Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A.
Definitions beginning with "A":
(1)
Alien: means an individual
residing in the U.S. who does not hold U.S. citizenship.
(2)
Application: means a written
request for assistance, on the appropriate ISD form, signed by or on behalf of
an individual or family.
(3)
Asylee: means an individual who while in the U.S. is granted
permanent residence under Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(INA) and is unable or unwilling to return to his or her country of origin
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.
(4)
Asylee applicant: means an individual who has applied for, but not
yet received, asylum in the U.S. and who is therefore ineligible for the
RRP.
(5)
Authorized
representative: means a person aged 18 years or older who is designated,
in writing, by the applicant and is sufficiently knowledgeable about the
applicant/benefit group's circumstances to complete the application form
correctly and represent the benefit group.
B.
Definitions beginning with
"B": Benefit group: means an individual or group of
individuals authorized to receive cash assistance financed by federal or state
funds.
C.
Definitions
beginning with "C":
(1)
Case
management services: means the determination of appropriate service(s)
to refer a refugee, referral to such services(s), and tracking of the refugee's
participation in such services(s).
(2)
Conditional entrant: means
an individual who was admitted to the U.S. under Section 203(a)(7) of the
INA.
(3)
Cuban/Haitian
entrant: means a citizen of Cuba or Haiti who is admitted to the U.S.
under section 212(d)(5) of the INA.
D.
Definitions beginning with
"D":
(1)
Date of entry:
means the date established by the department of homeland security as the date a
refugee or Cuban/Haitian entrant was lawfully admitted to the U.S. for
permanent residence. For asylees it means the date on which asylum was granted.
(2)
Department: means
the human services department.
(3)
Documentation of immigration status: means documents issued to the
individual by DHS or USCIS that identifies the individual's lawful immigration
status. The documentation provided by an individual is copied for the case
file.
E.
Definitions beginning with "E":
(1)
Earned income: means cash or
payments in-kind that are received as wages from employment or payment in lieu
of wages; and earnings from self-employment or earnings acquired from direct
provision of services, goods or property, production of goods, management of
property or supervision of services.
(2)
Economic self-sufficiency:
means the ability of a refugee to meet his or her basic needs without the need
for cash assistance.
(3)
Employability plan: means an individualized written plan for a
refugee, registered for employment services, that sets forth a program of
services intended to achieve the earliest possible employment of the refugee.
(4)
Employability services:
means services designed to enable an individual to attain employment and
to improve the work skills of the individual.
F.
Definitions beginning with "F": Form
I-94: means the white arrival/departure card issued by the department of
homeland security to each alien entering the U.S. which identifies the date of
entry and the immigration status granted to that person.
G.
Definitions beginning with "G":
[RESERVED]
H.
Definitions beginning with "H": [RESERVED]
I.
Definitions beginning with
"I":
(1)
Individualized
employability plan (IEP): means a written plan, developed by the refugee
and the case manager, or the actions to be taken by an employable refugee to
achieve employment and economic self-sufficiency.
(2)
Institution of higher
education: means any educational institution which normally requires a
high school diploma or equivalency certificate for enrollment, including but
not limited to colleges, universities, and vocational or technical schools at
the post-high school level.
J.
Definitions beginning with "J":
[RESERVED]
K.
Definitions beginning with "K": [RESERVED]
L.
Definitions beginning with
"L":
(1)
Local affiliate:
means a not-for-profit agency that is affiliated with a national
voluntary agency (VOLAG) and has been approved by the U.S. department of state
to conduct a refugee resettlement program.
(2)
Local resettlement agency:
means a local affiliate of a VOLAG that has entered into a grant,
contract, or cooperative agreement with the U.S. department of state to provide
initial reception and placement services to refugees.
(3)
Local sponsor: means an
individual, church, or civic organization that has agreed to assist a refugee
to resettle in a specific community.
M.
Definitions beginning with
"M":
(1)
Match grant:
means a program sponsored by the office of refugee resettlement (ORR) that
provided matching funds to voluntary agencies and local affiliates to provide
cash assistance and services to refugees for no more than six months after
their lawful arrival in the U.S.
(2)
Medicaid: means medical
assistance under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, as amended.
(3)
Minor unmarried parent:
means an unmarried parent, who is under the age of 18 years, or is age
18 and enrolled in high school.
N.
Definitions beginning with
"N":
(1)
National voluntary
agency (VOLAG): means one of the national resettlement agencies that has
entered into a contract, or cooperative agreement with the U.S. department of
state or other federal agency to provide for the resettlement of refugees and
to oversee the work of a national network or local affiliates.
(2)
New Mexico works: means the
federally funded temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program that
carries a 60 month term limit for adults in the state of New Mexico and
requires participation in a variety of job search and skill development
activities to maintain eligibility.
O.
Definitions beginning with "O":
[RESERVED]
P.
Definitions beginning with "P": Payment: means the amount of the
cash assistance benefit.
Q.
Definitions beginning with "Q": [RESERVED]
R.
Definitions beginning with
"R":
(1)
Reception and placement
grant: means a grant provided by the U.S. department of state or U.S.
department of justice that is intended to assist refugees to meet their basic
needs during the first 30 to 90 days after admission to the U.S.
(2)
Recipient: means a person
receiving cash assistance benefits.
(3)
Refugee: means any person
who is admitted into the U.S. under Section 207 of the INA and is unable or
unwilling to return to his or her country of origin 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.
(4)
Resources: means tangible
assets and property owned by the applicant with the exception of assets and
property in the refugee's country of origin and assets and property given to
the refugee as part of the reception and placement program.
(5)
Refugee cash assistance
(RCA): means a one hundred percent federally funded cash assistance
program for non-TANF, non-SSI, eligible needy refugees during their first 12
months in the U.S.
(6)
Refugee medical assistance (RMA): means a one hundred percent
federally funded medical assistance program for non-Medicaid eligible needy
refugees during their first 12 in the U.S.
S.
Definitions beginning with
"S":
(1)
Secondary migrant:
means a refugee who was initially resettled in another state but who has
relocated their residence to New Mexico.
(2)
Spend down: means to deduct
incurred medical expenses from countable income, thereby lowering the amount of
countable income to a level that may meet the financial eligibility
standard.
(3)
Standard of
deed: means a maximum cash benefit amount that is based on federal
regulation for TANF standard of need.
(4)
Supplemental security income
(SSI): means monthly cash payments to income eligible persons over the
age of 65 or who are determined to be disabled under the authority of Title XVI
of the Social Security Act.
T.
Definitions beginning with "T":
[RESERVED]
U.
Definitions beginning with "U": Unearned income:
means income from one of these sources: old age, survivors and disability
insurance payments (social security); railroad retirement benefits; veteran's
administration compensation or pension payments; military retirement and
allotments; pensions, annuities and retirement benefits; lodge or fraternal
benefits; other public or private disability or retirement benefits or
pensions; shared shelter payments; individual Indian money (IIM); royalty or
lease payments for land or property owned by a benefit group member; settlement
payments resulting from insurance or litigation; worker's compensation
benefits; child support; unemployment compensation benefits; union benefits
paid in cash; gifts and contributions; and real property income.
V.
Definitions beginning with "V":
Victim of human trafficking: means an individual who has received
certification from ORR as a victim of human trafficking.
W.
Definitions beginning with "W":
[RESERVED]
X.
Definitions beginning with "X": [RESERVED]
Y.
Definitions beginning with "Y":
[RESERVED]
Z.
Definitions beginning with "Z": [RESERVED]
