Beyond Eligibility: Access to Federal Public Benefit Programs for Immigrant Families in the United States

Federal benefit programs assist individuals and low-income families with basic expenses like food, housing, and health care. The eligibility rules associated with these programs impact access to health care and the health of immigrants, as well as natural-born citizens in the United States (Salami, 2017). In 2016, about 44 million immigrants resided in the United States and accounted for 13.5% of the total U.S. population (Gambino, 2017). California has the largest population of legal permanent residents (LPRs); of the 38 million people in California, 27% are immigrants, and an estimated 3.3 million are LPRs (Ponce et al., 2018).

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