HAR §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; 661-8 (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. [Eff 3/19/93; am 7/16/99 ] (Auth: HRS §§346-14, 346-56) (Imp: HRS §346-56; 8 U.S.C. §1522(e); 45 C.F.R. §400.60)