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§ 4–205.01. Eligibility for public assistance - (a) Public assistance may be awarded to, or on behalf...
§ 4–205.02. Residency requirement - The Mayor in determining eligibility for a person to receive...
§ 4–205.03. Determination of residency - (a) A resident of the District of Columbia is one...
§ 4–205.04. Relocation of recipients to another jurisdiction - Recipients of assistance from the District who move to another...
§ 4–205.05. Definitions - For the purpose of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Earned...
§ 4–205.05a. General Assistance for Children program - (a) A General Assistance for Children program is established to...
§ 4–205.06. Old Age Assistance and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled need determination. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 506, 29...
§ 4–205.07. Aid to the Blind need determination. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 507, 29...
§ 4–205.08. GPA need determination. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 508, 29...
§ 4–205.09. AB and ATD self-supporting plans. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 509, 29...
§ 4–205.10. TANF income eligibility standards - (a) When the gross income of family applying for, or...
§ 4–205.11. TANF need determination - (a) In determining the need of families who are applying...
§ 4–205.11a. Time limit for receipt of TANF benefits - (a) Federally-funded TANF benefits shall not be provided to any...
§ 4–205.11b. Reduction of benefits for long-term TANF recipients. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 511b; as...
§ 4–205.11c. Human impact statement - Within 120 days of October 1, 2013, the Auditor shall...
§ 4–205.12. Food stamp coupon allotment disregarded. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 512, 29...
§ 4–205.13. Enumerated income disregarded. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 20, 1998, D.C. Law 12-60, § 701(g), 44...
§ 4–205.13a. Treatment of payment for costs of work participation - A stipend, allowance, or any other payment to a public...
§ 4–205.14. Determination of GPA need standard. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 514, 29...
§ 4–205.15. Standards for inclusion in TANF assistance unit - (a) An application on behalf of a dependent child shall...
§ 4–205.16. Contribution guidelines for nonassistance unit children. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 516, 29...
§ 4–205.17. Definitions. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 517, 29...
§ 4–205.18. Child’s eligibility - (a) A needy child is eligible for TANF. (b) Repealed....
§ 4–205.19. Application; assignment of rights for child support - (a) Application for public assistance shall be accepted from, or...
§ 4–205.19a. Redetermination of eligibility - (a) For purposes of §§ 4-205.19b, 4-205.19c, 4-205.19f and 4-205.19g,...
§ 4–205.19b. Job search and job readiness requirements for TANF applicants - (a)(1) Using a standard process and mechanism, the Mayor shall...
§ 4–205.19c. Failure to comply with job search and job readiness requirements for TANF applicants - (a) If a TANF applicant who is not exempt pursuant...
§ 4–205.19d. Work participation requirements for TANF recipients - (a) If the Mayor has assessed a TANF recipient pursuant...
§ 4–205.19e. Failure to comply with work requirements for TANF recipients - (a) If a nonexempt TANF recipient fails, without good cause,...
§ 4–205.19f. Sanctions - (a) Repealed. (b) The Mayor shall not consider an applicant...
§ 4–205.19g. Exemptions - (a) The Mayor shall promulgate rules describing those categories of...
§ 4–205.19h. Administration of job search, job readiness, work, and self-sufficiency activities - (a) Subject to other applicable provisions of District law, the...
§ 4–205.19i. Nondiscrimination against TANF and POWER applicants and recipients - A person’s application for, or receipt of, TANF or POWER...
§ 4–205.19j. Health and safety standards for TANF and POWER recipients - TANF and POWER applicants and recipients participating in job search,...
§ 4–205.19k. Workers’ compensation for TANF recipients - TANF recipients who are considered employees for purposes of the...
§ 4–205.19l. Nondisplacement by TANF recipients - (a) The Mayor shall not require a TANF recipient to...
§ 4–205.19m. Reporting requirements - The Mayor shall report and make public the following performance...
§ 4–205.19n. Family assessment plan - Within 180 days of April 8, 2011, the Mayor shall...
§ 4–205.20. Parental absence by reason of imprisonment - When continued absence from the home is by reason of...
§ 4–205.21. Eligibility standards for children of unemployed parents - (a) Repealed. (a-1) Repealed. (b) Repealed. (c) The parent who...
§ 4–205.22. Availability of stepparent - (a) A stepparent is not required by the law of...
§ 4–205.23. Obligations of custodial relatives other than parents - (a) When a relative applies for TANF in behalf of...
§ 4–205.24. Eligibility requirements for alien children - (a) Any person who is not a citizen of the...
§ 4–205.25. Eligibility determined prospectively - All factors of TANF eligibility shall be determined prospectively. The...
§ 4–205.26. Procedure for public and medical assistance application - Applications for public and medical assistance shall be approved or...
§ 4–205.27. Failure to determine eligibility within time requirement - The Mayor shall not terminate his consideration of an application...
§ 4–205.28. Income application in determining need for family receiving more than 1 assistance payment - When a family is receiving more than 1 assistance payment...
§ 4–205.29. Income status of loans and grants - The Mayor, in determining the amount of assistance payment to...
§ 4–205.30. Definitions - As used in §§ 4-205.31 through 4-205.35, the term: (1)...
§ 4–205.31. Application for benefits required - (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this...
§ 4–205.32. Establishment of net payment received - The Mayor shall deduct from the gross amount of any...
§ 4–205.33. Treatment of lump-sum payments and settlements - (a) Repealed. (b) For applicants for and recipients of TANF:...
§ 4–205.34. Treatment of accrued statutory benefits. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 534, 29...
