IMA POLICY MANUAL
PART VIII: CASE MAINTENANCE
CHAPTER 3: TANF REFERRAL PROCESSES
This chapter applies only to TANF applicants/recipients and describes the support service referral process. Based on information from the Preliminary Assessment, the Combined Application (CA), and information gathered by the SSR during the initial intake interview, recertification, or other customer contact, the SSR will determine whether the applicant/recipient needs referrals to other service providers, is a candidate for the Diversion Payment Program, or whether the customer should be referred to POWER.
| Addiction, Prevention, and Recovery Administration (APRA) |
TANF: DC Code 4-205.76; 29
DCMR 5829 |
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Child Care - Office of Early Child Development (OECD)
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TANF: DC Code 4-205.19c(d); 4-205.19(e)(c); 205.19g(3); 4-205.61(3); 4-205.65(f)(1); 4-205.77(c); 4-304.1 |
TANF: 45 CFR 261.15-.16; 261.56; 261.57
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| Child Support – Child Support Enforcement Division (CSED) |
TANF: DC Code 4-205.19; 4-217.8; 29 DCMR 1707-1715 |
TANF: 45 CFR 264.30-.31 |
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Diversion Payment Program (DPP)
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TANF: D. Code 4-205.81;29 DCMR 5832-5835
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Domestic Violence
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TANF: 29 DCMR 1708-1715; 29 DCMR 5819- 5828 |
TANF: 45 CFR 260 Subpart B |
| Job Clubs |
TANF: DC Code 4-205.19b-c;29 DCMR 5806 |
TANF: 45 CFR 261.30 |
| Negotiated Suitability Training (NST) |
TANF: 20 DCMR 5808.1
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TANF: 45 CFR 261.30 |
| Program on Work Employment and Responsibility (POWER) |
TANF: DC Code 4-205.72-.80; 29
DCMR 5829- 5831 |
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| Teen Parent Program - New Heights |
TANF: DC Code 4-205.63-.65; 29 DCMR 5800-5801 |
TANF: 45 CFR 261.33(b) |
ADDICTION, PREVENTION, AND RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 3.3
APRA is the District's one-stop agency for alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse (ATOD) prevention and recovery services. It is the initial intake and screening point for all District residents seeking detoxification, residential, and outpatient services. APRA offers comprehensive prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services to District residents. These services include:
- Youth treatment
- Central intake, assessment and referral
- 24-Hour detoxification services
- Residential treatment
- Outpatient and Methadone programs
- Pregnant and postpartum women's treatment programs
- Crisis intervention, education, counseling and employment oppportunity programs
- Case management
- Legal and social services referrals
- HIV/AIDS counseling and testing
- Mental health screening and referrals and
- Patient advocacy
Central Intake for APRA is located on the grounds of DC General, Building 12. The phone number is (202) 698-6080. Medicaid recipients should be encouraged to identify themselves as Medicaid clients when contacting APRA in order to facilitate services.
The Office of Early Childhood Development (OECD) cooperates with other public and private child and family advocacy and service organizations to provide a comprehensive, subsidized child care program for eligible children five-years-old and younger. OECD also:
- Provides access to before and after school services for eligible children up to age 13 and
- Oversees the DC Early Intervention Program (DCEIP) which promotes the identification and screening of infants and toddlers up to three-years-old for developmental delays.
If an applicant/recipient needs child-care assistance, s/he should call (202) 727-1839 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to schedule an appointment with OECD.
SSRs should give TANF recipients TANF work activity referrals and immunization forms to facilitate services.
