Utah Admin. Code R986-300-307 - Refugee Transitional Cash Assistance

(1) Refugee Transitional Cash Assistance (RTCA), is offered to help refugees stabilize employment.

(2)

(a) To be eligible for RTCA a client must:

(i) have been eligible for and have received Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) during the month immediately preceding the month during which RTCA is requested or granted;

(ii) be employed an average of 30 hours per week;

(iii) if RTCA is provided to a client in a two earner household, both earners must be employed an average of 30 hours per week; and

(iv) RCA assistance must have been closed due to earned or earned and unearned income and not for nonparticipation under Section R986-300-305.

(b) If the client has a closure pending due to nonparticipation as provided in Section R986-300-305, the client is not eligible for RTCA.

(3) RTCA is only available if the customer verifies employment and RCA eligibility at the minimum levels required in Subsection R986-300-307(2)(a).

(4)

(a) The RTCA benefit is available for a maximum of three months in a 12 month period.

(b) The three months do not need to be consecutive.

(c) The assistance payment for the first two months of RTCA is based on household size. All household income, earned and unearned, is disregarded.

(d) Payment for the third month is one half of the payment available in Subsection R986-300-307(4)(a).

(5) To receive the second and third month of the RTCA benefit, the client must remain employed as described in Subsection R986-300-307(2)(a) or have had an open RCA case that closed during the prior month due to earned or earned and unearned income.

(6) If initial verification is provided and a client is paid one month of RTCA but the client does not provide documentation to support that initial verification, no further payments will be made. Under these circumstances, the one month payment will not result in an overpayment.

Notes

Utah Admin. Code R986-300-307

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2022-22, effective 12/1/2022 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-01, effective 12/1/2022