Period for Refugee Cash Assistance and Refugee Medical Assistance; Correction
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) published a notice in the Federal Register of July 14, 2026, extending the eligibility time period for Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) and...
Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION:
Notice; correction.
SUMMARY:
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) published a notice in the
Federal Register
of July 14, 2026, extending the eligibility time period for Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) and Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA). After further review of the considerations listed 45 CFR 400.211, ORR determined that the eligibility period should be 12 months. This submission is to correct the time eligibility period to 12 months for both programs.
DATES:
Recipients should implement this change to the RCA and RMA eligibility time period within 30 days of this publication in the
Federal Register
, consistent with 45 CFR 400.211(b).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Miro Marinovich, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families, by phone at (240) 856-2610, and email at
Miro.Marinovich@acf.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Correction
In the
Federal Register
of July 14, 2026, in FR Doc. 2026-14095, correct all references to the 8-month eligibility period to 12 months so that:
InSUMMARY
paragraph: adjust 8 to 12,
In paragraph 5 under theSUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
heading: adjust 8 to 12,
In paragraph 6 under theSUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
heading: adjust 8 to 12, and
In paragraph 8 under theSUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
heading: adjust 8 to 12.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 62534
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Period for Refugee Cash Assistance and Refugee Medical Assistance; Correction,” thefederalregister.org (October 1, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-20111/period-for-refugee-cash-assistance-and-refugee-medical-assistance-correction.
45 CFR 400.211