[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR400.61]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN 

          AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 400_REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart E_Refugee Cash Assistance

 

Sec.  400.61  Services to public/private RCA recipients.



    (a) Services provided to recipients of refugee cash assistance in 

the public/private RCA program may be provided by the local resettlement 

agencies that administer the public/private RCA program or by other 

refugee service agencies.

    (b) Allowable services under the public/private program are limited 

to those services described in Sec.  Sec.  400.154 and 400.155 and are to 

be funded in accordance with Sec.  400.206.

    (c) In public/private programs in which local resettlement agencies 

are responsible for administering both cash assistance and services, 

States and local resettlement agencies must coordinate on a regular 

basis with refugee mutual assistance associations and other ethnic 

representatives that represent or serve the ethnic populations that are 

being resettled in the U.S. to ensure that the services provided under 

the public/private RCA program:

    (1) Are appropriate to the linguistic and cultural needs of the 

incoming populations; and

    (2) Are coordinated with the longer-term resettlement services 

frequently provided by ethnic community organizations after the end of 

the time-limited RCA eligibility period.

    (d) In public/private programs in which the agencies responsible for 

providing services to RCA recipients are not the same agencies that 

administer the cash assistance program, the State must:

    (1) Establish procedures to ensure close coordination between the 

local resettlement agencies that provide cash assistance and the 

agencies that provide services to RCA recipients; and

    (2) Set up a system of accountability that identifies the 

responsibilities of each participating agency and holds these agencies 

accountable for the results of the program components for which they are 

responsible.