District of Columbia Code
Title 4 - Public Care Systems
Chapter 2 - Public Assistance

§ 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 [Repealed] - Repealed.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 [Repealed] - Repealed.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 [Repealed] - Repealed.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 [Repealed] - Repealed.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 [Repealed] - Repealed.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 [Repealed] - Repealed.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 [Repealed] - Repealed.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 [Repealed] - Repealed.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 [Repealed] - Repealed.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 [Repealed] - Repealed.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 (b) Repealed....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...

Subchapter VI - Emergency Public Assistance

§ 4–206.01. Authorized; limitation. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 601, 29...

§ 4–206.02. Crisis Assistance and Service Program - The Mayor, in administering the Crisis Assistance and Service Program,...

§ 4–206.03. Emergency Shelter Family Services Program. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 603, 29...

§ 4–206.04. Family Emergency Services Program - The Mayor, in administering the Family Emergency Services Program, may...

§ 4–206.05. Emergency shelter allowances - The Mayor, in providing emergency shelter allowances to families who...

Subchapter VII - Complementary Program Relationships with Public Assistance Programs

§ 4–207.01. Policy. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 701, 29...

§ 4–207.02. Authority to establish. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 702, 29...

§ 4–207.03. Rules. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 703, 29...

§ 4–207.04. Appropriations. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 704, 29...

Subchapter VIII - Award; Method of Payment

§ 4–208.01. Determination by Mayor; method of payment - (a) Upon completion of the investigation pursuant to subchapter IX...

§ 4–208.02. Supplemental payments - The Mayor may authorize a supplemental payment when necessary to...

§ 4–208.03. Underpayment corrections - (a) When a recipient of public assistance receives a payment...

§ 4–208.04. Amount of assistance payable - The amount of assistance that the Mayor may pay to...

§ 4–208.05. Repayment by GPA recipient - (a) For any month in which a person who received...

Subchapter IX - Investigation of Applicants; Issuance of Identification Card; Check Distribution

§ 4–209.01. Investigation of applicants; issuance of identification cards; distribution of checks - (a) Whenever the Mayor shall receive an application for public...

§ 4–209.02. Adverse action not permitted for refusal to allow entry into home or permit inspection thereof. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 902, 29...

§ 4–209.03. Notification of adverse action not permitted. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 903, 29...

§ 4–209.04. Confidentiality of information - (a) For the purposes of this section, the term: (1)...

Subchapter X - Hearing Procedures

§ 4–210.01. Right to hearing; notification of right - An applicant for, or recipient of, public assistance aggrieved by...

§ 4–210.02. Grounds; objectives of hearing process - (a) The Mayor, upon receipt of an application made pursuant...

§ 4–210.03. Hearing officers - (a) All hearings relating to individual appeals shall be conducted...

§ 4–210.04. Notification of right to request hearing and method of making request - (a) Written information regarding the right to request a hearing...

§ 4–210.05. Request for hearing - Any applicant or recipient, or his or her representative may...

§ 4–210.06. Hearing involving medical issues - When the hearing involves medical issues, the medical assessment of...

§ 4–210.07. Procedures for administrative review of request - The Mayor shall establish procedures for administrative review of every...

§ 4–210.08. Time, date, and place of hearing - The hearing shall be held at a time, date, and...

§ 4–210.09. Time limit on requests - (a) A request for a hearing to review adverse action...

§ 4–210.10. Hearing procedure enumerated - The hearing officer shall conduct the hearing in such a...

§ 4–210.11. Findings, conclusions, and recommendations by hearing officer - (a) The hearing officer shall prepare a written summary of...

§ 4–210.12. Final decision by Mayor’s agent - (a) The Mayor’s agent shall render a final decision on...

§ 4–210.13. Notification of decision and right to judicial review - The Mayor’s agent shall transmit his or her written decision...

§ 4–210.14. Right to request hearing while absent from District - A recipient shall have the same right to a hearing...

§ 4–210.15. File of hearing decisions - The Mayor will maintain a file of all hearing decisions,...

§ 4–210.16. Class action permitted; correction or change in policy, construction, or interpretation - (a) Where a request for hearing has been made on...

§ 4–210.17. Confidentiality - If the claimant waives in writing his or her privilege...

§ 4–210.18. Notice provisions of § 4-205.54 applicable - When the reduction or termination is the result of information...

§ 4–210.19. Assistance received during pendency of decision - (a) Repealed. (b) Assistance under the TANF, POWER, or GAC...

Subchapter XI - Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Specific Payments

§ 4–211.01. Home repairs — Run-down premises - The Mayor may authorize an expenditure for repairs to a...

§ 4–211.02. Home repairs — Protection of District interest. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 1102, 29...

§ 4–211.03. Home repairs — Federal financial participation. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 1103, 29...

§ 4–211.04. Moving costs permitted - The Mayor may pay moving costs when necessary to enable...

§ 4–211.05. Authorization of payment for moving costs - The payment may be authorized: (1) As a money payment...

