§ 4-205.21. Eligibility standards for children of unemployed parents.

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 3-205.21.

Effect of Amendments

D.C. Law 18-94 repealed subsecs. (a) and (b), which had read as follows:

"(a) A child shall be eligible to receive TANF by reason of the unemployment of his or her parent who is the principal wage earner if the parent who is the principal wage earner:

"(1) Is employed less than 35 hours a week;

"(2) Has been employed less than 35 hours a week for at least 60 days prior to the receipt of TANF;

"(3) Has not, without good cause, within such 60-day period, refused a bona fide offer of employment or training for employment;

"(4) Has 6 or more quarters of work during which he or she earned not less than $50 in each quarter, within the 3 years and 3 months ending within 1 year prior to applying for TANF, or, within such 1-year period, he or she has either received unemployment compensation or would have been entitled thereto had the industry in which he or she was employed been covered under the unemployment compensation law; and

"(5) Is registered with the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services.

"(b) The family shall not be eligible for assistance for any week in which the parent who is the principal wage earner receives unemployment compensation."

Temporary Amendments of Section

For temporary (225 day) amendment of section, see § 2(x) of Public Assistance Temporary Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 12-7, August 1, 1997, law notification 44 DCR 4639).

For temporary (225 day) amendment of section, see § 2(x) of Public Assistance Temporary Amendment Act of 1998 (D.C. Law 12-130, July 24, 1998, law notification 45 DCR 6501).

For temporary (225 day) amendment of section, see § 2(x) of Self-Sufficiency Promotion Temporary Amendment Act of 1998 (D.C. Law 12-230, April 20, 1999, law notification 46 DCR 4143).

Emergency Act Amendments

For temporary amendment of section, see § 2(x) of the Public Assistance Emergency Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Act 12-25, February 27, 1997, 44 DCR 1778), and § 2(x) of the Public Assistance Legislative Review Emergency Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Act 12-77, May 27, 1997, 44 DCR 3181).

For temporary amendment of section, see § 2(x) of the Public Assistance Emergency Amendment Act of 1998 (D.C. Act 12-306, March 20, 1998, 45 DCR 1900).

For temporary amendment of section, see § 2(x) of the Self-Sufficiency Promotion Emergency Amendment Act of 1998 (D.C. Act 12-372, June 9, 1998, 45 DCR 4270), § 2(x) of the Self-Sufficiency Promotion Legislative Review Emergency Amendment Act of 1998 (D.C. Act 12-425, July 31, 1998, 45 DCR 5682), § 2(x) of the Self-Sufficiency Promotion Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 1998 (D.C. Act 12-552, December 24, 1998, 46 DCR 521), and § 2(x) of the Self-Sufficiency Promotion Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 1999 (D.C. Act 13-19, February 17, 1999, 46 DCR 2492).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(d) of Public Assistance Emergency Amendment Act of 2009 (D.C. Act 18-198, October 9, 2009, 56 DCR 8132).

Legislative History of Laws

For legislative history of D.C. Law 4-101, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 4-201.01.

For legislative history of D.C. Law 11-72, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 4-205.61.

For legislative history of D.C. Law 12-241, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 4-201.01.

For Law 18-94, see notes following § 4-201.01.

Miscellaneous Notes

Expiration of Law 11-72: See note to § 4-205.01.