D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-13010

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 29-13010 - INCOME SUPPORT

13010.1

The Department or its designee shall pay income support to a qualifying Program participant to help offset unavailability of other benefits up to a total of $10,000 per year. The total may be increased to the extent of funding availability at the sole discretion of the Department.

13010.2

The Department or its designee shall make income support payments by check or electronic benefit transfer.

13010.3

A Program participant is eligible for income support due to unavailability of medical assistance if:

(a) Either:

(1) It includes one or more members whose medical assistance is terminated due to exceeding an income or asset limit resulting at least in part from documented earned income or self-employment income; or

(2) It includes one or more members who apply for medical assistance after the household enrolls in the Program, but who are denied medical assistance eligibility due to exceeding an income or asset limit resulting at least in part from documented earned income or self-employment income; and

(b) The household members who lose or are denied medical assistance due to exceeding an income or asset limit purchase health insurance through the District's or a federal health exchange as described in Section 1321 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, approved March 23, 2010 (124 Stat. 119; Pub. L. 111-148), with any subsidies for which they qualify or receive health insurance that is subsidized through an employer.

13010.4

The Department shall pay a Program participant eligible for income support due to unavailability of medical assistance an amount equal to the total monthly premiums the household pays for health insurance for all members, or one twelfth (1/12) of the annual amount of the members' health insurance premiums, if payments are not made monthly.

13010.5

A Program participant seeking income support due to unavailability of medical assistance must either execute a release permitting the Department to access its members' medical assistance and insurance premium records for the duration of the Program or report any changes in its household members' receipt of medical assistance or amount of insurance premiums to the Department or its designee within fifteen (15) business days of the change occurring. If the Department cannot verify a reported change independently, the Program participant shall provide supporting documentation.

13010.6

A Program participant is eligible for income support due to unavailability of subsidized childcare assistance if:

(a) Either:

(1) It, or one or more of its members, receives childcare that is subsidized by the District for one or more household members and that childcare subsidy has been reduced or terminated due to increased income or assets resulting at least in part from documented earned income or self-employment income; or

(2) It, or one or more of its members, applies for subsidized childcare, but has been denied benefits for one or more household members, due to exceeding an income or asset limit resulting at least in part from documented earned income or self-employment income;

(b) It uses a childcare provider that is approved for District subsidies by the District Office of the State Superintendent for Education (OSSE); and

(c) It applies all subsidies for which it is eligible towards the purchase of childcare.

13010.7

The Department shall pay a Program participant eligible for income support due to unavailability of subsidized childcare assistance an amount equal to the total monthly amount it pays for childcare after accounting for any District subsidies, or, if payments are not made monthly, one twelfth (1/12) of the annual amount of its childcare payments after accounting for any District subsidies.

13010.8

A Program participant seeking income support due to unavailability of subsidized childcare assistance must either execute a release permitting the Department to access its members' childcare assistance and payment records for the duration of the Program or report any changes in its household members' receipt of subsidized childcare assistance and changes in childcare payments to the Department or its designee within fifteen (15) business days of the change occurring. If the Department cannot verify a reported change independently, the Program participant shall provide supporting documentation.

13010.9

A Program participant is eligible for income support due to unavailability of District cash assistance if:

(a) Either:

(1) It receives District cash assistance benefits, and those benefits are reduced or terminated due to increased gross or net income resulting at least in part from documented earned income or selfemployment income; or

(2) It applies for District cash assistance benefits after enrolling in Career MAP, but is denied due to exceeding a gross or net income limit resulting at least in part from documented earned income or self-employment income; and

(b) It is not already receiving the full amount of unavailable District cash assistance benefits as a rent discount pursuant to § 13007.7.

13010.10

The Department shall pay the Program participant the difference between the maximum monthly District cash assistance benefit amount for its District cash assistance benefit assistance unit size and the actual amount of District cash assistance benefits it is receiving each month, less the amount of any rental discount applied pursuant to § 13007.7(a)-(b).

13010.11

A Program participant seeking income support due to unavailability of District cash assistance benefits must either execute a release permitting the Department to access its members' District cash assistance benefit records for the duration of the Program or report any changes in its household members' receipt of District cash assistance benefits to the Department or its designee within fifteen (15) business days of the change occurring. If the Department cannot verify a reported change independently, the Program participant shall provide supporting documentation.

13010.12

A Program participant is eligible for income support due to unavailability of District SNAP if:

(a) Either:

(1) It receives District SNAP, and those benefits are reduced or terminated due to:

(A) Increased gross or net income resulting at least in part from documented earned income or self-employment income;

(B) Thirty percent (30%) of its net income exceeding the level at which benefits are paid for a SNAP household of its size resulting at least in part from documented earned income or self-employment income; or

(2) It applies for District SNAP after enrolling in Career MAP, but is denied due to exceeding a gross or net income limit or due to 30% of its net income exceeding the level at which benefits are paid for a SNAP household of its size, resulting at least in part from documented earned income or self-employment income; and

(b) It is not already receiving the full amount of unavailable District SNAP benefits as a rent discount pursuant to § 13007.7(c)-(d).

13010.13

The Department shall pay the Program participant the difference between the maximum monthly District SNAP benefit amount for its District SNAP household size and the actual amount of District SNAP it is receiving each month, less the amount of any rental discount applied pursuant to § 13007.7(c)-(d).

13010.14

If an enrolled household is subject to any District cash assistance or SNAP sanctions that reduce the amount of District cash assistance or SNAP benefits received, the calculations in §§ 13010.10 and 13010.13 shall be performed using the monthly District cash assistance or SNAP benefit amount less any sanctions for those programs.

13010.15

If an enrolled household is receiving household income assistance payments as defined under this section, but is still receiving SNAP benefits, that income assistance shall be paid as a nonrecurring lump sum instead of a monthly payment. The lump sum payment shall be made at a date determined at the discretion of the Department.

13010.16

If a Program participant is no longer receiving SNAP benefits, the Department shall pay income assistance payments as defined under this section as a monthly payment.

13010.17

A Program participant seeking income support due to unavailability of District SNAP benefits must either execute a release permitting the Department to access its members' District SNAP records for the duration of the Program or report any changes in its household members' receipt of District SNAP to the Department or its designee within fifteen (15) business days of the change occurring. If the Department cannot verify a reported change independently, the Program participant shall provide supporting documentation.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-13010

Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 8238 (6/9/2023)