1. (a) By no later than September 30, 2011, the Mayor shall have adopted and fully implemented the TANF Universal Service Delivery Model, as created by the Department of Human Services, which shall:

   1. (1) Address customer needs based on personal and family circumstances, to the extent feasible;

   2. (2) Require orientation and a detailed assessment and referral to an appropriate array of services and supports, which shall be provided through:

      1. (A) Contract job placement;
      2. (B) Education and training vendors, and
      3. (C) District agencies;
   3. (3) Emphasize education, training, and skills enhancement;
   4. (4) Assist customers in addressing and overcoming challenges that are barriers to employment;
   5. (5) Include financial disincentives to customers who without good cause remain unemployed;
   6. (6) Provide for participation with the TEP program;
   7. (7) Provide for an Individual Responsibility Plan for each customer; and
   8. (8) Include a system of sanctions for a customer who fails to participate or complete an Individual Responsibility Plan.
2. (b) A nonexempt customer who fails to participate or complete an Individual Responsibility Plan shall be subject to a progressive, graduated sanction policy, as established by the Department of Human Services. Each level of sanctions shall reduce further the maximum grant a customer will be eligible to receive.
3. (c) The Mayor shall submit a draft plan of the TANF Universal Service Delivery Model to the Council for its review by March 1, 2011.

History

Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 551a

as added Apr. 8, 2011, D.C. Law 18-370, § 522(e), 58 DCR 1008

Editor's Notes

Former § 4-205.51a has been recodified as § 4-205.51b.