Co-efficient. The United States cannot track expenditures attached to individual asylum seekers or those granted asylum. Additionally, the United States also cannot track state and local government expenditures for individuals granted asylum. To reflect estimated participation in SNAP by refugees/asylees an adjustment is made: Assessing refugee/asylee expenditures for the first twelve months of their stay: Arrivals are treated as if they all came on the first day of the year.