754-6 RESOURCES OF ALIEN SPONSORS
When aliens who are legally sponsored and lawfully admitted into the United States apply for Temporary Assistance benefits, the resources and income of the sponsor, and the sponsor's spouse if living together, are considered available to meet the alien's needs for a period of 3 years after entry into the United States. This does not apply to aliens who are dependent children of the sponsor or the spouse of the sponsor.
A sponsor is defined as an individual or individuals, not an organization, who agree to support (by affidavit or similar agreement) an alien as a condition of the alien's entry into the United States. Sponsorship does not stop for Temporary Assistance purposes even if a sponsor withdraws his support officially with the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services ( USCIS ). Income and sources of sponsors receiving Supplemental Security Income ( SSI ) or Temporary Assistance are not considered available to an alien.
Resources deemed available to the alien from the sponsor are the total available resources of the sponsor determined as if the sponsor were applying for Temporary Assistance less $1,500.
In any case where an individual is the sponsor of 2 or more aliens, the income and resources of the sponsor (and the sponsor's spouse, if living with the sponsor) that would otherwise be deemed available to the alien, are equally divided between or among the sponsored aliens.
It is the responsibility of the alien to provide their case worker with any information and documentation needed to determine the income and resources of the sponsor that can be deemed available to him and to obtain any cooperation necessary from the sponsor. (See Overpayment section 792-2).
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