When used in this section, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed:
Contribution to Costs of Residential Supports - Full or partial payment by persons with intellectual disabilities or their estate for locally funded supports provided by the Developmental Disabilities Administration, including cost of occupancy.
Cost of Occupancy - The cost of rent, other personal expenses, including food, clothing, and medical costs, supplies, furnishings, equipment, communications, and other non-Medicaid supports.
Department on Disability Services (DDS) - The agency that provides services to District of Columbia residents with intellectual and other disabilities through its Developmental Disabilities Administration and Rehabilitation Services Administration.
Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (HCBS IDD waiver) - The HCBS IDD waiver is a District of Columbia Medicaid program as approved by the Council of the District of Columbia and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), that funds home and community-based services and supports as an alternative to receiving services in an Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID).
Residential Provider - Any entity that provides Supported Living, Host Home, and/ or Residential Habilitation services through the HCBS IDD waiver or other locally funded residential services.
Residential Supports - Items that make up the cost of occupancy for people who receive Supported Living, Host Home, and/ or Residential Habilitation services through the HCBS IDD waiver or other locally funded residential services. Residential supports are locally funded and should be combined with housing vouchers, food stamps, cash benefits, wages and other sources of housing subsidies to maximize the capacity of DDA to support all people who need such support.
Relevant Financial Documentation - Includes, but is not limited to, evidence of income and assets that DDA will use in calculating the amount of contribution to costs of support including, but not limited to, wages, checking and savings accounts, Social Security Income ("SSI"), Social Security Disability Insurance ("SSDI"), Veteran Benefits ("VB"), other statutory benefits, pensions, earned income, and unearned income, including worker's compensation, insurance proceeds and death benefits, inheritances, dividends and interest, rental income and royalties, prizes, awards, and gambling proceeds, and awards for punitive and non-physical damages to the person.
D.C. Mun. Regs. Tit. 29, ch. 29-131, 13199