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Chapter 25, Non-Emergency Repatriate Program Services, has been removed. Updated and expanded policy about the Non-Emergency Repatriate Program is now included in the new Refugee Resettlement Program and Non-Emergency Repatriation Program Policy Manual. Removing this section has caused subsequent chapters/pages to be renumbered.

Refugee program information will be included in the Refugee Resettlement Manual.

Manual Section 27.1, State Programs, has been revised to delete the case file set up information and add that the Case Manager will send the Family Plan appointment notice.

Manual Section 27.2, State CARES Program- Sections 2 and 3 have been updated to include the names and form numbers of the forms included in the Family plan. Section 4 has been updated to remove the obsolete assessment/screening tools; T-ACE, CAGE, Zung, Beck, DSS 1232, DSS 3733, Washington State Screening tool and AAPI. Section 5, CARES Family Assessment, now lists information included in the new assessment form. Section 13, CARES Tracks, the Washington State Screening Tool has been replaced with the Work Readiness Assessment (WRA) in Letter A, CARES Track 1 Characteristics.

Manual Section 27.3, State Two-Parent Program, has been revised to give the names and DSS numbers of the forms included in the FI Family Plan. Section 2, Two-Parent Evaluation, has been updated to remove the obsolete assessment/screening tools; T-ACE, CAGE, Zung, Beck, DSS 1232, DSS 3733, Washington State Screening tool and AAPI. Section 3, Two-Parent Family Assessment, now lists information included in the new assessment form. Section 7, Two-Parent Case Plans, the NOTE regarding responsibility plans has been removed. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Volume 41 | 10.01.15 _______________________________________________________________________ Manual Section 8.14 #2 has been revised to update the example in the manual proration calculation.

Manual Sections 8.15 and 19.17 have been revised to change the Need Standard Table to show the increase in FI benefits effective October 2015. The change is based on the increase to the Annual Federal Poverty Guidelines for 2015.

Manual Section 2.4.1, Individuals not required to complete Initial Job Search: This section has been updated to reflect that Refugees are not required to complete the initial job search.