Effective December 26, 2007, eligible Iraqi and Afghan special immigrants (SIs) are entitled to time limited refugee medical assistance (RMA). Iraqi SIs have 8 months of eligibility for RMA, Afghani SIs have 6 months of eligibility. Eligibility begins to run either from the date of arrival in the US if SI status was attained outside the US, or from the date of grant of LPR status if status was adjusted to SI in the states. The ACWDL has an explanatory time chart, as well as examples of acceptable documentation, and sample NOAs. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
Public Comment: U & T visa adjustment
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has published an interim final rule that allows “T” and “U” non-immigrants to adjust to lawful permanent residence. Written comments on the rule are due by February 10, 2009.
HUD Programs: Violence Against Women Act Conforming Amendments (73 F.R. 72336)
This interim rule conforms HUD’s regulations to the self-implementing Violence Against Women Act’s (VAWA) provisions for families applying for or receiving rental assistance under HUD’s public housing and tenant- and project-based Section 8 programs. [Download.] The effective date is December 29, 2008, but comments may be submitted through January 27, 2009. Meliah Schultzman (mschultzman@nhlp.org) of the National Housing Law Project is coordinating comment submission for members of the Housing Justice Network and other interested tenant/housing advocates.
ACL 08-57: Relative/Nonrelative Extended Family Member (NREFM) Approvals – Revised SOC 815 Form(11/25/08)
Instructions on how to fill out the SOC 815 form. [Download]. The form itself was retransmitted in ACL 08-57E, as an errata.
ACIN I-90-08: Statewide Foster Care Eligibility Training (12/15/08)
A reminder to counties of a statewide Foster Care Eligibility Training in Sacramento on February 12, 2009 and in Orange on March 5, 2009. [Download]
ACIN I-88-08: Funding For Implementation Of AB 1331 (12/1/08)
Just a note that funding was included in the 2008 Budget, and is now available for the implementation of AB 1331. AB 1331 requires counties to screen all foster youth for potential Supplemental Security Income/State Supplemental Payments eligibility when foster youth are at least 16.5 years of age and no more than 17.5 years of age. [Download]