Note: This memo is to convey federal guidelines regarding documented non-citizenship status for these specific populations. All other eligibility factors derived from state and federal law are not affected.

On May 21, 2022, Congress passed the Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-128).) Additional guidelines have been issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement and USDA Food and Nutrition Service, regarding access to such assistance for Ukrainian humanitarian parolees and the mandatory federal requirements associated with providing or denying access to such individuals in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, Food Assistance (FA) program, and Child Care program. Section 401 of this legislation provides that Ukrainian humanitarian parolees are now eligible to receive federal benefits, including TANF, Food Assistance and Child Care, from the date of enactment.

Additionally, President Biden signed the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (USSAA) (Public Law 118-50) on April 24, 2024, which extends provisions of the Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (AUSAA) (Public Law 117-128). The USSAA extends federal public benefits to eligible Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolees who arrived in the United States between February 24, 2022, and September 30, 2023, and more recently, between October 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024.

The following individuals are eligible to apply for TANF, Food Assistance and Child Care until September 30, 2024, (or the term of parole, whichever is longer) in the same way a refugee is eligible for TANF, Food Assistance and Child Care:

• Citizens or nationals of Ukraine (or persons who last habitually resided in Ukraine) paroled into the U.S. between February 24, 2022, and September 30, 2024, due to urgent humanitarian reasons or for significant public benefit, known as Humanitarian Parolees (UHPs).
  
  
• Their spouses or children paroled after September 30, 2023; and
  
  
• Their parents, legal guardians, or primary caregivers paroled after September 30, 2023, if the Ukrainian citizen or national is an unaccompanied child.

Note: For childcare assistance, only the children applying to receive benefits are required to provide verification of parolee status.

Required documentation is proof of humanitarian parole and date it was received. Types of proof include:

• Form I-94 noting humanitarian parole (per INA section 212(d)(5) or 8 U.S.C. § 1182(d)(5)) with a UHP class of admission (COA),
• Foreign passport with DHS/CBP admission stamp noting “DT”, or
• Foreign passport with DHS/CBP admission stamp noting Uniting for Ukraine or “U4U”
• Foreign passport with DHS/CBP admission stamp noting Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolee or “UHP”, or
• Form I-765 Employment Authorization Document (EAD) receipt notice with code C11, or
• Form I-766 Employment Authorization Document (EAD) with the code C11

A non-Ukrainian individual who last habitually resided in Ukraine and received humanitarian parole:

• Any one of the forms or stamps listed above AND documentation of last habitual residence in Ukraine

Each individual in a family applying for TANF, Food Assistance or Child Care benefits should bring their own proof and the date their humanitarian parole was granted. See ORR (Office of Refugee Resettlement) Provisions below:

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ofa/policy-guidance/acf-ofa-pi-24-03

ORR Policy Letter (PL) 16-01 (https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/policy-guidance/documentation-requirements-refugee-resettlement-program)

Policy Letter 22-13 Extended Parolees (https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/orr/PL-22-13-Ukrainian-Humanitarian-Parolees-Eligible-for-ORR-Benefits-and-Services.pdf)

Policy Letter 24-01 Continued Services (https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/policy/policy-letters/24-01)

Documentation Requirement for Ukrainian humanitarian parolees program considerations:

1. Staff will follow the same process they can use now and enter the information provided by SAVE
2. Ukrainian parolees may have a UHP, DT or PAR class of admission (COA) code.

Note: A KEES workaround is no longer needed for Ukrainian nationals providing I-94s (I-94 or I-94A)

The information below shows the appropriate workaround in KEES for Ukrainian Parolees that provided a Foreign Passport or Employment Authorization Document.

• USCIS Document: Resident of Samoa
• Country of Citizenship: Ukraine
• Non-Citizenship Record: Verified
• Initial SAVE Record: Refugee
• Begin Date: First day of month of application
  • NOTE: This workaround will give an Alien Type of Lawful Permanent Resident, not refugee.