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.

Source Note: 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