D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-5899

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024
Rule 29-5899 - DEFINITIONS
5899.1

When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed:

"Collateral Contact" - an oral confirmation, in-person or by telephone, of a person's or household's circumstances by a person outside of the household.

"DCPS" - the District of Columbia Public Schools.

"Department" - the Department of Human Services.

"DHS" - the District of Columbia Department of Human Services.

"Director" - the Director of the District of Columbia Department of Human Services.

"District" - agency of the government of the District of Columbia or any entity with which the government contracts for services.

"District of Columbia Public Assistance Act of 1982" - the District of Columbia Public Assistance Act of 1982, as amended, effective April 6, 1982 (D.C. Law 4-101; D.C. Official Code Section 4-201.1et seq.)

"Full Family Sanction" - the termination of the entire cash assistance grant for a non-exempt TANF family.

"FY" - fiscal year.

"Good Cause" - a circumstance as defined in 29 DCMR § 5810.3.

"IMA" - the Income Maintenance Administration.

"Individual Responsibility Plan (IRP)" - a written agreement developed jointly by the customer and DHS or a DHS Provider that acts as the customer's roadmap to securing employment and becoming self-sufficient. The IRP outlines specific steps that the customer agrees and commits to take in order to address and remove barriers, and find and retain employment.

"Individual Sanction" - a reduction in the Customer's TANF grant whereby the needs of the work eligible household member is excluded from the assistance unit.

"Minor" - a person who is:

(a) Less than 18 years of age; or
(b) Less than 19 years of age and is a full-time student in a secondary school (or in the equivalent level of vocational or technical training).

"Participant" - a participant in a program which expends federal or D.C. funds to require or support work activities, including subsidized jobs, work experience, community service, and on-the-job training under TANF, Welfare-to-Work, and the Workforce Investment Act.

"POWER" - the Program on Work, Employment, and Responsibility.

"Pregnant or parenting teen" - a person who has a child or children, or is pregnant in the third trimester of the first pregnancy, and is under eighteen (18) years of age.

"Student" - is an individual who is attending a school, college, or university or a course of vocational or technical training designed to fit him or her for gainful employment and includes a participant in the Job Corps Program under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), approved October 13, 1982 ( Pub.L. 97-300, 29 U.S.C. Section 1501et seq., as amended).

"TANF" - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, as defined in the District of Columbia Public Assistance Act of 1982, as amended, effective April 6, 1982 (D.C. Law 4-101; D.C. Official Code Section 4-201.1et seq.).

"TANF Service Provider" - The primary case manager service provider who is providing direct services to a TANF customer in accordance with the Customer's Individual Responsibility Plan.

"Teen" - an individual who is less than twenty (20) years of age.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-5899

Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 10251 (November 9, 2001); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 2863 (March 8, 2013); as amended by 61 DCR 853 (January 31, 2014)
Authority: Section 205 of the District of Columbia Public Assistance Act of 1982 (Public Assistance Act), as added September 10, 1985, effective April 6, 1982 (D.C. Law 6-35; D.C. Official Code § 4-202.05(a) (2012 Repl. & 2013 Supp.)) and Mayor's Order 1986-40, dated March 13, 1986.