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1 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES Income Maintenance (Volume 3) OTHER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 9 CCR 2503-7 [Editor’s Notes follow the text of the rules at the end of this CCR Document.] _________________________________________________________________________ 3.700 OTHER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (APPLICABLE TO LOW INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LEAP), AND COLORADO CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (CCCAP)) [Eff. 9/1/16] 3.705 NONCITIZEN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 3.705.1 GENERAL DEFINITIONS “Legal Immigrant” means an individual who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who was lawfully admitted to the United States by the Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) as an actual or prospective permanent resident or whose physical presence is known and allowed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and: A. Is a resident of Colorado, B. Meets the requirements for public assistance or Food Stamps other than citizenship, C. Is not eligible for or receiving any other public assistance and/or Food Stamps. 3.705.11 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE A. Emergency Assistance may be available to legal immigrants, as defined above. To receive emergency assistance the applicant/recipient must: 1. provide documentation of immigrant status (see Section 3.140), 2. provide income and resource information and the sponsor's income and resource information (sponsor's income and resources, if applicable, are deemed to be available to the legal immigrant). 3. provide a copy of the Affidavit of Support signed by the immigrant's sponsor, if applicable, 4. establish that the sponsor's income and resources are not available, or that meeting the responsibilities of the affidavit would cause an undue hardship on the sponsor. Hardships may include loss or substantial reduction of income, or catastrophic or irreconcilable circumstances affecting the sponsor's household. 5. while receiving Emergency Assistance, refrain from executing an Affidavit of Support for the purposes of sponsoring an immigrant, and 6. assign rights under an Affidavit of Support to the state department up to the amount of Emergency Assistance received, as a condition of receipt of public assistance. Code of Colorado Regulations Secretary of State State of Colorado