Immigrants and Public Benefits -- BBT Training and Resource Materials
The following are materials are for the June 17, 2020 Immigrants and Public Benefits training. These are the core materials presented as part of the annual Mass Law Reform Institute and Mass Contining Legal Education Basic Benefits Training (BBT) Series. We've also added some additional materials beyond the in-person training to assist you and your clients understand their rights and protections:
Immigration Basics for Benefits Purposes
- Immigrants and Public Benefits Powerpoint
- ITIN Fact Sheet
- Statewide Referral List
- Chart identifying the codes on immigrant documents
- U.S. State Department – Foreign Affairs Manual, 9 FAM 502.1-3 (Immigrant Classification Symbols) (link)
Immigrants and Housing
Immigrants & Public Benefits-Health Materials
- Immigrants' eligibility for health benefits (powerpoint)
- 2020 Upper Income Limits for MassHealth and Other Health Programs
- Benefits Included in MassHealth By Coverage Type
- ConnectorCare Shopping & Resource Guides (English and Spanish)
- Health benefits for all: (English and Spanish)
- Understanding the Affordable Care Act and Immigrant Eligibility (2020)
- Office of Medicaid Guidance on Cuban-Haitian Entrants (2020)
- Health Care For All Fact Sheet on Health Programs and Public Charge:
Factsheet (English) here You may find it in other languages here, including: Arabic Bosnian Cape Verdean Creole Spanish Haitian Creole Khmer Nepali Portuguese Russian Somali Vietnamese Chinese
- USCIS Guidance on COVID 19 and Public Charge
- Billing Policies for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Testing and Treatment Services for Uninsured Individuals and MassHealth Limited Members
- MA Attorney General’s Office, Equal Access To Care flyers in multiple languages
Cash and Nutrition Benefits
- Cash Assistance and Food Benefits Presentation
- TAFDC Noncitizen Eligibility Flow Chart
- Immigrants Benefits Chart
- 2020 SNAP Advocacy Guide, see Part 2
- 2019 TAFDC Advocacy Guide, see Part 1
- 2017 EAEDC Advocacy Guide, see Part 2
- Public charge and DTA benefits, Mass Legal Services webpage including fliers on SNAP and public charge in English and five languages
- DTA Guidance on Cuban/Haitian Entrants, Operations Memo 2016-4
- DTA Guidance on Battered immigrants Field Ops Memo 2005-22
- Pandemic EBT benefits – materials in multiple languages www.MAPEBT.org
Public Charge
- Safe Benefits Sheet
- PIF KYR Website: https://protectingimmigrantfamilies.org/know-your-rights/
- MIRA PIF KYR Website: https://www.miracoalition.org/our-work/public-charge/
- USCIS - Public Charge Fact Sheet
- The State Department’s New Manual on Public Charge
Unemployment Insurance and COVID
- https://www.masslegalservices.org/system/files/library/CARES%20Act%20and%20Unemployment_052920_0.pdf
Charitable Funds and COVID:
Additional documents for website
- MassHealth Training Unit Immigrant Refresher Oct 2018
- MassHealth and Health Connector, Examples of Immigration Documents
- ICE Guidance - Clarification for Existing Practices Related to Certain Health Care Information (2013)
- AG Guidance: Information for MA Health Care Providers
- IRS Questions and Answers about Reporting SSN to Your Health Insurance Company
- Home Health Agencies billing for MassHealth Limited-COVID 19
- Durable Medical Equipment-Oxygen & Respiratory billing for MassHealth Limited-COVID 19
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