D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-7903
Each household interested in enrolling in the Program shall complete an application form provided by the Department that is signed by the head of household. An authorized representative may apply on behalf of the applying
household if the applying head of household provides a written and signed statement stating why he or she cannot personally complete the form and the name and address of the person authorized to act on his or her behalf.
If the applicant has a disability or the authorized representative of the applicant with a disability requests assistance to complete the application, the Department shall assist such applicant or authorized representative with the application process to ensure that the applicant has an equal opportunity to submit an application.
The Director of the Department shall determine the number of applications that will be accepted for the Program, which is contingent on available funding. If at any point the Department receives additional funding for the program, the Department may reopen the application process at that time for new applications.
Household enrollment shall follow a two-step process. The first step shall require the applying person to complete and submit a web-based or paper application to the Department as notification of his or her household's enrollment interest and self-reported eligibility in order to be selected. The second step shall require selected households to submit documentation to the Department that enables the Department or its designee to verify information on the household's application and Program eligibility criteria included in §§ 7901 of this chapter.
The application will include questions that require the applicant to attest to the Program eligibility criteria listed in §§ 7901, and may also request the applicant to provide the following:
Due to limited Program availability during the pilot period, the Department will administer one or more assignment lotteries to determine which applying households are offered one of the available Program slots using the method described in §§ 7903.5,§§ 7903.7, and §§7903.8.
The results of the Program's pilot period will be evaluated to understand its effectiveness in supporting households' long term housing stability. To increase the probability that the Program will be successful if expanded to enroll more households, the lottery will be structured so that the characteristics identified on the applications of the group of households offered a Program slot are similar to the characteristics identified on the application of all households that applied for the Program.
After the lottery is completed, the Department will offer available Program slots to households selected by the lottery. The Department will notify selected households via the US Postal Service, telephone, email, or another communication mode determined by the Department. These Program slots shall be conditional, and shall be official only after the household responds to the Department's notice of the conditional offer and successfully completes the Program eligibility process described in §§ 7904. If a household fails to respond within the given timeframe, or after verification the household does not meet eligibility requirements for the Program, an additional household will be selected based on the method described in §§ 7903.10, until all slots have been filled.
Each household selected for the Program will have fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of notice to respond to the Department via telephone, email or another communication mode determined by the Department. Each household's response to the Department shall convey whether the household:
Any household that declines the offer for the Program slot, fails to provide a response to the Department within fifteen (15) calendar days of Program selection notice, or fails to meet the Program eligibility process described in§§ 7904, will lose their spot on the lottery result list, and the next household on the list will be offered the slot, until all slots have been filled.
Any household that submits an application for Program enrollment will receive one or more of the following notices, as applicable:
Any household that submits an application for Program enrollment but is not enrolled as a result of the processes described in §§ 7903.5 - 7903.10 will receive oral notice, as well as written notice via the U.S. Postal Service. Written notice shall be one or more of the notices listed in §§ 7903.11, which shall, as applicable, include:
Any household that submits an application for Program enrollment and successfully completes the application and eligibility verification processes described in §§ 7903.5 - 7903.10 and §§ 7904, shall receive the type of written notice from the Department listed at §§7903.11(d). This notice shall include the information listed in §§ 7904.9.
Any household that submits an application for Program enrollment, is enrolled in the Program, but is terminated from Program enrollment, as described in §§7908.2, shall receive the type of written notice from the Department listed at §§7903.11(f). This notice shall include the information listed in §§7908.3.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-7903