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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID Eligibility Policy and Procedures Manual CHAPTER 200A – Income: ABD Categories Page |88 Effective Month: July 2025

Federal or Federally Assisted Projects Relocation assistance provided under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policies Act is not counted as income. This exclusion applies to relocation assistance provided to persons displaced by any federal or federally assisted project. Any federal assistance (except revenue sharing only) is sufficient to bring into play the federal statutes controlling acquisition of real property, requiring that relocation assistance be available and not counted as income. Federal relocation assistance is permanently excluded from resources. Interest earned on unspent payments is not excluded from income or resources. State, Local or State-Assisted/Locally Assisted Projects Relocation assistance provided to persons displaced by any state, local or state- assisted/locally assisted project is not counted as income. Unspent payments are excluded from resources for 9 months. Interest earned on unspent payments is not excluded from income or resources. 200A.07.38 REFUGEE CASH ASSISTANCE (RCA), CUBAN AND HAITIAN ENTRANT CASH ASSISTANCE (CHECA) Refugee Cash Assistance and Cuban and Haitian Entrant Cash Assistance are federally funded programs that make ongoing needs-based payments to refuges during their first 8 months in the United States. The payments are made by the state or local government according to TANF standards and rules, although there need not be a child involved. RCA and CHECA payments are federally funded income based on need and unless excluded under a PASS, are counted dollar for dollar as income under IBON policy. The $50/$20 general income exclusion does not apply. 200A.07.39 REFUGEE RECEPTION AND PLACEMENT GRANTS Federal funds are provided to national voluntary refugee resettlement agencies such as Catholic Charities or the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, which provide services (including food, clothing and shelter) related to initial resettlement of new refugees. Assistance involving these funds will usually be received during the first 30 days after the refugee arrives in this country. Refugee reception and placement grants are provided by the Department of State. Refugee matching grants are provided by the Department of Health and Human Services. Assistance involving a refugee reception and placement grant, or a refugee-matching grant is subject to the general rules pertaining to income and income exclusions.