Subject to available funding, a foreign-born victim of trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes and the individual's derivative family members are eligible for cash assistance or SNAP benefits under this Article if the individual: (a) is not eligible, due to immigration status, for comparable federal cash assistance or SNAP benefits and has filed and been approved for, or is awaiting final determination regarding: (1) a formal application for T Nonimmigrant status with the appropriate federal agency pursuant to Section 1101(a)(15)(T) of Title 8 of the United States Code, or is otherwise taking steps to meet the conditions for federal benefits eligibility under Section 7105 of Title 22 of the United States Code; (2) a formal application with the appropriate federal agency for status pursuant to Section 1101(a)(15)(U) of Title 8 of the United States Code; or (3) a formal application with the appropriate federal agency for status under Section 1158 of Title 8 of the United States Code; and (b) is otherwise eligible for cash assistance or SNAP benefits, as applicable. A single adult without derivative family members shall only be eligible for cash assistance or SNAP benefits under this Article if the individual is not eligible, due to immigration status, for comparable federal cash assistance or SNAP benefits and has filed and been approved for, or is awaiting final determination regarding: (i) a formal application for T Nonimmigrant status with the appropriate federal agency pursuant to Section 1101(a)(15)(T) of Title 8 of the United States Code, or is otherwise taking steps to meet the conditions for federal benefits eligibility under Section 7105 of Title 22 of the United States Code; or (ii) a formal application with the appropriate federal agency for status pursuant to Section 1101(a)(15)(U) of Title 8 of the United States Code. Any individual, including any derivative family members, residing in an institution or other setting that provides the majority of the individual's daily meals is not eligible for SNAP benefits. comparable federal cash assistance or SNAP benefits and has filed and been approved for, or is awaiting final determination regarding: status with the appropriate federal agency pursuant to Section 1101(a)(15)(T) of Title 8 of the United States Code, or is otherwise taking steps to meet the conditions for federal benefits eligibility under Section 7105 of Title 22 of the United States Code; federal agency for status pursuant to Section 1101(a)(15)(U) of Title 8 of the United States Code; or federal agency for status under Section 1158 of Title 8 of the United States Code; and benefits, as applicable. with the appropriate federal agency pursuant to Section 1101(a)(15)(T) of Title 8 of the United States Code, or is otherwise taking steps to meet the conditions for federal benefits eligibility under Section 7105 of Title 22 of the United States Code; or federal agency for status pursuant to Section 1101(a)(15)(U) of Title 8 of the United States Code.
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