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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 07.03.16.01" title_num="07" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="16" heading="Purpose and Scope.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Purpose. The Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) Program is for new arrivals in the United States who are:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Refugees;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Asylees; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Scope.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>This chapter does not apply to individuals residing in:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Baltimore City;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Baltimore County;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Anne Arundel County;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Carroll County;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Howard County;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Harford County; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Washington County.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Individuals in the jurisdictions listed in §B(1) of this regulation are subject to the Maryland Public/Private Partnership Refugee Transitional Cash Assistance Program in compliance with 45 CFR Parts 400 and 401.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>