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370 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 5: Financial eligibility PIR grant is a payment made by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) through a national refugee resettlement agency to a local resettlement agency, refugee sponsor, or refugee. A PIR grant is provided to the resettlement agency to help with the costs of initial resettlement of a refugee in the United States. The resettlement agency provides a part of this grant to the refugee, usually in the refugee’s first three months after arrival, for the refugee’s initial resettlement needs and not for ongoing living expenses. A Reception and Placement (R&P) grant is a payment made by the U.S. Department of State through national refugee resettlement agencies to local resettlement agencies, refugee sponsors and refugees. The R&P grants are provided to the resettlement agencies to help with the costs of initial resettlement of refugees in the United States. These grants are for initial resettlement needs and not for ongoing living expenses. The Welcome Corps is an equivalent program to PIR or R&P. A Welcome Corps grant is money raised by a private sponsor group on behalf of a refugee. A Welcome Corps grant is used to help with the costs of initial resettlement of a refugee in the United States. The private sponsor group may provide a part of this grant to the refugee, usually in the refugee’s first three months after arrival, for the refugee’s initial resettlement needs and not for ongoing living expenses. In ONE, payments from the Program of Initial Resettlement, Reception and Placement (R&P) or Welcome Corps grant to refugees are coded on the Unearned Income screen: • Unearned Income Category – Other Income • Unearned Income Type – Program of Initial Resettlement, Reception and Placement or Welcome Corps Grant to Refugees - Received as CASH For ERDC, REF, REFM and TANF, PIR, R&P and Welcome Corps grants are excluded from consideration as income and resources for purposes of determining program eligibility or benefit levels, except as provided in OAR 461-140- 0070 and 414-175-0030. For SNAP, any amount paid directly to a SNAP household from PIR and R&P grants are unearned income. For in- kind payments made by the resettlement agency, see OAR 461-145-0280. For OSIPM and MSP, PIR and R&P grants determined to be available to the refugee case is considered unearned income. For HSD medical programs, exclude Reception and Placement and Program of Initial Resettlement grants to refugees received as cash assistance for monthly and annual income. Oregon Administrative Rule(s) 410-200-0015 (51) and (52) — General Definitions 461-145-0455 — Program of Initial Resettlement (PIR), Reception and Placement (R&P) and Welcome Corps Grants 410-200-0015 (54) and (55) — General Definitions 414-175-0035 — Specific Financial Requirements 414-175-0030 — General Financial Eligibility