District of Columbia Administrative Code

7405 CONSUMER ENROLLMENT INTO HSS 7405.1 The process used to enroll individuals into the HSS benefit shall: (a) Effectively engage and offer support to individuals with disabilities or disabling conditions experiencing chronic homelessness, who often experience significant barrie…

7406 INDIVIDUAL ENROLLMENT INTO HSS FOR PERSONS MATCHED TO PSH PROGRAM AFTER HSS BENEFIT IMPLEMENTATION 7406.1 The Department will deploy an HSS enrollment process for individuals determined eligible for the PSH program through the CAHP system after the implementation of the HSS …

7407 INDIVIDUAL ENROLLMENT INTO HSS FOR PERSONS MATCHED TO PSH PROGRAM BEFORE HSS BENEFIT IMPLEMENTATION 7407.1 The Department will deploy an HSS enrollment process for individuals determined eligible for the PSH program through the CAHP system prior to the start of the HSS benef…

7408 INDIVIDUAL SERVICE PLAN DEVELOPMENT 7408.1 As part of the HSS benefit enrollment process described at §§ 7406 and 7407, the Department shall develop an Individual Service Plan (ISP) for, and in collaboration with, the individual, using a person-centric, strengths-based appro…

7409 HSS PROVIDER REQUIREMENTS - GENERAL 7409.1 Each HSS provider shall: (a) Comply with all related federal and local confidentiality laws; (b) Comply with all provisions of the Homeless Services Reform Act of 2005 (HSRA or Act), as amended, D.C. Law 16-35; D.C. Official Code § …

7410 HSS PROVIDER REQUIREMENTS – ISP IMPLEMENTATION 7410.1 The HSS provider shall monitor the individual’s progress towards meeting their ISP goals. The ISP shall be reviewed with the individual, as needed or at a minimum frequency defined in the HSS provider’s HCA with the Depar…

7411 HSS PROVIDER REQUIREMENTS - PERSONNEL 7411.1 The HSS provider shall employ the key personnel described in this Chapter, all of whom shall meet the described requirements listed in the HSS provider’s HCA with the Department. 7411.2 Key personnel include persons that fill the …

7412 HSS PROVIDER REQUIREMENTS – HOUSING NAVIGATION SERVICES 7412.1 When delivering Housing Navigation Services, the HSS provider shall: (a) Initiate and sustain engagement with the individual that facilitates the creation of rapport with the individual; and (b) Leverage its rapp…

7413 HSS PROVIDER REQUIREMENTS – HOUSING STABILIZATION SERVICES 7413.1 After the individual has executed a rental lease agreement with the landlord of a housing unit, and moved into that unit, the individual enters the Housing Stabilization phase. 7413.2 The HSS provider shall en…

7414 HSS PROVIDER QUALIFICATIONS 7414.1 The HSS provider shall be established as a legally recognized entity in the District of Columbia and qualified to conduct business in the District. A certificate of good standing and valid basic business license, both issued by the District…

7415 HSS PROVIDER CERTIFICATION PROCESS 7415.1 The Department shall use its HCA contracting process to certify each entity as an HSS provider. 7415.2 The Department shall utilize the certification process to thoroughly evaluate the applicant’s capacity to provide high quality HSS…

7416 DENIAL OF CERTIFICATION OR DECERTIFICATION PROCESS 7416.1 Only an organization with an executed PSH HCA with the Department may be considered certified by the Department to deliver HSS. 7416.2 An organization that is not awarded a PSH HCA with the Department, or is unable to…

7417 HSS PROVIDER DISCONTINUATION OF SERVICES, PROVIDER CLOSURES, AND CONTINUITY OF INDIVIDUAL CARE 7417.1 An HSS provider shall provide written notification to the Department at least ninety (90) calendar days prior to its impending closure, or immediately upon knowledge of an i…

7418 INDIVIDUAL PROTECTIONS 7418.1 Medicaid individuals are entitled to Notice and Appeal rights pursuant to 29 DCMR § 9508 in cases of intended adverse action, such as an action to deny, discontinue, terminate, or change the manner or form of Medicaid-funded HSS. 7418.2 The HSS …

7419 QUALITY ASSURANCE AND IMPROVEMENT 7419.1 The HSS provider shall submit to the Department a quality improvement plan that describes how the provider will ensure and measure for each individual: (a) Timely access to and availability of services; and (b) Adequacy, appropriatene…

