SECTION 375.303. Who is eligible for Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) benefits?

RCA is restricted to individuals who meet the eligibility requirements as follows:

(1) meet immigration status and identification requirements in Subpart D of 45 CFR Part 400 and who can provide documentation of one of the following statuses from the Immigration and Naturalization Service:

(A) paroled as a refugee or asylee under Section 212(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA);

(B) admitted as a refugee under Section 207 of the INA;

(C) granted asylum under Section 208 of the INA;

(D) admitted as a Cuban or Haitian entrant in accordance with requirements in 45 CFR part 401;

(E) admitted as an Amerasian from Vietnam pursuant to Section 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1988 (as contained in Section 101 (e) of Public law 100-202 and amended by the ninth proviso under Migration and Refugee Assistance in Title II of the Foreign Operation, Export, Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Acts, 1989, (Public Law 100-461 as amended));

(F) certified as a victim of a severe form of trafficking; or

(G) designated as eligible by the director of Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR).

(2) are within the eligibility period as established by ORR;

(3) have categorically tested ineligible for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or have applied but not received an approval for Social Security Income (SSI). Persons awaiting decision on SSI eligibility are RCA-eligible until SSI benefits are granted;

(4) are not full-time students in institutions of higher education, as defined by the director of ORR;

(5) meet the income eligibility standard established by the Texas Department of Human Services in consultation with local refugee service providers; and

(6) have not been sanctioned off TANF or Match Grant.

Source Note: The provisions of this §375.303 adopted to be effective July 18, 2002, 27 TexReg 6326; transferred effective October 1, 2003, as published in the Texas Register July 2, 2004, 29 TexReg 6359