§ 4–205.35. Failure of recipients to report promptly. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 535, 29...
§ 4–205.36. Work incentive allowances disregarded - The Mayor, in determining the extent of need of persons...
§ 4–205.37. Standard for income and resource determination - (a) The Mayor shall, in establishing the need of an...
§ 4–205.38. Availability of income and resources - All income and other resources shall be identifiable as to...
§ 4–205.39. Earned income. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 539, 29...
§ 4–205.40. Resources in kind - (a) Resources in kind are basic necessities, such as food,...
§ 4–205.41. Emergency applicant may retain automobile - An applicant for public assistance who requests assistance by reason...
§ 4–205.42. Definitions relating to incapacity and disability - For the purpose of determining coverage and conditions of eligibility...
§ 4–205.42a. Eligibility for General Public Assistance. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 542a; as...
§ 4–205.43. Participation in labor dispute; pregnancy - (a) Repealed. (b) A pregnant woman may be eligible for...
§ 4–205.44. Amount. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 544, 29...
§ 4–205.45. Standard for requirements exceptions. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 545, 29...
§ 4–205.46. Meal standard. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 546, 29...
§ 4–205.47. Nursing care standard - (a) When a recipient is receiving nursing care in the...
§ 4–205.48. Standards of assistance adopted and applied - Standards of assistance are adopted superseding the existing standards for...
§ 4–205.49. Special living arrangements - (a) Recipients of public assistance who are in nursing homes...
§ 4–205.50. Costs of training and employment - (a)—(d)Repealed. (e) At the discretion of the Mayor and subject...
§ 4–205.51. Denial of monthly benefits - No assistance unit will receive TANF monthly benefits if the...
§ 4–205.51a. TANF Universal Service Delivery Model - (a) By no later than September 30, 2011, the Mayor...
§ 4–205.51b. Annual comparative review - (a) In general. — The Council of the District of...
§ 4–205.52. Determination of amount of public assistance payments for assistance unit; standards of assistance enumerated - (a) To determine the TANF, POWER or GAC payment for...
§ 4–205.53. Reconsideration of grants; modification of amount; duty of recipient to notify Mayor of change of circumstances; grants under General Public Assistance Program for Unemployables - (a) All public assistance grants made under this chapter shall...
§ 4–205.54. TANF assistance unit monthly report - (a) Each TANF assistance unit whose members have earned income...
§ 4–205.55. Timely and adequate notice of action to discontinue, etc., assistance - (a) The Mayor shall give timely and adequate notice in...
§ 4–205.56. Information from source other than recipient - (a) When the information that is the basis for reduction...
§ 4–205.57. Consequences of failure to request hearing or submit additional information to clarify eligibility - If, after 15 days from the date of postmark of...
§ 4–205.58. Consideration of additional information - If the recipient submits additional information, the representative of the...
§ 4–205.59. Effect of pending hearing - (a) If the recipient requests a hearing before the date...
§ 4–205.60. Benefits pending hearing. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Sept. 10, 1985, D.C. Law 6-35, § 2(m), 32...
§ 4–205.61. Definitions - For the purposes of §§ 4-205.62 through 4-205.68, the term:...
§ 4–205.62. Establishment of a Demonstration Project. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 562; as...
§ 4–205.63. Eligibility for public assistance; home living requirement - (a) This section shall apply to all applicants for, and...
§ 4–205.64. Failure to meet home living requirement; notice - (a) In accordance with regulations issued by the Mayor, a...
§ 4–205.65. Eligibility for public assistance; learnfare - (a)(1) As a condition of eligibility for federally-funded TANF benefits,...
§ 4–205.66. Failure to meet school attendance requirements; notice - (a) Upon determination that a pregnant or parenting teen has...
§ 4–205.67. Expansion of Jobs Opportunities and Basic Skills and Alternative Work Experience Programs - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 567; as...
§ 4–205.68. Duties of the Mayor - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 568; as...
§ 4–205.69. Denial of assistance for fraudulent misrepresentation of residency - (a) A person who has been convicted in a federal,...
§ 4–205.70. Denial of assistance for fugitive felons and probation and parole violators - (a) A person shall be ineligible for TANF benefits if...
§ 4–205.71. Granting cash and food assistance benefits to drug felons - An adult who is a drug felon shall not be...
§ 4–205.72. POWER — Establishment; eligibility - (a) There is established a Program on Work, Employment, and...
§ 4–205.72a. POWER — Additional eligibility - (a) In addition to the circumstances set forth in §...
§ 4–205.73. POWER — Application - (a) The Mayor may only consider TANF applicants or TANF...
§ 4–205.74. POWER — Medical review - (a) After the Mayor determines that a TANF applicant or...
§ 4–205.75. POWER — Redetermination of eligibility - (a) A POWER recipient’s eligibility for POWER shall be redetermined...
§ 4–205.76. POWER — Participation in activities to assist in achieving self-sufficiency - (a) Following a preliminary assessment by the Mayor under TANF...
§ 4–205.77. POWER — Failure to participate in self-sufficiency activities - (a) If a POWER recipient who is an adult or...
§ 4–205.78. POWER — Amount of assistance - POWER payments shall be made in accordance with § 4-205.52....
§ 4–205.79. POWER — No creation of an entitlement - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to create any...
§ 4–205.80. POWER — Medicaid eligibility - A POWER recipient shall be treated as a TANF recipient...
§ 4–205.81. Diversion payments - (a) For purposes of this section, “diversion payment” means a...
§ 4–205.82. Provision of information concerning the Earned Income Credit - (a) At least once per year, the Mayor may provide...