Okla. Admin. Code § 340:60-1-3
Current through Vol. 42, No. 6, December 2, 2024
Section 340:60-1-3 - [Effective until 9/14/2025] Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP)(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;(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. 11108, 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, 2024. If after September 30, 2024, 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, 2024.(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.Okla. Admin. Code § 340:60-1-3
Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 39, Issue 10, February 1, 2022, eff. 12/21/2021Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 39, Issue 24, September 1, 2022, eff. 9/15/2022Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 40, Issue 12, March 1, 2023, eff. 2/9/2023Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 41, Issue 23, August 15, 2024, eff. 9/14/2024Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 42, Issue 5, November 15, 2024, eff. 10/8/2024, exp. 9/14/2025 (Emergency)