5899

5899.1

When 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.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 10251 (November 9, 2001); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 2863 (March 8, 2013); as amended by 61 DCR 853 (January 31, 2014).