Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a)
Purpose. The RRP purpose is
to provide for effective refugee resettlement and to assist refugees to achieve
economic self-sufficiency as quickly as possible, per Section 400.1 of Title 45
of the Code of Federal Regulations (45 C.F.R. §
400.1.).
(b)
Legal basis and funding
availability. The Refugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212) provides
assistance to refugees, regardless of national origin, to be administered by
the states, with up to 100 percent reimbursement from federal funds. Provision
of RRP benefits is based on federal fund availability. If federal funding is
reduced or terminated, RRP benefits are reduced or terminated
accordingly.
(c)
Refugee
documentation. A refugee applying for RRP must provide United States
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) documentation to verify the
person's refugee status. Acceptable documentation includes, but is not limited
to:
(1) Form I-94, Departure Record;
(2) Form I-551, Legal Permanent Resident
Card;
(3) a passport stamped with
the classification status;
(4) a
T-Visa; or
(5) a letter or order
from USCIS or court granting asylum.
(d)
Refugee status. The USCIS
documentation the applicant provides must show the applicant's status is:
(1) paroled as a refugee or asylee under
Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA);
(2) admitted as a refugee under Section 207
of the INA;
(3) granted asylum
under Section 208 of the INA;
(4)
admitted as an Amerasian immigrant from Vietnam under Section 584 of the
Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Program Appropriations Act of
1989, as amended;
(5) admitted for
permanent residence, provided the person previously held one of the statuses
identified in this Section;
(6) a
Cuban or Haitian entrant, per requirements in 45 C.F.R Part 401 ;
(7) an alien and the alien's eligible
relatives who are victims of a severe form of trafficking per Section 107(b) of
the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 as reauthorized and amended by
the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003;
(8) an Iraqi admitted in special immigrant
status as defined in Section 101(a)(27) of Title 8 of the United States Code
(8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(27)), and per
Section 1059 of P.L.
109-163, the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2006, and Section 1244 of
P.L.
110-181, the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2008 per Section 525 of Division G of
P.L.
110-161, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of
2008, and Section 1244 of P.L. 110-181, the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008;
(9) an Afghan admitted in special immigrant
status as defined per 8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(27) and per
Section 1059 of P.L.
109-163, the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2006, Section 602, Division F of P.L. 111-08, the Omnibus
Appropriations Act, 2009, per Section 525 of Division G of
P.L.
110-161 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2009;
(10) an Afghan who receives
special immigrant (SI) conditional permanent residence, SI/SQ parole or who is
a humanitarian parolee admitted to the United States (U.S.) due to urgent
humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit, per Section 2502 of the
Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022,
P. L.
117-43, as modified by Section 106(3) and 149(a)
of the Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act,
2023, P. L.
117-180. Humanitarian parolees paroled into the
U.S. between July 31, 2021, through December 16, 2022 are eligible for refugee
cash assistance (RCA) and refugee medical assistance (RMA) benefits for 12
months beginning October 1, 2021, or the date the parolee "enters the
community" in the U.S., such as when they leave a military base, whichever is
later. The latest date humanitarian parolees may receive RCA and RMA benefits
is March 31, 2023 or the end of their parole term, whichever is later;
or
(11) a Ukrainian citizen or
national or person who last habitually resided in Ukraine and received parole
per Section 401 of the Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act of
2022, P.L.
117-128. The parole must occur between February
24, 2022, and September 30, 2023. If after September 30, 2023, the parolee must
be the child, spouse, parent, legal guardian, or primary caretaker of a
Ukrainian parolee who was paroled between February 24, 2022 and September 30,
2023.
(e)
Alien
status declaration. Under penalty of perjury, the applicant declares the
alien status of all persons applying for RRP benefits on the application and
signs the application. Before adding an additional person to the benefit after
certification, this declaration is made on Form 08MP022E, Declaration of
Citizenship Status. The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlement (SAVE)
process is used to verify alien status, per OAC
340:65-3-4(5).
(f)
Exclusions from RRP. Persons
excluded from participation in RRP are:
(1)
resident aliens who did not previously have refugee or asylee status;
or
(2) any asylum applicant who has
not been granted asylum status.
Amended at 10 Ok Reg 103,
eff 10-13-92 (emergency); Amended at 10 Ok Reg 2077, eff 5-27-93; Amended at 13
Ok Reg 461, eff 11-14-95 (emergency); Amended at 13 Ok Reg 3007, eff 7-11-96;
Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1947, eff 6-11-99; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1022, eff 6-1-06;
Amended at 26 Ok Reg 179, eff 11-1-08 (emergency); Amended at 26 Ok Reg 881,
eff 4-25-09; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 26, eff 11-1-09 (emergency); Amended at 27 Ok
Reg 1271, eff 5-27-10
