(A bit stale, but I just found out about it. They have been very quiet about this.)

Vermont House approves $5 million stimulus program for undocumented immigrants

Sep 8 2020

The Vermont House on Tuesday approved a $5 million program that would provide Covid-19 stimulus checks to Vermonters who didn’t receive federal payments earlier this year because of their immigration status.

Under the program, which the House advanced in a vote of 129-15, 4,000 to 5,000 people would receive payments, including about 3,000 undocumented immigrants, and 500 to 1,000 children, according to Vermont’s Joint Fiscal Office.

U.S. residents who filed federal and state income taxes without using Social Security numbers, didn’t receive stimulus payments in April, after President Donald Trump signed the CARES Act into law.

The Vermont program would be eligible to people who were living in the state on April 1, weren’t sent stimulus checks from the federal government, and earn $99,000 or less.

Mirroring the federal assistance program, under the bill approved Tuesday, adults would receive $1,200 payments, and children would receive $500 payments.

“This bill is another attempt to perfect the policy that I think we all hold close,” Rep. Chip Conquest, D-Wells River, said introducing the legislation, H.968, on the virtual House floor.

“That is to treat all Vermonters equitably, which is to say, fairly and justly, regardless of their circumstances,” he said.

About 500 citizens and legal permanent residents who file taxes jointly with undocumented spouses also would be eligible to receive funding.

Up to 500 other immigrants with “lawful” immigration status but who lack Social Security numbers, such as visa holders and those applying for asylum, could also receive the funding.

https://vtdigger.org/2020/09/08/vermont-house-approves-5-million-stimulus-program-for-undocumented-immigrants/