# COMAR Title 07 — Department of Human Services

## Subtitle 03 — Family Investment Administration

### Chapter 16 — Refugee Cash Assistance

#### Regulation .06 Assistance Unit.

*COMAR 07.03.16.06*

A. All individuals included in the RCA unit shall meet the requirements as described in Regulation .03 of this chapter.

B. The LDSS:

  (1) Shall include childless refugee married couples in the same assistance unit, unless one member receives SSI; and

  (2) May not include in the same assistance unit adult refugees related to one another such as brothers and sisters.

C. The assistance unit may not include:

  (1) An individual who fails to meet technical factors of eligibility as described in Regulation .03 of this chapter;

  (2) An individual who is fleeing to avoid prosecution or custody or confinement after conviction for a crime or an attempt to commit a crime, which is:

    (a) A felony under the laws of the place within the United States from which the individual is fleeing; or

    (b) In the case of New Jersey, a high misdemeanor under the laws of that state;

  (3) An individual violating a condition of probation or parole imposed under federal or state law;

  (4) An individual convicted of IPV as described in Regulation .17B of this chapter;

  (5) An institutionalized individual; or

  (6) An SSI recipient.