The Repatriation Program provides temporary assistance, care, and treatment for up to 90 days for U.S. citizens or dependents of U.S. citizens who have returned from foreign countries. To qualify for repatriation assistance the individual must be returned from a foreign country because s/he is destitute or ill (including mentally ill) or because of war, threat of war, or a similar crisis. A request must be made by the State Department to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to receive the individual in the United States and to provide the necessary care, treatment, and assistance.
Assistance may include reception services (meeting the client at the airport), food, shelter, clothing, and transportation. It may also include payment for special services such as medical and psychiatric care. As part of the assistance, guidance, counseling, and vocational rehabilitation may be provided.
The Central Office will contact the appropriate local office on all arriving cases.
If it appears that the individual is eligible for another form of assistance, the worker shall make a referral (to Social Security, Veterans Administration, etc.) or complete an application for categorical assistance.
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