Rule 23-104-7.54 - Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA), Cuban and Haitian Entrant Cash Assistance (CHECA)A. This type of assistance is defined as follows:1. Refugee Cash Assistance and Cuban and Haitian Entrant Cash Assistance are federally funded programs that make ongoing needs-based payments to refuges during their first 8 months in the United States.B. This type of assistance is treated as follows:1. RCA and CHECA payments are federally-funded income based on need and unless excluded under a PASS, are counted dollar for dollar as income under IBON policy. The $50/$20 general income exclusion does not apply.23 Miss. Code. R. 104-7.54
Social Security Act §1902 (r)(2); 42 CFR §435.601(b) (Rev 1994).