Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 218 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 20 - Individual and Family Support Programs › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 6 - Refugee Assistance Program › Section 218-RICR-20-00-6.3 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. For the purposes of this administrative
				  Rule, the following definitions apply unless otherwise noted:
1. "Agency" means the Department of Human
				  Services (DHS), including any Board, Commission or Officer of the
				  Department.
2. "Asylees" means
				  individuals who, on their own, travel to the United States, apply for and
				  receive a grant of asylum. These individuals do not enter the United States as
				  refugees. They may enter as students, tourists, business people, or without
				  papers. Once they are in the United States, or at a land border or port of
				  entry, they apply for asylum, a status that will acknowledge that they meet the
				  definition of a refugee and allow them to remain in the United States. Asylees
				  are eligible for State assistance and services once USCIS has granted asylum.
				  Applicants for asylum are not eligible.
3. "Certain Amerasians (from Vietnam)" means
				  aliens born in Vietnam after January 1, 1962 and before January 1, 1976, if the
				  alien was fathered by a United States citizen. Immigrant visas are issued to
				  Amerasians under § 101(e) Publ. Law 100-202 (Act of 12/22/1987), as well
				  as to their spouses, children, parents or guardians if they accompany the
				  Amerasian to the United States. Specifically referred to herein are certain
				  Amerasians from Vietnam who are admitted to the United States as immigrants
				  pursuant to § 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
				  Programs Appropriations Act, 1988 as amended by
				   8 U.S.C. §
												1101.
4. "Cuban and Haitian entrants" means:
a. Any individual granted parole status as a
				  Cuban or Haitian Entrant (Status Pending), or granted any other special status
				  subsequently established under the immigration laws for nationals of Cuba or
				  Haiti, regardless of the current status of the individual at the time of
				  application for Refugee Medical Assistance; and
b. Any other national of Cuba or Haiti who:
(1) Was paroled into the United States and
				  has not acquired any other status under the INA;
(2) Is the subject of exclusion or
				  deportation proceedings under the INA; or
(3) Has an application for asylum pending;
				  and
(4) With respect to whom a
				  final, non appealable, and legally enforceable order of deportation or
				  exclusion has not been entered.
5. "Department of Human Services (DHS)" means
				  the State agency that provides a full continuum of services for families,
				  adults, children, elders, individuals with disabilities and veterans.
6. "Executive Office of Health and Human
				  Services (EOHHS)" means the State agency that is designated under Title XIX of
				  the United States Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
				  1396a
											§ 1902), to be legally responsible
				  for the programmatic oversight, fiscal management, and administration of the
				  Medicaid program.
7. "General
				  Public Assistance (GPA)" means a State program for adults age eighteen (18) and
				  over who have very limited income and resources and have an illness or medical
				  condition that keeps them from working.
8. "Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR)" means
				  green card holders. This applies to RAP-Social Service recipients, who would be
				  in the country past twelve (12) months from the date of arrival.
9. "Medical Assistance Program also known as
				  Medicaid (MA)" means a Federal and State funded program that pays for medical
				  and health related services for eligible applicants/recipients.
10. "Refugees" means any person who is
				  outside his/her country of such person's nationality; or, in the case of a
				  person having no nationality, is outside any country in which such person last
				  habitually resided, and who is unable or unwilling to return to, and is unable
				  or unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of that country
				  because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of
				  race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or
				  political opinion.
11. "Refugee
				  Cash Assistance (RCA)" means cash assistance provided to refugees who are
				  ineligible for the regular category programs and who have resided in the United
				  States for less than twelve (12) months from their initial entry into the
				  United States. All categorical relatedness is waived for the RCA program.
				  However, applicants must meet all other eligibility requirements including, but
				  not limited to, financial and residency requirements and, in addition, the RCA
				  employment and social services requirements.
12. "Rhode Island Works Program (RIW)" means
				  the agency program offers temporary cash assistance, child care assistance and
				  assistance in finding employment or job training to needy families.
13. "Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) Holders
				  from Iraq and Afghanistan" means:
a. Afghani
				  and Iraqi aliens who are granted Special Immigrant Status under §
				  101(a)(27) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. §
													1101). Individuals and family members granted
				  this SI Status are eligible for entitlement programs, including Refugee Cash
				  Assistance (RCA) and Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA), and refugee social
				  services the same as refugees admitted under § 207 of the INA.
b. For Iraqi/Afghan immigrants who acquire SI
				  Status while already in the United States, the date of eligibility for RCA/RMA
				  (their "entry" date) is the date of grant of SI Status. Until an Iraqi/Afghan
				  in parole or some other non-Immigrant Status becomes an SI with documentation
				  of this Status, he/she is not eligible for RCA/RMA.
14. "Supplemental Security Income (SSI)"
				  means a Federal income program designed to help aged, blind and disabled
				  individuals who have little or no income and few resources. The program
				  provides cash to meet basic needs for food, clothing and shelter.