Title 4 — Public Care Systems.
24 chapters · 633 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 4-210.17 Confidentiality
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If the claimant waives in writing his or her privilege of confidentiality as to the hearing, he or she shall be permitted by the Mayor to invite to the hearing any reasonable number of members of the public as he deems appropriate; provided, that the hearing officer may, in his d…
D.C. Code § 4-210.18 Notice provisions of § 4-205.54 applicable
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When the reduction or termination is the result of information contained in a periodic report the recipient has filed, or of the recipient’s failure to file a report, or file a complete report, under § 4-205.54, then the Mayor is required to follow the notice provisions of that s…
D.C. Code § 4-210.19 Assistance received during pendency of decision
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(a) Repealed. (b) Assistance under the TANF, POWER, or GAC programs received pending a hearing decision shall be considered as an overpayment if the proposed action to change or terminate benefits is sustained.
D.C. Code § 4-211.01 Home repairs — Run-down premises
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The Mayor may authorize an expenditure for repairs to a home which a recipient of TANF, POWER, or GAC owns or is buying, when there has been no assignment or transfer to the District of such property, if: (1) A determination has been made that: (A) The home is so defective that c…
D.C. Code § 4-211.02 Home repairs — Protection of District interest
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 4-211.03 Home repairs — Federal financial participation
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 4-211.04 Moving costs permitted
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The Mayor may pay moving costs when necessary to enable a recipient of public assistance to move into public or private housing.
D.C. Code § 4-211.05 Authorization of payment for moving costs
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The payment may be authorized: (1) As a money payment to the recipient when he or she makes his or her own arrangements for moving; or (2) As a vendor payment to the moving firm when arrangements must be made by the Mayor.
D.C. Code § 4-211.06 Prompt payment of disregarded sum
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 4-212.01 Payment to incapacitated recipient
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Whenever a recipient has been found by the Mayor to be incapable of taking care of himself or herself, his or her property, or his or her money, and a person has been judicially appointed as legal representative, or a responsible person has been appointed by the Mayor, on behalf …
D.C. Code § 4-212.02 Protective or vendor payments on behalf of dependent children
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(a) The Mayor may authorize protective or vendor payments on behalf of dependent children under the following conditions: (1) It has been clearly determined that the parent or relative persistently mismanages the assistance payment to the detriment of the child as evidenced by su…
D.C. Code § 4-212.03 Protective payments on behalf of adult recipients
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(a) The Mayor may authorize protective payments on behalf of adult recipients of public assistance under the following conditions: (1) When there has been made clear determination that a needy individual has, by reason of physical or mental impairment, such inability to manage fu…
D.C. Code § 4-213.01 Action for support
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(a) Responsible relatives for any applicant or recipient of public assistance shall be limited to spouse for spouse, and parent for a child under the age of 21, and their financial responsibility shall be based upon their ability to pay. Any such applicant or recipient of public …
D.C. Code § 4-213.02 Income scale exemptions
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 4-213.03 Basis for computation of contribution
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 4-213.04 Dependents defined
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 4-213.05 Noncompliance by relative
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Whenever a responsible relative fails to provide information necessary to determine his ability to support, or when it has been determined that he is financially able to but has not contributed to the person in need of assistance, the case shall be evaluated for appropriate actio…
D.C. Code § 4-213.06 Verification of ability to contribute
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The ability of responsible relatives to contribute shall be determined through verification of earnings and other income at time of application, and whenever circumstances indicate the need to do so, but in no case less frequently than once every 12 months.
D.C. Code § 4-214.01 Claim of District against estate of recipient; lien in favor of District; payment of share to United States
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(a) At the death of any person who has received public assistance in the form of Old Age Assistance, or Aid to the Disabled pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or of any act repealed by this act, the District shall have a preferred claim for the amount of any such public …
D.C. Code § 4-214.02 Funeral expenses — Payment permitted
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 4-214.03 Funeral expenses — Indigent residents; wards of District
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The Mayor, pursuant to § 4-214.04, may provide for the payment of funeral and burial expenses of children in foster care and persons committed to the Youth Services Administration, Department of Human Services.
