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 |
