D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 27-1610

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 24, June 14, 2024

Rule 27-1610 - PRICES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THE DISTRICT'S TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) PROGRAM

1610.1

Notwithstanding the requirements of § 1612.1 of this chapter, effective on October 1, 2022, the Director sets the following prices to be paid to providers of services provided under the District's Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Program:

(a)Educational and Occupational Training Services

(1)Base compensation - The District shall make the monthly base payments set out in the table below depending on the provider's number of not-enrolled Point-In-Time (PIT) caseload:

Not-enrolled PIT	Monthly Base Compensation
150	$103,601
300	$160,196
450	$216,866
600	$279,540

(2)Outcome-based compensation - The District shall pay the outcome-based compensation set out in the following table based on the provider's achievement of specific outcomes for which the provider provides appropriate documentation:

Outcome	Performance Standard	Incentive
Outcome # 1: Education and Occupational Training Enrollment Payment	Customer enrolls in an education and occupational training (EOT) program leading to an industry-recognized credential. The District shall pay the provider a maximum of one (1) approved EOT enrollment payment per customer per EOT enrollment. The District shall pay the provider a maximum of five (5) approved EOT enrollment payments per customer per twelve (12)-month period. The District shall pay the provider a maximum of two (2) approved EOT enrollment payments of the same category per customer per twelve (12)-month period. If a customer is enrolled in multiple EOT programs running concurrently, the District shall pay the provider a maximum of two (2) approved EOT enrollment payments based on which enrollments started first.	The District shall pay the provider the following for each customer who meets the enrollment requirements as specified in the performance standard, depending on the duration of the program: Category 1 (7-11 months): $500 Category 2 (4-6 months): $400 Category 3 (1-3 months): $300 Category 4 (30 days): $200 Category 5 (1 day): $50
Outcome #2: Education and Training Maintenance Payment	Customer enrolled in an EOT program remains enrolled and participating, meeting their hours requirements. The customer must meet the required work participation hours in a given month. Fifty percent (50%) of these work participation hours must derive from EOT program(s) and the remaining fifty percent (50%) may be any combination of core and non-core hours. Fifty percent (50%) of hours referenced above must be sourced from one (1) or more of the following EOT skills development activities: * Vocational educational training . Job skills training directly related to employment * Education directly related to employment * Satisfactory attendance at a secondary school or in a course of study leading to a certificate of general equivalence.	Two hundred dollars ($200) per month per customer who maintains enrollment in EOT until successful completion.
Outcome #3: EOT Program Completion Payment	Customer completes the EOT program(s) specified in the customer's Individual Responsibility Plan (IRP), and the provider deems the customer employable and eligible to receive job placement services. The District shall pay the provider a maximum of one (1) approved EOT completion payment per customer per EOT enrollment. The District shall pay the provider a maximum of five (5) approved EOT completion payments per customer per twelve (12)-month period. The District shall pay the provider a maximum of two (2) approved EOT completion payments of the same category per customer per twelve (12)-month period.	The District shall pay the provider the following for each customer who completes the performance standard of outcome #3, based upon the duration of the program. Category 1 (7-11 months): $1,000 Category 2 (4-6 months): $600 Category 3 (1-3 months): $400 Category 4 (30 days): $200 Category 5 (1 day): $50 The District shall pay the provider a maximum of two (2) EOT program completion payment per customer who meets the performance standard per twelve (12)-month period.

(3)Reimbursable costs - The District shall reimburse the provider the following amounts for allowable incentives, stipends, and discrete work-related expenses for which the provider provides appropriate documentation:

(A)Completion of a Category 1 level course: One thousand dollars ($1,000) per customer who completes a Category 1 level course which has a duration of between seven (7) and eleven (11) months;

(B)Completion of a Category 2 level course: Six hundred dollars ($600) per customer who completes a Category 2 level course which has a duration of between four (4) and six (6) months;

(C)Completion of a Category 3 level course: Four hundred dollars ($400) per customer who completes a Category 3 level course which has a duration of between one (1) and three (3) months;

(D)Completion of a Category 4 level course: Two hundred ($200) per customer who completes a Category 4 level course which has a duration of thirty (30) days;

(E)Completion of a Category 5 level course: Fifty dollars ($50) per customer who completes a Category 5 level course which can be competed in one (1) day;

