This list is designed to provide advocates working with battered immigrants with a tool that will help them work more effectively in obtaining social security numbers. Battered immigrants who receive a prime face determination may be eligible to receive cash assistance. Many federal and state benefits agencies require a social security number in order to issue the cash benefit. Therefore, battered immigrants who do not have an INS issued work authorization will need to apply for a non-work social security number. Advocates are strongly encouraged to accompany their clients to the Social Security Administration to ensure that their clients are not denied non-work SSNs by caseworkers who do not fully understand the process and eligibility requirements involved in issuing non-working SSNs.
Topic: Public Benefits & Economic Stability
Public benefits training materials, regulations, statutes and best practices. The topic also includes information workplace sexual assault and its affect on victim’s economic stability. For information on child and spousal support and economic relief available through protection orders see the family law section of this website.
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- Index of Significant Public Benefits Training Materials
- Index of Significant Education Training Materials
- Post-Assault Healthcare
- Public Benefits State Charts & Maps
- Unemployment
- CAREAS Act Covid-19 Relief
- NILC: State-Funded SSI Replacement Programs
- Labor Law Remedies
- Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
- National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
- NILC: Medical Assistance Programs for Immigrants in Various States
- State-Funded SSI Replacement Programs (September 2022)
[pdf] Eligibility for State Funded TANF Replacement Programs for Immigrant Crime Victims (+)
A state by state chart outlining the eligibility for state funded TANF replacement programs for immigrant crime victims.
[pdf] Family Violence Option, State by State Summary (+)
A brief description of the federal FVO, accompanied by a state-by-state chart that indicates whether the state has chosen to adopt the FVO, and, if so, how they have chosen to implement it.
[pdf] State Benefits Comparison Charts: From the Public Benefits Manual (2014) (+)
A manual that consists of a family court bench card on immigrant crime victim access to public benefits and services, information on immigration status: work authorization, public benefits, and ability to sponsor children, and a quick guide for state court judges on common issues that arise from parties’ immigration status: economic remedies.
[pdf] Dreams Lost, Dreams Found: Undocumented Women in the Land of Opportunity (+)
This study was designed to identify problems and social service needs of undocumented Filipina, Latina, and Chinese women in the Bay Area. Undocumented women in the Bay Area are a growing and neglected population in need of services. This study examines the factors causing increased migration by women to the U.S., and how these factors influence women’s lives once they are here. Findings of this study reveal the economic hardship of undocumented women and their families and provide insight into immigrant women’s experiences with domestic violence. This survey was the precursor to the survey conducted in the early 1990s by Ayuda.