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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 29. PUBLIC WELFARE |
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Chapter 29-58. TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES |
Section 29-5899. DEFINITIONS
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5899.1When 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 4-201.1 et 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 1501 et 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 4-201.1 et 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.