2-003 Time Limit on Cash and Medical Assistance

A refugee may receive a maximum of eight months of refugee cash and medical assistance. Eligibility begins with the date of arrival in the U.S., if the refugee meets all eligibility requirements. For asylees, the eight months of eligibility begin with the date of granted asylum.

If the refugee applies after the date of arrival in the U.S., s/he may receive assistance for the remaining months of the eight-month eligibility period. The same is true for an asylee who applies after the date s/he is granted asylum.

For example if the refugee enters the U.S. in June but does not apply for assistance until August s/he has only six months of eligibility for RRP left.

The time limit is applied to each client separately, not to the unit as a whole. Therefore, there may be some members of the household who are eligible for assistance and some who are not.

{Effective 8/12/2008}