Section 4-205.52 - Determination of amount of public assistance payments for assistance unit; standards of assistance enumerated(a) To determine the TANF, POWER or GAC payment for an assistance unit, the Mayor shall subtract any income of the assistance unit, after applicable disregards, from the current payment level for a family that is the size of the assistance unit.(c) The standards of assistance are set forth in the following table and include a portion of basic costs of food, clothing, shelter, household and personal items, and certain transportation costs: FamilySize | Standard Payment Level | Level of Assistance |
1 | $ 450.00 | $ 239.00 |
2 | 560.00 | 298.00 |
3 | 712.00 | 379.00 |
4 | 870.00 | 463.00 |
5 | 1,002.00 | 533.00 |
6 | 1,178.00 | 627.00 |
7 | 1,352.00 | 719.00 |
8 | 1,494.00 | 795.00 |
9 | 1,642.00 | 874.00 |
10 | 1,786.00 | 950.00 |
11 | 1,884.00 | 1,002.00 |
12 | 2,024.00 | 1,077.00 |
13 | 2,116.00 | 1,126.00 |
14 | 2,232.00 | 1,187.00 |
15 | 2,316.00 | 1,232.00 |
16 | 2,432.00 | 1,294.00 |
17 | 2,668.00 | 1,419.00 |
18 | 2,730.00 | 1,452.00 |
19 | 2,786.00 | 1,482.00 |
(d) The table set forth in subsection (c) of this section shall apply to payments made after January 31, 1998. The level of public assistance payments for assistance units and the standards of assistance in subsection (c) of this section may be adjusted by the Mayor through promulgation of a rule in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2.(d-1)(1) Effective October 1, 2014, the assistance levels set forth in subsection (c) of this section shall be adjusted annually for the rate of inflation, except for the following:(A) For Fiscal Year 2017, the assistance level shall be increased by 15.3%;(B) For Fiscal Year 2018, the assistance level shall be increased by 13.3%; and(C) For Fiscal Year 2019, the assistance level shall be increased by 11.8%.(2) In annually adjusting the assistance levels for the rate of inflation, the prior year's assistance level shall be increased by an amount equal to the prior year's assistance level multiplied by the CPI-U for all items from the preceding calendar year, as determined by the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics.(e) A recipient of public assistance may not make a claim for any cost-of-living adjustment in assistance payments that have not been paid prior to December 29, 1994, and would have been paid but for the enactment of the Public Assistance Act of 1982 Budget Conformity Amendment Act of 1991, effective August 17, 1991 (D.C. Law 9-27; 38 DCR 5794).(f) A recipient of public assistance may not make a claim for any adjustment in assistance payments that have not been paid prior to December 29, 1994, and would have been paid but for the enactment of the Public Assistance Act of 1982 Budget Conformity Amendment Act of 1991, effective August 17, 1991 (D.C. Law 9-27; 38 DCR 5794).Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 552, 29 DCR 1060; May 19, 1982, D.C. Law 4-108, § 3, 29 DCR 1413; Aug. 10, 1984, D.C. Law 5-100, § 2, 31 DCR 2896; Apr. 11, 1986, D.C. Law 6-106, § 2, 33 DCR 1165; June 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-124, § 2(c), 33 DCR 2940; Mar. 11, 1988, D.C. Law 7-86, § 2(a), 35 DCR 140; Aug. 17, 1991, D.C. Law 9-27, § 2(g), 38 DCR 4205; Sept. 26, 1995, D.C. Law 11-52, § 502(e), 42 DCR 3684; Oct. 27, 1995, D.C. Law 11-72, § 201(f), 42 DCR 4728; Apr. 18, 1996, D.C. Law 11-110, § 9(b), 43 DCR 530; Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-199, § 302, 43 DCR 4569; Aug. 1, 1996, D.C. Law 11-152, § 101(a), 43 DCR 2978; Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-198, § 302, 43 DCR 4569; Apr. 20, 1999, D.C. Law 12-241, § 2(qq), 46 DCR 905; Apr. 8, 2011, D.C. Law 18-370, § 522(f), 58 DCR 1008; Sept. 14, 2011, D.C. Law 19-21, § 5022, 58 DCR 6226; Sept. 20, 2012, D.C. Law 19-168, § 5172, 59 DCR 8025; Feb. 26, 2015, D.C. Law 20-155, § 5072(b), 61 DCR 9990; Oct. 22, 2015, D. C. Law 21-36, § 5002, 62 DCR 10905; Oct. 8, 2016, D.C. Law 21-160, § 5002, 63 DCR 10775; Dec. 13, 2017, D.C. Law 22-33, § 5002(e), 64 DCR 7652.Application of provisions of Law 11-198: Section 1001 of D.C. Law 11-198 provided that titles I, II, III, V, and VI and sections 405 and 406 of the act shall apply after September 30, 1996.
Section 5173 of D.C. Law 19-168 provided that § 5172 shall apply upon certification by the Chief Financial Officer that sufficient revenue is available in the June 2012, September 2012, or December 2012 revenue estimates to fund section 10002(a)(1) and (2)(A) of D.C. Law 19-168.
Section 5122 D.C. Law 20-61 repealed D.C. Law 19-168, § 5173.