[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR400.51]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN 

          AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 400_REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart E_Refugee Cash Assistance

 

Sec.  400.51  Determination of eligibility under other programs.



    (a) TANF. For refugees determined ineligible for cash assistance 

under the TANF program, the State or its designee must determine 

eligibility for refugee cash assistance in accordance with Sec.  Sec.  

400.53 and 400.59 in the case of the public/private RCA program or 

Sec.  Sec.  400.53 and 400.66 in the case of a publicly-administered RCA 

program.

    (b) Cash assistance to the aged, blind, and disabled. (1) SSI. (i) 

The State



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agency or its designee must refer refugees who are 65 years of age or 

older, or who are blind or disabled, promptly to the Social Security 

Administration to apply for cash assistance under the SSI program.

    (ii) If the State agency or its designee determines that a refugee 

who is 65 years of age or older, or blind or disabled, is eligible for 

refugee cash assistance, it must furnish such assistance until 

eligibility for cash assistance under the SSI program is determined, 

provided the conditions of eligibility for refugee cash assistance 

continue to be met.

    (2) OAA, AB, APTD, or AABD. In Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin 

Islands--

    (i) Eligibility for cash assistance under the OAA, AB, APTD, or AABD 

program must be determined for refugees who are 65 years or older, or 

who are blind or disabled; and

    (ii) If a refugee who is 65 years of age or older, or blind or 

disabled, is determined to be eligible for refugee cash assistance, such 

assistance must be furnished until eligibility for cash assistance under 

the OAA, AB, APTD, or AABD program is determined, provided the 

conditions of eligibility for refugee cash assistance continue to be 

met.