Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 661 - REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, REPATRIATE, AND STATE LEGALIZATION IMPACT ASSISTANCE GRANT (SLIAG) PROGRAMS
Subchapter 2 - REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM
Section 17-661-19 - RCA employment and training exemptions
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 17-661-19
Current through February, 2024
(a) A refugee shall be considered employable unless one of the following exemptions applies:
(1) The individual is under age
sixteen, or under age eighteen and is a full-time student as specified in
chapter 17-656;
(2) The individual
is age eighteen and is:
(A) A full-time
student in a secondary school or in the equivalent level of vocational or
technical training, as specified in chapter 17-656, and is reasonably expected
to complete the program before reaching age nineteen; or
(B) Enrolled full-time in training as part of
an employability plan approved by the service agency approved by the
department;
(3) A person
is ill, incapacitated, or over age sixty-five. The incapacity shall be verified
through a written medical, psychological, or psychiatric report showing the
limitations and the estimated period of incapacity;
(4) A person whose presence in the home is
required because of illness or incapacity of another member of the
household;
(5) A mother or other
caretaker of a child under the age of six who is caring for the child;
or
(6) A mother or other caretaker
of a child, when the nonexempt father or other nonexempt adult relative in the
house is registered and has not refused to accept employment without good
cause.
(b) A refugee shall not be exempt from accepting employment because of part-time participation in training under an approved employability plan by the service agency approved by the department.
(c) Inability to communicate in English shall not make the refugee unemployable.
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