D.C. Code § 4-214.04 Funeral allowance
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The family of the deceased may choose a funeral director or establishment to provide a funeral service from a list of forms that have signed agreements with the Mayor to provide such services. The Mayor shall pay a maximum of $450.00 for a complete funeral service including the b…
D.C. Code § 4-215.01 Prohibition; immunity from legal process
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Public assistance awarded under this chapter shall not be transferable or assignable at law or in equity, and none of the money paid or payable to any recipient under this chapter shall be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process, or the operati…
D.C. Code § 4-216.01 Mayor to prescribe regulations
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(a) Consistent with § 4-209.04, the Mayor is directed to prescribe regulations governing the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, files, and communications of the Mayor relating to public assistance. Except as otherwise provided, these regulations shall provide …
D.C. Code § 4-217.01 Requirements for benefits
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The Mayor shall, effective July 1, 1969, provide Aid to Dependent Children in the form of foster care when removal of a child from the home of a parent or relative results from judicial determination that continuation in such home is contrary to the child’s welfare, provided: (1)…
D.C. Code § 4-217.02 Types of placement
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Foster care shall be provided in a foster family home or in a child-care institution, whichever best meets the needs of the individual child. The Mayor, in providing such care, may use foster family homes and child-care institutions outside the District of Columbia, provided that…
D.C. Code § 4-217.03 Administration of benefits
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The Mayor shall: (1) Review the plan for each child periodically, but no less frequently than once each year, to assure that he receives proper care and to determine the appropriateness and continued need for placement; and (2) Provide services which are designed to improve condi…
D.C. Code § 4-217.04 Federal financial participation
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The Mayor shall claim federal financial participation for foster care payments to the fullest extent permissible under the provisions of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 601 et seq.).
D.C. Code § 4-217.05 Determination of need
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(a) The Mayor, in determining the need for public assistance, shall permit: (1) Repealed. (2) Applicants for, or recipients of, TANF to retain resources up to the maximum allowable amount of resources that would be permitted to be retained by a household under the Food Stamp Prog…
D.C. Code § 4-217.06 Monies applied to purchase of essential article
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Repealed.
D.C. Code § 4-217.07 Condition of eligibility — Social Security number; assignment of support rights
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As a condition of eligibility, each applicant for or recipient of aid, including each child under the TANF or foster care programs operated pursuant to part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 601 et seq.) shall be required to: (1) Furnish to the Mayor a Social …
D.C. Code § 4-217.08 Condition of eligibility — Cooperation in identifying and locating parents, establishing paternity, obtaining support payments, and other payments
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(a) As a condition of eligibility for assistance under programs specified in § 4-217.07, unless good cause for refusing to cooperate is determined to exist pursuant to § 4-217.09, each applicant for, or recipient of, assistance shall be required to cooperate in good faith with th…
D.C. Code § 4-217.09 Condition of eligibility — Exception to cooperation
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(a) An applicant for or recipient of aid shall be required to comply with the requirements of § 4-217.08, unless such applicant or recipient is found to have good cause for refusing to so cooperate as determined by the Mayor, in accordance with standards prescribed by the Mayor, …
D.C. Code § 4-217.10 Condition of eligibility — Effect of failure to comply
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(a) If an applicant or recipient claims good cause for noncooperation under § 4-217.09 and the Mayor determines that good cause does not exist, the applicant or recipient shall be notified and given an opportunity to cooperate, to withdraw the application for assistance, or to ha…
D.C. Code § 4-217.11 Condition of eligibility — Protective or vendor payments
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If the relative with whom the child is living is found to be ineligible for assistance because of failure to comply with conditions of §§ 4-217.08 and 4-217.09, any aid for which such child is eligible (determined without regard to the needs of the ineligible relative) shall be p…
