Benefit payments made during the first four months of the eligibility time period may be a combination of cash and vendor payments. Benefit payments made during months five through eight will be cash. Payment levels are established by the Texas Department of Human Services (DHS) and approved by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). DHS will update payment levels as needed and will publish them in the Refugee Cash Assistance Provider Manual, and in the DHS State Plan for Refugee Services submitted annually to ORR.

Source Note: The provisions of this §375.331 adopted to be effective July 18, 2002, 27 TexReg 6326; transferred effective October 1, 2003, as published in the Texas Register July 2, 2004, 29 TexReg 6359