[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: 45CFR400.75]



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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 F_Requirements for Employability Services and Employment

 

Sec.  400.75  Registration for employment services, participation in

employability service programs and targeted assistance programs, 



going to job interviews, and acceptance of appropriate offers of employment.



    (a) As a condition for receipt of refugee cash assistance, a refugee 

who is not exempt under Sec.  400.76 of this subpart must, except for 

good cause shown--

    (1) Register with an ``appropriate agency providing employment 

services,'' as defined in Sec.  400.71, and within 30 days of receipt of 

aid participate in the employment services provided by such agency, as 

defined in Sec.  400.154(a) of this part.

    (2) Go to a job interview which is arranged by the State agency or 

its designee.

    (3) Accept at any time, from any source, an offer of employment, as 

determined to be appropriate by the State agency or its designee.

    (4) Participate in any employability service program which provides 

job or language training in the area in which the refugee resides, which 

is funded under section 412(c) of the Act, and which is determined to be 

available and appropriate for that refugee; or if such a program funded 

under section



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412(c) is not available or appropriate in the area in which the refugee 

resides, any other available and appropriate program in such area.

    (5) Participate in any targeted assistance program in the area in 

which the refugee resides, which is funded under section 412(c) of the 

Act, and which is determined to be available and appropriate for that 

refugee.

    (6)(i) Accept an offer of employment which is determined to be 

appropriate by the local resettlement agency which was responsible for 

the initial resettlement of the refugee or by the appropriate State or 

local employment service;

    (ii) Go to a job interview which is arranged through such agency or 

service; and

    (iii) Participate in a social service or targeted assistance program 

which such agency or service determines to be available or appropriate.

    (b) The State agency or its designee must permit, but may not 

require, the voluntary registration for employment services of an 

applicant or recipient who is exempt under Sec.  400.76 of this part.



[54 FR 5477, Feb. 3, 1989, as amended at 60 FR 33602, June 28, 1995; 65 

FR 15448, Mar. 22, 2000]