7420 REIMBURSEMENT 7420.1 Effective April 1, 2022, the District shall establish a per member per month (PMPM) rate to reimburse HSS providers for the provision of HSS delivered to individuals enrolled in the DC Medicaid program using a PMPM payment structure. The PMPM rate shall …

7421 NON-REIMBURSABLE SERVICES 7421.1 The following services are not covered as HSS: (a) Room and board residential costs; (b) Inpatient hospital services, including hospital, nursing facility, intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities, and institu…

7499 DEFINITIONS 7499.1 The terms in this Chapter shall have the definitions set forth in Section 2 of the Act. 7499.2 In addition, the following terms in this Chapter shall have the meaning ascribed: Act – the Homeless Services Reform Act of 2005, effective October 22, 2005 (D.C…

7500 PURPOSE AND SCOPE 7500.1 The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (Program) is designed to provide crisis intervention for District residents for the purpose of preventing homelessness. Program assistance may include financial assistance for rental expenses accrued in the Dis…

7501 APPLICATION PROCESS 7501.1 Each application seeking Program assistance from a Provider shall be in writing on a form prescribed by the Department. 7501.2 An authorized representative may apply on behalf of the applicant, if the applicant provides a written and signed stateme…

7502 APPLICANT UNIT 7502.1 The applicant’s household shall be composed of each individual who lives with the applicant and whose needs, assets, and income are combined to determine eligibility. 7502.2 The applicant’s household may be composed of a single individual, a family as d…

7503 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 7503.1 The applicant shall meet the following eligibility criteria to qualify for Program assistance: (a) Be living in the District at the time of application; (b) Be presented with an emergency situation, as defined in section 7599; and (c) Have a net i…

7504 COMPUTATION OF PAYMENT 7504.1 The amount of assistance an eligible applicant may receive is based on the following factors: (a) The amount necessary to resolve the emergency situation; (b) The applicant household’s resources available to resolve the emergency situation, incl…

7505 EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENT 7505.1 Emergency rental assistance shall be available for the categories of assistance specified in sections 7506, 7507 and 7508. 7505.2 The Provider shall make payment of the assistance benefit directly to the Vendor. 7505.3 The emergency…

7506 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE—RENT ARREARAGES 7506.1 Assistance may be authorized to pay rent arrearage, late fees, and associated court fees accrued in the District if all of the following conditions are met: (a) Either: (1) Eviction is imminent and documented by a Landlord and Tena…

7507 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE – SECURITY OR DAMAGE DEPOSIT 7507.1 (a) Program funds may be used to cover a security or damage deposit for a housing unit in the District only if the landlord does not waive the deposit and one of the following circumstances is present: (1) The applican…

7508 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE – FIRST MONTH’S RENT 7508.1 Assistance may be authorized for the first month’s rent for a housing unit in the District if: (a) The applicant is eligible for a security deposit payment as specified in section 7507; (b) The first month’s rent must be paid …

7509 MULTIPLE REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE 7509.1 Assistance payments under the Program shall be made only once in any twelve (12) month period from the date of application, except during a public health emergency as described in section 7509.2. 7509.2 During a public health emergency…

7510 RIGHT TO A FAIR HEARING AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW 7510.1 Each applicant who is aggrieved by any action or inaction of the Provider related to receipt of benefits under the Program shall be entitled to a fair hearing in accordance with the hearing provisions of section 26 of …

7599 DEFINITIONS 7599.1 The terms in this chapter shall have the definitions set forth in sections 2 and 8f(e) of the Act. 7599.2 In addition, for the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed: Act – The Homeless Services Reform Act of 2005, ef…

7600 SCOPE 7600.1 The purpose of the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (“HPRP” or “Program”) is to provide homelessness prevention assistance to households who would otherwise become homeless – many due to economic crisis – and to provide assistance to rapidly …

7601 APPLICATION PROCESS 7601.1 Each application shall be in writing on a form prescribed by the Department and signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury. If the applicant is married and living with a spouse, both spouses shall sign the application as an applicant unit (he…

7602 APPLICANT UNIT 7602.1 The applicant unit shall be composed of each individual who lives in the same household and whose needs, assets, and income are combined to determine eligibility. 7602.2 The applicant unit shall include: (a) Persons related by full or half blood; (b) Pe…

