SECTION 376.103. How are the terms in this chapter defined?

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

(1) Adult--An individual 18 years of age or older.

(2) Applicant--An individual who has applied for refugee social services and is waiting on an eligibility determination.

(3) Asylee--An individual who has been granted asylum under section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

(4) Asylee applicant--An individual who has applied for but has not been granted status under section 208 of the INA.

(5) Case management services--Assessment, planning, and determining referrals for services and monitoring the refugee's participation in these services.

(6) Cash assistance--Financial assistance to refugees, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Social Security Income, Refugee Cash Assistance, and, if available, general state assistance.

(7) Contractor--An organization that has a contract to provide refugee social services with the Texas Department of Human Services (DHS).

(8) CFR--Code of Federal Regulations.

(9) CHIP--Texas Children's Health Insurance Program.

(10) DHS--Texas Department of Human Services.

(11) Discretionary grants--Grants targeted at specific refugee populations at the discretion of the director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

(12) DOJ--Department of Justice.

(13) DOS--Department of State

(14) Economic self-sufficiency--Earning a total family income at a level that enables a family unit to support itself without receiving a cash assistance grant.

(15) Employability plan--An employment plan designed to lead to the earliest possible employment in the shortest time period.

(16) Family unit--Individual adult, married individuals without children, or parents, or custodial relatives with minor children who are ineligible for TANF, who live in the same household.

(17) Fund accounting--A system of accounting that requires separate records and allocations for each grant or source of funding.

(18) INA--Immigration and Nationality Act.

(19) Incentive payment--A one-time payment for early employment.

(20) INS--Immigration and Naturalization Service.

(21) LEP--Limited English Proficiency.

(22) MAA--Mutual Assistance Agency, a nonprofit corporation that has not less than 51% of the Board of Directors or governing board comprised of refugees or former refugees, including both refugee men and women.

(23) MNIL--Medically Needy Income Limit.

(24) Nepotism--Hiring family or friends when that relationship could be perceived as a conflict of interest in providing services to refugees.

(25) OIRA--Office of Immigration and Refugee Affairs under DHS.

(26) ORR--Office of Refugee Resettlement.

(27) P-3--Public/Private Partnership, a state-administered option for the provision of refugee cash assistance through contracts or grants with local resettlement agencies.

(28) Participant--A person who has been determined eligible for refugee social services.

(29) Refugee--An individual admitted to the United States under section 207 of the INA.

(30) Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA)--A time-limited cash assistance program available to eligible refugees who are ineligible for TANF.

(31) Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA)--A time-limited medical assistance program provided to eligible refugees who are ineligible for Medicaid.

(32) RSS--Refugee Social Services Grant.

(33) TAC--Texas Administrative Code.

(34) TAG--Targeted Assistance Grant.

(35) TANF--Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

(36) Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services (PRS)--State agency approved under state law to provide child welfare services to children of the state.

(37) Title IV-B plan--State plan for providing child welfare services to children in the state under part B of Title IV of the Social Security Act.

(38) UNHCR--United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

(39) Unaccompanied Refugee Minor (URM)--a person under 18 years old:

(A) who entered the United States unaccompanied by and not destined to a parent or close non-parental adult relative or adult with a clear and court-verifiable claim to custody of the minor;

(B) who has no parents in the United States; and

(C) who has been identified by the INS as an unaccompanied minor.

(40) Vendor payment--Payment made on behalf of a RCA participant for rent or utilities.

(41) Victim of a severe form of trafficking--An adult individual certified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as a victim of a severe form of trafficking.

(42) VOLAG--Voluntary Resettlement Agency.

Source Note: The provisions of this §376.103 adopted to be effective October 28, 2002, 27 TexReg 10044; transferred effective October 1, 2003, as published in the Texas Register July 2, 2004, 29 TexReg 6359