Haw. Code R. § 17-661-11 - Eligibility for RCA
(a) Refugee
families who qualify for AFDC shall be categorized as state funded AFDC
(AFDC-S):
(1) The eligibility requirements
and conditions of the AFDC program shall apply;
(2) Income and assets remaining in the
refugee's country of origin shall not be considered available; and
(3) These families shall be considered
eligible for RCA.
(b)
Refugee applicants and recipients who do not qualify for AFDC shall be
processed for RCA without regard to categorical relatedness;
(1) The refugee shall be classified under the
general assistance (GA) or state aged, blind, or disabled (AABD) program, as
appropriate;
(2) The budgeting of
income and assets shall be in accordance with the state's AFDC need standard;
and
(3) Income and assets remaining
in the refugee's country of origin shall not be considered available.
(c) Effective March 1, 1986, a
refugee who meets the eligibility criteria of the refugee resettlement program
shall be eligible for RCA. The amount and duration of assistance shall not
exceed the maximum amount which the State is permitted to claim as
reimbursement from the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
(d) Children born in the United States of
refugee parents are eligible for RCA from the date of the most recently arrived
parent or the date of the child's birth, whichever occurs first.
(e) Refugees who are full-time students in
institutions of higher education shall not be eligible for RCA, except where
enrollment is approved as part of an employability plan.
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