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work and education activities without good cause leads to a 6% reduction of the TANF grant. Parents receiving TANF are required and encouraged to develop and sign a Detailed Individual Responsibility Plan (dIRP). Every customer participating in TEP is required and encouraged to complete the dIRP upon referral to their primary service provider. A customer may have a secondary service provider as well (e.g., for behavioral health services or housing services). Those activities count towards the participation requirement, but it is the responsibility of the primary service provider to coordinate and report those activities. The dIRP may establish barrier removal, 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.

d) 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