D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-6099
"Activities of daily living" - Eating, dressing, clothing, and grooming.
"Adult" - A person, other than a foster child in the care and custody of CFSA, who is eighteen (18) years of age or older.
"Agency" - The entity under which an applicant seeks to be a foster parent or under which a foster home operates, which may be either CFSA or a child-placing agency.
"Applicant"- the person(s) applying to be licensed as a foster parent, including as appropriate the person applying for a temporary license, under this Chapter.
"Back-up caregiver" - An individual, identified by the resource parent and approved by the agency pursuant to §§6033.5, to provide care and supervision, including short-term overnight care, of a foster child in the resource parent's absence on an irregular basis.
"Babysitter" - An individual who supervises and cares for a child on an occasional or infrequent basis.
"Business day" - Monday through Friday excluding legal holidays.
"CFSA" - The District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency.
"Child" - A foster child or any other person under eighteen (18) years of age residing in a foster home.
"Child-placing agency" - A child-placing agency licensed under the laws of the District of Columbia.
"Child protection register" - The confidential index of all reports of suspected child abuse or neglect established pursuant to The Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Act of 1977, effective September 23, 1977 (D.C. Law 222, title II, §§201), or its equivalent in another jurisdiction.
"Clean hands certification" - The certification that an applicant does not owe certain outstanding debts to the District of Columbia government as required by Section 47-2861et seq. of the District of Columbia Official Code.
"Court" - Family Division of the District of Columbia Superior Court.
"Cohabitating" - The act of two (2) adults, unmarried to each other, living together in an intimate relationship as if married.
"DC KIDS" - [Repealed].
"Director" - The Director of CFSA.
"Domestic partner" - The meaning as provided in Section 2(3) of the Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992, effective June 11, 1992 (D.C. Law 9-114; D.C. Official Code §§ 32-701(3)).
"Domestic partnership" - The meaning as provided in Section 2(4) of the Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992, effective June 11, 1992 (D.C. Law 9-114; D.C. Official Code §§ 32-701(4)).
"Extended caregiver" - An individual identified by the resource parent and approved by the agency pursuant to §§6034.5, to provide care and supervision for a foster child when the resource parent is absent from the home on a regular basis such as for employment.
"Frequent visitor" - An individual who visits the home on a regular or recurring basis and has direct access to a foster child or is an overnight visitor to the foster home on a regular or recurring basis.
"Firearm" - Has the meaning set forth in the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975, effective September 24, 1976 (D.C. Law 1-85).
"Foster care" - Continuous 24-hour care and supportive services provided for a minor in the legal custody or guardianship of CFSA while the child needs substitute care.
"Foster care board and care payment" - Payment provided by CFSA for the provision of care to a foster child in a foster home.
"Foster child" - A child who is in foster care.
"Foster home" - The residence at which a foster parent is licensed to provide care to a foster child under this chapter of the DCMR.
"Foster parent" - An individual who is licensed to provide care in a foster home to a foster child pursuant to this chapter of the DCMR.
"Health care" - Includes medical, mental, surgical, dental, or psychiatric evaluation or treatment.
"Home visit" - A visit by CFSA or the agency to the prospective foster home in order to interview household members and to assess the community environment and the sleeping and living arrangements.
"Household" - A residence and all individuals residing within the residence.
"Household member" - An individual regardless of age, who for thirty (30) consecutive or nonconsecutive days, resides in the home, moves into the home with the intent to make it their residence, or visits the home on an overnight basis or sleeps in the home.
"LGBTQ" - [Repealed].
"LGBTQIA+" - A person who self-identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender nonconforming, queer, questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity and expression, intersex or asexual. It also includes a person who does not identify with one of these terms but whose sexual orientation, gender, or gender expression is characterized by nonbinary constructs of sexual orientation, gender, or sex.
"Lead-based paint hazard" - The meaning as provided in Section 2(22) of the Lead-Hazard Prevention Elimination Act of 2008, effective March 31, 2009 (D.C. Law 17-381; D.C. Official Code §§ 8-231.01(22)).
"License" - Permission granted to an applicant by CFSA to operate a foster home as a foster parent under this chapter of the DCMR.
"Minor" - An individual who is under twenty-one (21) years of age.
"Parent surrogate" - A person appointed to represent the interests of a child with a disability in the educational decision-making process pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 USC §§1410-1420) and its implementing regulations.
"Re-evaluation" - The process of examining a foster parent and foster home as part of the determination of whether to renew a license.
"Revocation" - The taking back of a license by CFSA because of a failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter of the DCMR.
"Resource parent" - An individual who is licensed to provide care in a foster home to a foster child pursuant to this chapter. A resource parent may also be referred to as a foster parent.
"Safety assessment" - an assessment of an applicant's residence, including but not limited to its general physical environment, sanitation and external environment.
"Smoking" - The inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying of a lighted or heated cigar, cigarette, pipe, electronic smoking device, or any other lighted or heated tobacco or plant product intended for human consumption through inhalation, in any manner or in any form.
"Substitute caregiver" - A back-up caregiver or extended caregiver.
"Temporary license" - a license to operate a foster home for a temporary period issued to a foster home that has complied with the requirements of §§6027 of this chapter.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-6099