Public benefits eligibility can get tricky! Switchboard developed this toolkit in December 2025 to help refugee service workers to navigate public benefits eligibility during the first five years of a newcomer’s arrival to the U.S.
Resource: Switchboard Public Benefits Overview for Newcomers
The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center developed a training to review state and federal language access laws, including rights to interpretation and translation for limited English proficiency recipients of state services. Federal and state complaint procedures are explained with links and contact information of presenters is provided on slide 28.