D.C. Code § 4-218.01 Fraud in obtaining public assistance; repayment; liability of family members; penalties
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(a) Any person who, with the intent to defraud, by means of false statement, failure to disclose information, or impersonation, or by other fraudulent device, obtains or attempts to obtain or any person who knowingly aids or abets such person in the obtaining or attempting to obt…
D.C. Code § 4-218.02 Penalty for violation of § 4-218.01(b); prosecutions
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Any person violating § 4-218.01(b) shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment of not more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Prosecutions for such violations and for violations of § 4-218.01(a) shall be brought to the Superior Court of…
D.C. Code § 4-218.03 Unauthorized use of identification card
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Any person who sells any card or document issued by the District government to establish or verify eligibility for public assistance, or otherwise permits any person other than the recipient to whom it was issued to use such card or document to obtain public assistance which such…
D.C. Code § 4-218.04 Prosecutions; subpoenas; witness fees; perjury; compulsion of obedience to subpoena; oaths
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(a) In addition to any power to bring criminal or civil actions or otherwise carry out the duties under this chapter, the Corporation Counsel shall have the authority to issue subpoenas for a witness to appear and testify or to produce all books, records, papers, or documents in …
D.C. Code § 4-218.05 Penalties
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(a) Any person who knowingly uses, transfers, acquires, alters, purchases, possesses, or transports one or more food stamp coupons or access devices in a manner not authorized by the Food Stamp Act of 1964, approved August 31, 1964 (78 Stat. 703; 7 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq.) (“Food S…
D.C. Code § 4-218.06 Suspension, revocation, or denial of a business license or permit
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(a) The Mayor is authorized to suspend, revoke, or deny the issuance or renewal of any business license or permit of any person or entity convicted of food stamp trafficking under this section, the Food Stamp Act, or regulations issued pursuant to the Food Stamp Act. (b) Prior to…
D.C. Code § 4-219.01 Authorization
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(a) The Mayor shall include in his or her annual estimates of appropriations such sums as may be needed to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (b) Unobligated balances of appropriations for the Department of Human Services, established by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1979, …
D.C. Code § 4-219.02 Disbursement of expenses
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 4-220.01 Nonrevival of previously repealed or superseded laws, acts, regulations, Commissioner’s orders, Commissioners’ orders, and administrative orders; effect of amendments
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(a) The provisions of this subchapter shall not cause the revival of any law, act, regulation, Commissioner’s order, Commissioners’ order, or administrative order (for the purposes of this subchapter and Title XXIII, “public enactment”) previously repealed or superseded. (b) Any …
D.C. Code § 4-220.02 Nonabatement of causes of action
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The enactment of this chapter shall not cause the abatement of any causes of action affecting public enactments repealed by this title.
D.C. Code § 4-220.03 No new rights or entitlements created; exception
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No new rights or entitlements are created by this chapter.
D.C. Code § 4-221.01 Severability
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Should a court of competent jurisdiction hold any provision of this chapter to be invalid, then the remaining provision of the chapter shall be considered to be severable and given full effect.
D.C. Code § 4-251.01 Definitions
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For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (a)(1) “Criminal background check” means the investigation of an individual’s criminal history through the record systems of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Metropolitan Police Department. (1A) “Godparent” means an individua…
D.C. Code § 4-251.02 Establishment of program to provide subsidies for grandparent caregivers
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(a) No later than March 1, 2006, the Mayor shall establish a program through which eligible grandparents may receive subsidy payments for the care and custody of a child residing in their home. (b) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 4-251.03 Eligibility
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(a) A grandparent may be eligible to receive subsidy payments under this section if: (1) The grandparent has been the child’s primary caregiver for at least the previous 6 months. (2) The child has resided in the grandparent’s home for at least the previous 6 months; (3) The chil…