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B. This type of assistance is treated as follows:
1. Relocation assistance provided under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policies Act is not counted as income.
a) Federal relocation assistance is permanently excluded from resources.
b) Interest earned on unspent payments is not excluded from income or resources.
2. Relocation assistance provided to persons displaced by any state, local or state- assisted/locally-assisted project is not counted as income.
a) Unspent payments are excluded from resources for 9 months.
b) Interest earned on unspent payments is not excluded from income or resources.
Source: Social Security Act §1902 (r)(2); 42 CFR § 435.601(b) (Rev 1994).
Rule 7.54: Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA), Cuban and Haitian Entrant Cash Assistance (CHECA).
A. This type of assistance is defined as follows:
1. 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.
B. This type of assistance is treated as follows:
1. 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.
Source: Social Security Act §1902 (r)(2); 42 CFR § 435.601(b) (Rev 1994).
Rule 7.55: Refugee Reception and Placement Grants.
A. This type of assistance is defined as follows:
1. 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.
B. This type of assistance is treated as follows:
1. Assistance involving a refugee reception and placement grant or a refugee-matching grant