45 CFR § 400.52 - Emergency cash assistance to refugees.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s400.52"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 400.52 - Emergency cash assistance to refugees."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "400.52"
section_name: "Emergency cash assistance to refugees."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
part_number: "400"
part_name: "REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Section 412(a)(9), Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(a)(9))."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 59323, Sept. 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "400"
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# 400.52 Emergency cash assistance to refugees.

If the State agency or its designee determines that a refugee has an urgent need for cash assistance, it should process the application for cash assistance as quickly as possible and issue the initial payment to the refugee on an emergency basis.