7603 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 7603.1 An applicant unit, whether an individual or family, shall be eligible to receive HPRP assistance if the applicant unit: (a) Is currently homeless, because the applicant unit: (1) Lacks a fixed, regular residence that provides safe housing, and lac…

7604 COMPUTATION OF HPRP ASSISTANCE 7604.1 The following shall apply to determinations of HPRP benefits. 7604.2 Computation of the HPRP applicant’s or participant’s contribution for security deposit and first month rent (section 7607), utility arrearage and utility deposit (secti…

7605 HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND RAPID RE-HOUSING ASSISTANCE 7605.1 HPRP assistance may include those categories of assistance specified in sections 7606, 7607, 7608, 7609 and 7610. 7605.2 HPRP assistance shall be “needs-based,” meaning that the assistance provided shall be the m…

7606 HOUSING RELOCATION AND HOUSING STABILIZATION SERVICES 7606.1 HPRP assistance may be provided through housing relocation and stabilization services, which may include: Outreach and engagement activities to make persons aware of the availability of HPRP and similar services; A…

7607 SECURITY DEPOSIT AND FIRST MONTH’S RENT 7607.1 HPRP assistance may be provided to pay for security deposits for eligible program participants. 7607.2 The maximum HPRP payment for a security deposit shall be the actual amount of the deposit, which may not exceed more than the…

7608 UTILITY ARREARAGE AND UTILITY DEPOSIT 7608.1 HPRP assistance may be provided to pay for utility arrearages. 7608.2 The HPRP assistance for utility arrearages shall not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for an individual or three thousand five hundred dollars …

7609 RENTAL ASSISTANCE 7609.1 HPRP rental assistance is solely for the purpose of assisting eligible households to quickly achieve housing stability by assisting them to remain in their existing rental units or to obtain and remain in a new rental unit. 7609.2 As a condition of r…

7610 RENTAL ARREARAGES 7610.1 HPRP assistance in the form of payment of rent arrearages may be provided to an eligible household to prevent homelessness if each of the following conditions is met: (a) Eviction is imminent and documented by a Landlord and Tenant Court summons or r…

7611 FAIR HEARING AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW 7611.1 An applicant or participating HPRP household shall have ninety (90) calendar days following the receipt of a notice described in subsection 7601.14 or subsection 7601.16 to request a fair hearing, in accordance with the hearing p…

7699 DEFINITIONS The following terms shall have the meaning ascribed: Authorized Representative – an individual who is at least eighteen (18) years of age, who is acting responsibly on behalf of the applicant, and has sufficient knowledge of the circumstances of the applicant to …

7800 SCOPE 7800.1 The purpose of the Family Re-Housing and Stabilization Program (“FRSP” or “Program”) is to support District residents, who are experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk of experiencing homelessness, to achieve stability in permanent housing through individua…

7801 APPLICATION PROCESS 7801.1 Each FRSP application shall be in writing on a form provided by the Department and signed by the applicant, and submitted to the Eligibility Provider. An authorized representative may apply on behalf of the applicant, if the applicant provides a wr…

7802 APPLICANT UNIT 7802.1 The applicant unit shall be composed of each individual who lives in the same household as the applicant and whose needs, assets, and income are combined to determine eligibility. 7802.2 The applicant unit shall include: Minor and/or dependent children;…

7803 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 7803.1 An applicant shall be eligible to receive FRSP assistance if the applicant unit is a family, as defined in § 7899, that: Is currently experiencing homelessness as defined by Section 2 of the HSRA (D.C. Official Code § 4-751.01(18)), or is at immin…

7804 PRIORITY DETERMINATION 7804.1 Families residing in a Department-funded family hypothermia shelter, temporary shelter, transitional housing program, or determined to be at imminent risk of needing admission to shelter or supportive housing pursuant to 29 DCMR § 2508.1(a)(1), …

7805 RE-HOUSING AND STABILIZATION ASSISTANCE 7805.1 FRSP assistance supports District residents, who are experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk of experiencing homelessness, to achieve stability in permanent housing through individualized and time-limited assistance. FRSP …

7806 UNIT SELECTION 7806.1 Participation in the FRSP is conditioned upon selecting a unit that passes the FRSP required housing inspection and meets the Rent Reasonableness Standard, determined by DCHA, except that the Department or the Department’s designee may authorize selecti…