373-2.3 Eligibility requirements for RMA.
(a) Eligibility for RMA is limited to those persons aged 21 through 64
who are not living with a dependent child, are not pregnant or certified blind/disabled
and who:
(1) are eligible for or receiving Safety Net
Assistance (SNA); or
(2) are eligible for medical assistance under
the single/childless couples group (S/CC); or
(3) have net available income or resources
above the SNA or S/CC levels, but whose net available income or resources are at or below
the State's medically needy levels as determined using the requirements of subpart 360-4
of this Title; and
(4) meet immigration status and identification
requirements in subpart 373-1.3 of this Part; and
(5) meet eligibility requirements and
conditions set forth in this subpart; and
(6) provide the name of the resettlement agency
which resettled them, if a refugee or entrant; and
(7) are not full-time students in an
institution of higher education, except where such enrollment is approved by the office as
part of an individual employability plan.
(b) Persons who do not meet the financial eligibility standards of the
medically needy program, must be allowed to spend down to such standard pursuant to
subpart 360-4.8(c) of this Title.
(c) Eligibility for RMA is limited to a specific period to be
determined by the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) from the date of
entry into the United States for refugees and Cuban/Haitian entrants, or from the date the
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) granted asylum for asylees.
(d) The social services district may not require that a refugee, an
asylee or a Cuban/Haitian entrant actually apply for or receive Family Assistance (FA) or
SNA as a condition of eligibility for RMA.