between immigrant children and children in native-born families. In this brief, authors look at…
The Children Now Organization authored this report on children in immigrant families residing in California. Half of the children in California live in a family with at least one immigrant parent, which is 2.5 times the national average. This…
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants released a resource guide for service providers who work with refugees with disabilities in communities. The authors note that many refugees that flee to the U.S. come from poorer regions with high…
This brief, from the Urban Institute, examines trends in immigrants’ role in the low-wage and lower-skilled labor force. From 2000 to 2005, the U.S. immigrant population increased from 31.1 to 35.7 million, and the immigrant labor force…
The Urban Institute published this paper on the effects of food stamp and welfare policy, the minimum wage, and the EITC on the food stamp benefit receipt of the low-income population. Authors found that more lenient immigrant eligibility rules,…
Research from the National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan provides information on the low-wage workforce in the United States. Due to recent immigration, the typical low-wage worker is now most likely to be a Hispanic immigrant.…
The number of children with immigrant parents have tripled in the last 35 years. Additionally, a large number of low income children reside in immigrant families. While low-income immigrant families with children are mostly working families, low-…
Connecticut is trying to refine our policy on deeming from sponsors of aliens and we are currently struggling with the indigency provision of PRWORA. Simply stated it says that we only deem the amount actually paid by the sponsor if we determine that the alien is indigent. In determining indigency, we count actual income given to alien and any in-kind income received by the alien. We cannot count deemed income that the alien does not actually receive. Food Stamp guidance defines indigency as cash or in-kind income that does not exceed 130% of the FPL. If a family is determined to be indigent we do not deem but we notify the US Attorney General with the name of the alien and the sponsor. We would like to know how other states handle this provision. Specifically - In determining indigency how do you determine the value of in-kind food and shelter? some of the options that we are considering are assigning a set value; allowing the alien to self declare; or prorate the value of the food and shelter costs of the household. Some immigrants may not want us to report them to the USAG. It appears that we can allow the immigrant to ask us not to do this but deem income from the sponsor instead. Do you do this? How? Do you have any material that you give to the immigrant regarding deeming, indigency or recovering from the sponsor? If yes can you provide an electronic copy?
This issue brief, written by the National Association for State Community Services Programs (NASCSP), describes how members of the Community Services Network, particularly Community Action Agencies, are actively addressing the social service and…
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