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education, and/or employment goals - including the work/education activities in which the recipient must participate and describe the services D.C. will provide to assist the individual to attain economic mobility.

D.C. does not require an individual who is a single custodial parent caring for a child who has not attained 12 months of age to engage in work activities for up to 12 months. In determining the participation rate for work requirements, D.C. does not count the single custodial parent who has been determined to be exempt from work on the ground that he or she is caring for a child under the age of 12 months. This exclusion applies for a period not to exceed 12 months per incident.

e) Child Support Requirement: Recipients must assign their child support rights to D.C. and must cooperate with child support requirements. Failure to cooperate with child support requirements, without good cause, leads to a 25% reduction in the family’s TANF grant. TANF applicants and recipients are informed by both the TANF (DHS Economic Security Administration (ESA)) and child support (D.C. Office of the Attorney General (OAG) Child Support Services Division (CSSD)) agencies of their right to claim good cause and the circumstances that would constitute good cause for failing to cooperate with child support requirements. The Child Support Agency makes the determination regarding whether good cause exists for failing to cooperate with child support requirements. A TANF customer who fails to cooperate with child support and is also subject to sanction by the TANF program for failure to meet the work requirements may be subject to two (2) sanctions. The sanctions are applied to the case concurrently, but the benefit is only