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Fact Sheet: Immigrant Access to Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing

General Material
Published Date
October, 2016
Publisher(s)
National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project (NIWAP)
Author(s)
Miguel Morales
Leslye E. Orloff

"The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) explicitly declared that programs necessary to protect life and safety were to remain open to all person without regard to immigration status." This fact sheet offers information about immigrant eligibility to access emergency shelter and transitional housing. 

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Immigrant Access to Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing
Material Categories
Accessibility
Civil Legal Rights & Protections
Immigration / Resettlement
Public Benefits
Communities of Color
Domestic Violence
Immigrant / Refugee

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