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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 07.03.16.03" title_num="07" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="16" heading="Technical Eligibility.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>To qualify for RCA, an individual:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Meet immigration status and documentation requirements as described in §B of this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Be a Maryland resident as described in §C of this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Have resided in the United States less than 8 months following the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Initial month of entry into the country as a refugee; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Granting of status as an asylee or victim of severe trafficking in persons;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Be ineligible for TCA, SSI, or other federal programs for the aged, blind or disabled, children, or families; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>In the case of a refugee, provide the name of the local resettlement agency that resettled the individual; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>May not be a full-time student in an institution of higher education, except if enrollment is approved by the LDSS as part of an individual employability plan for the refugee or a plan for an unaccompanied minor.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Refugee and Asylee Status Requirements.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An applicant for RCA shall provide verification of immigration status, in the form of documentation from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), that the individual has been:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Paroled as a refugee or asylee under §212(d)(5) of the INA;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Admitted as a refugee under §207 of the INA;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Granted asylum status in the U.S. under §208 of the INA;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Granted status as a Cuban and Haitian entrant as defined in §501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Admitted to the Unites States as an Amerasian under 8 U.S.C. §1612(a)(2)(A); or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Certified by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement as a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons in accordance with Public Law 106-386 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An individual admitted for permanent residence also meets the status requirements of §B(1) of this regulation if the individual previously held one of the statuses described in §B(1) of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Residence.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The applicant and all recipients of RCA shall be residents of the State.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A resident of the State is one who is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Living in the State voluntarily and not for a temporary purpose and has no immediate intention of moving from the State; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Not receiving assistance from another state.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The LDSS may not impose requirements as to duration of residence in the State as a condition of receipt of RCA.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>