(F)Stipends: Fifteen dollars ($15) per day per customer who participates in approved core and non-core TANF activities for at least four (4) hours per day. Stipends shall not be reimbursed for customers once he or she enters unsubsidized employment and has received his or her first paycheck; and

(G)Discrete work-related expenses: No more than two hundred fifty ($250) per customer for actual allowable costs to enable the customer to defray significant, discrete customer work-related expenses such as obtaining a medical test not covered by Medicaid or purchasing uniforms for customers who have a firm job offer. The total discrete work-related expense shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per customer per twelve (12)-month calendar period, unless pre-approved in writing by the Department of Human Services (DHS).

(b)Job and Placement Services

(1)Base compensation - The District shall make the monthly base payments set out in the table below depending on the provider's not-employed PIT:

Not-employed PIT	Monthly Base Compensation
150	$78,309
300	$98,939
450	$119,743
600	$146,903

(2)Outcome-based compensation - The District shall pay the outcome-based compensation set out in following table based on the provider's achievement of specific outcomes for which the provider can provide documentation:

Outcomes	Performance Standard	Incentive
Outcome #1: Participation payment	A not-employed customer meets his or her full monthly participation requirements, through a combination of approved core and non-core TANF activities. Hours of participation will be reported by the provider through the Customer Assessment, Tracking, and Case History (CATCH) system.	Two hundred dollars ($200) per month per customer who meets the performance standard for outcome #1.
Outcome #2: Work placement payment	The provider places a customer in unsubsidized employment. Payment shall be made to the provider when the customer successfully completes two weeks of work and has fully met work participation requirements solely through unsubsidized employment. Participation weeks do not have to be consecutive. Participation hours must be sourced from a single (Primary) employment slot.	Three hundred dollars ($300) per customer who meets the performance standard for outcome #2. The District shall pay the provider a maximum of two (2) work placement payments per customer per twelve (12)-month calendar period.
Outcome #3: Job promotion payment	Customer moves from one position to another that has a higher base salary range and a higher job title or higher-level job responsibilities.	Five hundred dollars ($500) per customer who meets the performance standard for outcome #3. The District shall pay the provider a maximum of two (2) promotion payments per customer per twelve (12)-month period.
Outcome #4: Higher wage payment	The provider places a customer in unsubsidized employment, where the customer's wages equal or exceed the current Living Wage rate and the customer successfully completes two (2) weeks of work and has fully met work participation requirements. Participation weeks need not be consecutive.	Four hundred dollars ($400) per customer who meets the performance standard for outcome # 4. The District shall pay the provider a maximum of two (2) higher wage payments per customer per twelve (12)-month calendar period.
Outcome #5: Case closure due to earnings	A customer's case is closed in the District of Columbia Access System (DCAS) due to earnings and the customer has not reapplied for or been approved for TANF.	One thousand dollars ($1,000) per customer who meets the performance standard for outcome #5. The District shall pay the provider a maximum of one (1) case closure due to earnings payment per customer.
Outcome #6: Employment retention payment (months 1-12)	A customer who is placed in unsubsidized employment by the provider is employed continuously and meeting his or her monthly required participation hours solely through unsubsidized employment. Participation hours may be sourced through multiple part time and fulltime employment slots. (Seasonal and temporary employment do not count towards employment retention incentives). Participation months do not have to be consecutive. Employment retention payments follow the customer, i.e., if a customer is assigned to another provider during this period, each provider will receive its proportionate share of the incentive based on the time the customer is assigned to it during this period. If a provider receives a month-twelve (12) payment for a customer, and the customer remains on TANF (Open Case), the employment retention sequence restarts at month 1 (the first eleven (11) months at two hundred dollars ($200.00) and the twelfth (12^th) month at five hundred dollars ($500.00)).	Two hundred dollars ($200) per month up to a maximum of eleven (11) payments per customer who meets the performance standard. Five hundred dollars ($500) per customer who meets the performance standard for month twelve (12). The District shall pay the provider a maximum of two (2) employment retention payments per customer per twelve (12)-month period.

