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INA: ACT 411- O141410E OF REFUGEE RESE 1"1LEMENT
Sec. 411. [8 U.S.C. 1521) (a) There is established, within the Department of Health and Human Services, an office to be known as the
Office of Refugee Resettlement (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the "Office"). The head of the Office shall be a Director
(hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the "Director"), to be appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (hereinafter in this
chapter referred to as the "Secretary").
(b) The function of the Office and its Director is to fund and administer (directly or through arrangements with other Federal agencies), in
consultation with the Secretary of State, 1/ programs of the Federal Government under this chapter.
FOOTNOTES FOR SECTION 411
INA; ACT 411 FN 1
FN 1 Paragraph (1) of § 162(n) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Pub. L. 103-236, 108 Stat. 409,
Apr. 30, 1994) substituted a reference to the Secretary of State for a reference to the U.S. Coordinator for Refugee Affairs; paragraphs (2)
and (3) of that section deleted subsequent references in § 412 and § 413 to the Coordinator.
AUTHENTICATED
V.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
Off. of Refugee Resettlement, ACF, HHS
Subpart L---Targeted Assistance
400,310 Basis and scope.
400.311 Definitions,
400.312 Opportunity to apply for services.
FUNDING AND SERVICE PRIORITIES
400.313 Use of funds.
400.314 Priority in provision of services.
400,315 General eligibility requirements,
400,316 Scope of targeted assistance serv-
ices.
400,317 Service requirements,
400,318 Eligible grantees.
400,319 Allocation of funds.
AUTHORITY: Section 412(a)(9), Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(a) (9)).
SOURCE: 45 FR 59323, Sept. 9, 1980, unless
otherwise noted.
Subpart A —Introduction •
§ 400.1 Basis and purpose of the pro-
gram.
(a) This part prescribes requirements
concerning grants to States and other
public and private non-profit agencies,
wherever applicable under title IV of
the Immigration and Nationality Act,
(b) It is the purpose of this program
to provide for the effective resettle-
ment of refugees and to assist them to
achieve economic self-sufficiency as
quickly as possible.
(c) Under the authority in section-
412 (a) (6) (13) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act, the Director has estab-
lished the provision of employment
services and English language training
as a priority in accomplishing the pur-
pose of this program,
151 FR 3912,' Jan. 30, 1986, as amended at 80
FR 33601, June 28, 1995]
§ 400.2 Definitions.
The following definitions are applica-
ble for purposes of this part:
AABD means aid to the aged, blind,
and disabled under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act.
AB means aid to the blind under title
X of the Social Security Act,
Act means the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act.
APTD means aid to the permanently
and totally disabled under title XIV of
the Social Security Act.
Case management services means the
determination of which service(s) to
refer a refugee to, referral to such serve
§ 400.2
ice(s), and tracking of the refugee's
participation in such service(s).
Cash assistance means financial as-
sistance to refugees, • including TANF,
SSI, refugee cash assistance, and gen-
eral assistance, as defined herein,
under title IV of the Act.
Designee, when referring to the State
agency's designee, means an agency
designated by the State agency for the
purpose of carrying out the require-
ments of this part,
Director means the Director, Office of
Refugee Resettlement.
Economic self-sufficiency means earn-
ing a total family income at a level
that enables a family unit to support
itself without receipt of a cash assist-
ance grant.
Family unit means an individual
adult, married individuals without
children, or parents, or custodial rel-
atives, with minor children who are
not eligible for TANF, who live in the
same household.
Federal Funding or 'FF' means Fed-
eral funding for a State's expenditures
under the refugee resettlement pro-
gram.
General assistance program means a fi-
nancial and/or medical assigtance pro-
gram existing in a State or local juris-
diction which: (a) Is funded entirely by
State and/or local funds; (b) is gen-
erally available to needy persons resid-
ing in the State or locality who meet
specified income and resource require-
ments; and (c) consists of one-time
emergency, or ongoing assistance in-
tended to meet basic needs of recipi-
ents, such as food, clothifig, shelter,
medical care, or other essentials of liv-
ing,
HI -IS means the Department of Health
and Human Services.
Local resettlement agency means a
local affiliate or subcontractor of a na-
tional voluntary agency that has en-
tered into a grant, contract, or cooper-
ative agreement with the United
States Department of State or other
appropriate Federal agency to provide
for -the reception and initial placement
of refugees in the United States.
Medical assistance means medical
services to refugees, including Med-
icaid, refugee medical assistance, and
general assistance, as defined herein,
under title IV of the Act.
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