§ 4–211.06. Prompt payment of disregarded sum. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 1106; as...

Subchapter XII - Payments to Incapacitated Individuals

§ 4–212.01. Payment to incapacitated recipient - Whenever a recipient has been found by the Mayor to...

§ 4–212.02. Protective or vendor payments on behalf of dependent children - (a) The Mayor may authorize protective or vendor payments on...

§ 4–212.03. Protective payments on behalf of adult recipients - (a) The Mayor may authorize protective payments on behalf of...

Subchapter XIII - Actions for Support from Responsible Relatives

§ 4–213.01. Action for support - (a) Responsible relatives for any applicant or recipient of public...

§ 4–213.02. Income scale exemptions. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 1302, 29...

§ 4–213.03. Basis for computation of contribution. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 1303, 29...

§ 4–213.04. Dependents defined. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 1304, 29...

§ 4–213.05. Noncompliance by relative - Whenever a responsible relative fails to provide information necessary to...

§ 4–213.06. Verification of ability to contribute - The ability of responsible relatives to contribute shall be determined...

Subchapter XIV - District Claims of Support from Estates; Funeral Expenses

§ 4–214.01. Claim of District against estate of recipient; lien in favor of District; payment of share to United States - (a) At the death of any person who has received...

§ 4–214.02. Funeral expenses — Payment permitted. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 1402, 29...

§ 4–214.03. Funeral expenses — Indigent residents; wards of District - The Mayor, pursuant to § 4-214.04, may provide for the...

§ 4–214.04. Funeral allowance - The family of the deceased may choose a funeral director...

Subchapter XV - Assignment of Public Assistance Prohibited

§ 4–215.01. Prohibition; immunity from legal process - Public assistance awarded under this chapter shall not be transferable...

Subchapter XVI - Record Keeping Requirements

§ 4–216.01. Mayor to prescribe regulations - (a) Consistent with § 4-209.04, the Mayor is directed to...

Subchapter XVII - Foster Care

§ 4–217.01. Requirements for benefits - The Mayor shall, effective July 1, 1969, provide Aid to...

§ 4–217.02. Types of placement - Foster care shall be provided in a foster family home...

§ 4–217.03. Administration of benefits - The Mayor shall: (1) Review the plan for each child...

§ 4–217.04. Federal financial participation - The Mayor shall claim federal financial participation for foster care...

§ 4–217.05. Determination of need - (a) The Mayor, in determining the need for public assistance,...

§ 4–217.06. Monies applied to purchase of essential article - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 1706, 29...

§ 4–217.07. Condition of eligibility — Social Security number; assignment of support rights - As a condition of eligibility, each applicant for or recipient...

§ 4–217.08. Condition of eligibility — Cooperation in identifying and locating parents, establishing paternity, obtaining support payments, and other payments - (a) As a condition of eligibility for assistance under programs...

§ 4–217.09. Condition of eligibility — Exception to cooperation - (a) An applicant for or recipient of aid shall be...

§ 4–217.10. Condition of eligibility — Effect of failure to comply - (a) If an applicant or recipient claims good cause for...

§ 4–217.11. Condition of eligibility — Protective or vendor payments - If the relative with whom the child is living is...

Subchapter XVIII - Criminal Provisions

§ 4–218.01. Fraud in obtaining public assistance; repayment; liability of family members; penalties - (a) Any person who, with the intent to defraud, by...

§ 4–218.02. Penalty for violation of § 4-218.01(b); prosecutions - Any person violating § 4-218.01(b) shall be punished by a...

§ 4–218.03. Unauthorized use of identification card - Any person who sells any card or document issued by...

§ 4–218.04. Prosecutions; subpoenas; witness fees; perjury; compulsion of obedience to subpoena; oaths - (a) In addition to any power to bring criminal or...

§ 4–218.05. Penalties - (a) Any person who knowingly uses, transfers, acquires, alters, purchases,...

§ 4–218.06. Suspension, revocation, or denial of a business license or permit - (a) The Mayor is authorized to suspend, revoke, or deny...

Subchapter XIX - Appropriations

§ 4–219.01. Authorization - (a) The Mayor shall include in his or her annual...

§ 4–219.02. Disbursement of expenses. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 1902, 29...

Subchapter XX - Nonrevival of Previously Repealed or Superseded Public Enactments; Nonabatement of Causes of Action

§ 4–220.01. Nonrevival of previously repealed or superseded laws, acts, regulations, Commissioner’s orders, Commissioners’ orders, and administrative orders; effect of amendments - (a) The provisions of this subchapter shall not cause the...

§ 4–220.02. Nonabatement of causes of action - The enactment of this chapter shall not cause the abatement...

§ 4–220.03. No new rights or entitlements created; exception - No new rights or entitlements are created by this chapter....

Subchapter XXI - Severability

§ 4–221.01. Severability - Should a court of competent jurisdiction hold any provision of...

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Title 4 - Public Care Systems
Chapter 2 - Public Assistance