WAG 03-01-05-b: When to Use SAVE

Verify USCIS status through SAVE for each individual who is not a U.S. citizen and who is applying for TANF, Family Health Plans, Revised Text.Family Planning, AABD Cash, AABD Medical, or SNAP. This does not include:

  • an individual who states they are an undocumented non-citizen or who is unwilling to discuss their status;
  • a trafficking victim;
  • an applicant for Moms and Babies Revised Text.(see PM 06-09-06-c), Healthy Start, or emergency medical for ineligible non-citizens; or
  • an individual who has an application for asylum pending or who receives torture treatment services from a federally funded torture treatment center who does not have an Alien ID number.