Section 376.103 - How are the terms in this chapter defined?The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Adult--An individual 18 years of age or older.(2) Applicant--An individual who has applied for refugee social services and is waiting on an eligibility determination.(3) Asylee--An individual who has been granted asylum under section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).(4) Asylee applicant--An individual who has applied for but has not been granted status under section 208 of the INA.(5) Case management services--Assessment, planning, and determining referrals for services and monitoring the refugee's participation in these services.(6) Cash assistance--Financial assistance to refugees, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Social Security Income, Refugee Cash Assistance, and, if available, general state assistance.(7) Contractor--An organization that has a contract to provide refugee social services with the Texas Department of Human Services (DHS).(8) CFR--Code of Federal Regulations.(9) CHIP--Texas Children's Health Insurance Program.(10) DHS--Texas Department of Human Services.(11) Discretionary grants--Grants targeted at specific refugee populations at the discretion of the director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement.(12) DOJ--Department of Justice.(13) DOS--Department of State(14) Economic self-sufficiency--Earning a total family income at a level that enables a family unit to support itself without receiving a cash assistance grant.(15) Employability plan--An employment plan designed to lead to the earliest possible employment in the shortest time period.(16) Family unit--Individual adult, married individuals without children, or parents, or custodial relatives with minor children who are ineligible for TANF, who live in the same household.(17) Fund accounting--A system of accounting that requires separate records and allocations for each grant or source of funding.(18) INA--Immigration and Nationality Act.(19) Incentive payment--A one-time payment for early employment.(20) INS--Immigration and Naturalization Service.(21) LEP--Limited English Proficiency.(22) MAA--Mutual Assistance Agency, a nonprofit corporation that has not less than 51% of the Board of Directors or governing board comprised of refugees or former refugees, including both refugee men and women.(23) MNIL--Medically Needy Income Limit.(24) Nepotism--Hiring family or friends when that relationship could be perceived as a conflict of interest in providing services to refugees.(25) OIRA--Office of Immigration and Refugee Affairs under DHS.(26) ORR--Office of Refugee Resettlement.(27) P-3--Public/Private Partnership, a state-administered option for the provision of refugee cash assistance through contracts or grants with local resettlement agencies.(28) Participant--A person who has been determined eligible for refugee social services.(29) Refugee--An individual admitted to the United States under section 207 of the INA.(30) Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA)--A time-limited cash assistance program available to eligible refugees who are ineligible for TANF.(31) Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA)--A time-limited medical assistance program provided to eligible refugees who are ineligible for Medicaid.(32) RSS--Refugee Social Services Grant.(33) TAC--Texas Administrative Code.(34) TAG--Targeted Assistance Grant.(35) TANF--Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.(36) Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services (PRS)--State agency approved under state law to provide child welfare services to children of the state.(37) Title IV-B plan--State plan for providing child welfare services to children in the state under part B of Title IV of the Social Security Act.(38) UNHCR--United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.(39) Unaccompanied Refugee Minor (URM)--a person under 18 years old: (A) who entered the United States unaccompanied by and not destined to a parent or close non-parental adult relative or adult with a clear and court-verifiable claim to custody of the minor;(B) who has no parents in the United States; and(C) who has been identified by the INS as an unaccompanied minor.(40) Vendor payment--Payment made on behalf of a RCA participant for rent or utilities.(41) Victim of a severe form of trafficking--An adult individual certified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as a victim of a severe form of trafficking.(42) VOLAG--Voluntary Resettlement Agency.1 Tex. Admin. Code § 376.103
The provisions of this §376.103 adopted to be effective October 28, 2002, 27 TexReg 10044; transferred effective October 1, 2003, as published in the Texas Register July 2, 2004, 29 TexReg 6359