(A)Employment retention incentives: The District shall reimburse the provider for employment retention incentive payments made to customers for which the provider can document that the customer achieved the incentive points described below. The provider shall pay each customer who enters an unsubsidized employment, and retains the unsubsidized job for twelve (12) months, the employment retention incentives calculated as follows:

(i)Two (2)-week employment retention incentive: one hundred fifty dollars ($150) when the customer enters an unsubsidized job and works for at least two (2) weeks and has met his or her full work participation requirements over these two (2) weeks. Participation weeks do not have to be consecutive;

(ii)One (1)-month employment retention incentive: one hundred fifty dollars ($150) when the customer retains the unsubsidized job and has met his or her full work participation requirements for one (1) month;

(iii)Two (2)-month employment retention incentive: one hundred fifty dollars ($150) when the customer retains the unsubsidized job and has met his or her full work participation requirements for two (2) months. Participation months do not have to be consecutive;

(iv)Three (3)-month employment retention incentive: one hundred fifty dollars ($150) when the customer retains the unsubsidized job and has met his or her full work participation requirements for three (3) months. Participation months do not have to be consecutive;

(v)Four (4)-month employment retention incentive: one hundred fifty dollars ($150) when the customer retains the unsubsidized job and has met his or her full work participation requirements for four (4) months. Participation months do not have to be consecutive;

(vi)Five (5)-month employment retention incentive: one hundred fifty dollars ($150) when the customer retains the unsubsidized job and has met his or her full work participation requirements for five (5) months. Participation months do not have to be consecutive;

(vii)Six (6)-month employment retention incentive: one hundred fifty dollars ($150) when the customer retains the unsubsidized job and has met his or her full work participation requirements for six (6) months. Participation months do not have to be consecutive;

(viii)Seven (7)-month employment retention incentive: one hundred fifty dollars ($150) when the customer retains the unsubsidized job and has met his or her full work participation requirements for seven (7) months. Participation months do not have to be consecutive;

(ix)Eight (8)-month employment retention incentive: one hundred fifty dollars ($150) when the customer retains the unsubsidized job and has met his or her full work participation requirements for eight (8) months. Participation months do not have to be consecutive;

(x)Nine (9)-month employment retention incentive: one hundred fifty dollars ($150) when the customer retains the unsubsidized job and has met his or her full work participation requirements for nine (9) months. Participation months do not have to be consecutive;

(xi)Ten (10)-month employment retention incentive: one hundred fifty dollars ($150) when the customer retains the unsubsidized job and has met his or her full work participation requirements for ten (10) months. Participation months do not have to be consecutive;

(xii)Eleven (11)-month employment retention incentive: one hundred fifty dollars ($150) when the customer retains the unsubsidized job and has met his or her full work participation requirements for eleven (11) months. Participation months do not have to be consecutive; and

(xiii)Twelve (12)-month employment retention incentive: five hundred dollars ($500) when the customer retains the unsubsidized job and has met his or her full work participation requirements for twelve (12) months. Participation months do not have to be consecutive.

(B)Stipends: fifteen dollars ($15) per day per customer who participates in approved core and non-core TANF activities for at least four (4) hours per day. Stipends shall not be reimbursed for a customer once he or she enters unsubsidized employment and has received his or her first paycheck.

(C)Discrete work-related expenses: no more than two hundred fifty ($250) per customer for actual allowable costs to enable the customer to defray significant, discrete customer work-related expenses such as obtaining a medical test not covered by Medicaid or purchasing uniforms for customers who have a firm job offer. The total discrete work-related expense shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per customer per twelve (12)-month calendar period, unless pre-approved in writing by DHS.

(D)Job promotion incentive: four hundred dollars ($400) to the customer after the customer submits proof of successful promotion to the provider (limited to two (2) payments per customer per twelve (12)-month period).

(E)TANF case closure due to earnings incentive: five hundred dollars ($500) to the customer for a successful case closure and for remaining off the TANF rolls for a minimum of four (4) months.

D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 27-1610

Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 1451 (February 26, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 1136 (February 1, 2013); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 8763 (8/24/2018); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 6514 (6/25/2021); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 12619 (12/3/2021); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 69 DCR 13500 (11/4/2022)

Authority: Sections 204 and 1106 of the Procurement Practices Reform Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-371; D.C. Official Code §§ 2-352.04 and 2-361.06 ) (2011 Repl.).